Oceanside Assortment

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p.1 #1 · Oceanside Assortment

These photos were taken over a few hours at the Marine Nature Study Area in Oceanside on Long Island. It's a fantastic place for bird photography as you can get exceptionally close to many of the birds.

The last two photos are of Earl, possibly the oldest Great egret at 25 years while the typical lifespan is 15 years with captive ones sometimes living to 22 years. Earl is very friendly and flies or walks over to humans he knows. He is also best friends with a Snowy egret and they are frequently seen fishing together. Earl seems to understand some english and one time when I asked him "Where is Mike?" he looked across the preserve and directly at Mike, the parks manager. Amazingly Earl is a migratory bird and as we suspect this healthy looking old man has a similar set of friends someplace in the South.

Comments and suggestions welcome,

Morris

1) Tree Swallow

X-H2S XF500mmF5.6 R LM OIS WR lens 500mm f/5.6 1/3800s 800 ISO 0.0 EV

2) Yellow-crowned Night Heron just before a storm

X-H2S XF500mmF5.6 R LM OIS WR lens 500mm f/5.6 1/3000s 800 ISO -0.3 EV

3) Muskrat

X-H2S XF500mmF5.6 R LM OIS WR lens 500mm f/5.6 1/1800s 800 ISO 0.0 EV

4) Osprey with fish and kelp

X-H2S XF500mmF5.6 R LM OIS WR lens 500mm f/5.6 1/5000s 800 ISO 0.0 EV

5) Earl, the Great egret

X-H2S XF500mmF5.6 R LM OIS WR lens 500mm f/5.6 1/6400s 800 ISO -1.3 EV

6) Purple martin

X-H2S XF500mmF5.6 R LM OIS WR + 1.4x lens 700mm f/8.0 1/2000s 800 ISO +0.7 EV

7) Earl, the Great egret waiting at the edge of the parking lot at closing

X-H2S XF500mmF5.6 R LM OIS WR + 1.4x lens 700mm f/8.0 1/15000s 1600 ISO -1.7 EV

Jun 13, 2026 at 09:27 AM


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