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Shore Birds
Project Type
Wildlife Photography
Date
April 2023
During the spring and early summer of 2024, I travelled the coastal and inland waterways from New Jersey to Florida, capturing images of shore birds. The 9th Street Bird Sanctuary in Ocean City, NJ is a busy place in May and June, yielding the opportunity to photograph nestling egrets, ibis and herons.
![Great Blue Heron at sunrise at Bunche Beach, Ft. Myers, FL](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3fca6d_238c5c089ba3476da32a25f88fb06e51~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1,h_1,q_90/3fca6d_238c5c089ba3476da32a25f88fb06e51~mv2.jpg)
![Great Blue Heron at sunrise at Bunche Beach, Ft. Myers, FL](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3fca6d_238c5c089ba3476da32a25f88fb06e51~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_470,h_835,q_90/3fca6d_238c5c089ba3476da32a25f88fb06e51~mv2.jpg)
![Sunset in the Wildwood Villas, NJ estuary lights the feathers of an osprey.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3fca6d_7cbdb35c8d264ceeac8d0a62dba61419~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1,h_1,q_90/3fca6d_7cbdb35c8d264ceeac8d0a62dba61419~mv2.jpg)
![Sunset in the Wildwood Villas, NJ estuary lights the feathers of an osprey.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3fca6d_7cbdb35c8d264ceeac8d0a62dba61419~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_470,h_264,q_90/3fca6d_7cbdb35c8d264ceeac8d0a62dba61419~mv2.jpg)
![Recently hatched sibling yellow-crowned night herons in nest 9th Street bird sanctuary, Ocean City, NJ](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3fca6d_7b5b1c9513414f36b8ebd666b9fb0b6a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1,h_1,q_90/3fca6d_7b5b1c9513414f36b8ebd666b9fb0b6a~mv2.jpg)
![Recently hatched sibling yellow-crowned night herons in nest 9th Street bird sanctuary, Ocean City, NJ](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3fca6d_7b5b1c9513414f36b8ebd666b9fb0b6a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_470,h_353,q_90/3fca6d_7b5b1c9513414f36b8ebd666b9fb0b6a~mv2.jpg)
![Three hatchling great egrets in a nest in summer, 2023, Ocean City bird sanctuary in NJ](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3fca6d_448059a5355b4be69d62f11d5e61604d~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1,h_1,q_90/3fca6d_448059a5355b4be69d62f11d5e61604d~mv2.jpg)
![Three hatchling great egrets in a nest in summer, 2023, Ocean City bird sanctuary in NJ](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3fca6d_448059a5355b4be69d62f11d5e61604d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_470,h_470,q_90/3fca6d_448059a5355b4be69d62f11d5e61604d~mv2.jpg)
![Yellow-crowned night heron preening during mating season.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3fca6d_85b41f15113644358c2e06d5dd1e25d8~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1,h_1,q_90/3fca6d_85b41f15113644358c2e06d5dd1e25d8~mv2.jpg)
![Yellow-crowned night heron preening during mating season.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3fca6d_85b41f15113644358c2e06d5dd1e25d8~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_470,h_353,q_90/3fca6d_85b41f15113644358c2e06d5dd1e25d8~mv2.jpg)
![Yellow-crowned night heron making a nest, spring, 2021, Ocean City, NJ](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3fca6d_fefe4ebd838b4d61afe557a41e1018c0~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1,h_1,q_90/3fca6d_fefe4ebd838b4d61afe557a41e1018c0~mv2.jpg)
![Yellow-crowned night heron making a nest, spring, 2021, Ocean City, NJ](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3fca6d_fefe4ebd838b4d61afe557a41e1018c0~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_470,h_354,q_90/3fca6d_fefe4ebd838b4d61afe557a41e1018c0~mv2.jpg)
![Yellow-crowned night heron building a nest, spring, 2021, Ocean City bird sanctuary in NJ](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3fca6d_749c1e47aac9446ea01533aef6a2ba50~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1,h_1,q_90/3fca6d_749c1e47aac9446ea01533aef6a2ba50~mv2.jpg)
![Yellow-crowned night heron building a nest, spring, 2021, Ocean City bird sanctuary in NJ](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3fca6d_749c1e47aac9446ea01533aef6a2ba50~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_470,h_353,q_90/3fca6d_749c1e47aac9446ea01533aef6a2ba50~mv2.jpg)
![Cormorant swimming at sunset, Cape May, NJ](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3fca6d_0a5f78a5c5de4ecc963ef0ad8ed88bde~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1,h_1,q_90/3fca6d_0a5f78a5c5de4ecc963ef0ad8ed88bde~mv2.jpg)
![Cormorant swimming at sunset, Cape May, NJ](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3fca6d_0a5f78a5c5de4ecc963ef0ad8ed88bde~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_470,h_356,q_90/3fca6d_0a5f78a5c5de4ecc963ef0ad8ed88bde~mv2.jpg)
![White Ibis, early morning, 9th Street Bird Sanctuary, Ocean City, NJ](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3fca6d_3b67f188316240838461d58c16001504~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1,h_1,q_90/3fca6d_3b67f188316240838461d58c16001504~mv2.jpg)
![White Ibis, early morning, 9th Street Bird Sanctuary, Ocean City, NJ](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3fca6d_3b67f188316240838461d58c16001504~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_470,h_313,q_90/3fca6d_3b67f188316240838461d58c16001504~mv2.jpg)
![Great White Egret displaying during spring mating season, Ocean City bird sanctuary, NJ](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3fca6d_c71fbb0893644d3690df875015d3b00b~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1,h_1,q_90/3fca6d_c71fbb0893644d3690df875015d3b00b~mv2.jpg)
![Great White Egret displaying during spring mating season, Ocean City bird sanctuary, NJ](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3fca6d_c71fbb0893644d3690df875015d3b00b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_470,h_359,q_90/3fca6d_c71fbb0893644d3690df875015d3b00b~mv2.jpg)
![Sunrise at Bunche Beach, Ft. Myers, FL. Great Blue Heron](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3fca6d_8ba886199e1146fdbdff7ed559e77cb0~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1,h_1,q_90/3fca6d_8ba886199e1146fdbdff7ed559e77cb0~mv2.jpg)
![Sunrise at Bunche Beach, Ft. Myers, FL. Great Blue Heron](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3fca6d_8ba886199e1146fdbdff7ed559e77cb0~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_470,h_353,q_90/3fca6d_8ba886199e1146fdbdff7ed559e77cb0~mv2.jpg)
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