Up Above The Swamp, Herons - click to enlarge

Up Above The Swamp, Herons

This is a small set of photographs taken at a wider angle. Here some perspective is provided about the general environment the birds are living in.

Up Above The Swamp, Herons - click to enlarge
Up Above The Swamp, Herons – click to enlarge

Some nests are in larger tress, on an island within this swamp. The thick branches grow out over the water.

Up Above The Swamp, Herons - click to enlarge
Up Above The Swamp, Herons – click to enlarge

Above, closer to the old island trees multiple nests have begin.

Up Above The Swamp, Herons - click to enlarge
Up Above The Swamp, Herons – click to enlarge

Last here is a the top of a single cypress tree living in the swamp water. Each year these cypress become homes for multiple Heron and Egret nests.

For the next 6 months the next generation of southern wildlife will begin here. As one species reaches adulthood and moves on another will be born and raised.

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