While there are more than Pelicans here they are quickly forgotten in this crowd. It’s estimated about 5,000 Pelican nest here.
Make sure which direction the wind is blowing!
The island is a protected site located outside Charleston harbor.
The closest you can get is somewhere near the low tide line and like everything here the water changes quick. Probably the longest time you will be near the shore is a little over an hour.
A small boat is the only way to photograph here. This also lets the birds fly and swim undisturbed, all around you.
There are not many places like this to photograph and it is quite an adventure.
My kind of adventure! Awesome gem of a place, the first photo of birds is incredible!
I had never been to a Pelican rookery. Not like you can just walk over. Amazing to see.
There is a large Pelican rookery in the lower part of the Chesapeake Bay on a protected island, near Smith Island, that I’ve wanted to see by boat but too far for us and ours. Boat tours will take you by it. I keep saying, one of these days…..
I jumped at the chance. A few of us hired a small 8 person boat, which was the perfect size.
The hurricanes are changing these islands, and not for the good. This small key has had one end built up with dredged sand from the Charleston Harbor deepening project. We have raised money for repairs to a second rookery that’s almost gone. Living at sea level we see first hand how the climate is changing the way we live.
This is fantastic and so enjoyable to look at these Pelicans!!! Amazing photos!!!
Thank you very much. We try to go out there each mating season at least once. This is the only place I know to get photographs like these.