Sleeping Baby Egret with Mom Toddler T-Shirt

Sleeping baby Egret in the nest of a Great White Egret in full breeding plumage. The chicks are pretty ugly at this stage, but as you can see from their Mom, they grow up to be beautiful, especially in mating season when they get the long, wispy breeding feathers you see hanging over the branches behind her. The nest is across a pond on a rookery island near Venice, Florida. The Venice Rookery is managed by the Audubon Society and consists of a lake with an island in the middle. The island is covered with Mangroves where many different bird species build their nests. Alligators sometimes live in the lake surrounding the Rookery. This location is a favorite spot for photographers, providing great opportunities to get relatively close shots.

Welcome to Florida The Sunshine State! ABOUT ME: I'm so glad you stopped by my gallery of coastal photography and photo-art! My first passion is photographing the coastal scenes, birds, and wildlife that surround me on Florida's Gulf Coast. My second passion is creating digital art using my photographs as a starting point. My newest passion is turning my photos and digital art into fabric designs for my new wearable art clothing line. You'll see lots of examples of all of these here. ABOUT MY WORK: The inspiration for my work comes from my love affair with the sunshine, sugar-white sand, and sparkling turquoise water here on Florida's Suncoast. Each image starts out as my own original photography. Some pieces...