I assume the Pelican were there first, that didn’t stop everyone else from grabbing a spot. There also were Egrets, Storks, and of Spoonbills.
Above a Spoonbill made a grand entrance, and a crash landing.
A second one came in (I missed noticing it at the time).
They found a spot in the middle and grabbed it.
The party crashing went on for a long time. A few left, but many more crashed into the center.
After I realized the flight path I moved back down the marsh to an opening. From there I could get flight shots coming and going.
This is what I describe as a ‘good morning’.
ACE Basin, South Carolina.
An absolutely good morning. Beautiful photos!
LOL, yes. Can’t ask for much more 🙂 Thanks.
That first shot, with wings umbrella’d, is fantastic!
Thanks so much. When they do that with sun behind them to images are incredible. I have a number of other photographs like that from the last week or so to work on. But, I can’t stop going out to shoot this time of year. 😂😂
Return back to look again at these amazing photos. I wonder why they often squeeze themselves in the group of other birds…
Protection. Large groups of birds confuse predators. Like when an Eagle flies over a flock of ducks they all fly in a tight group. The Eagle doesn’t know which to pick out. I watched it happen several times this morning. Eagles were flying low over various types of birds, each time they flew as a group and the Eagle was unsuccessful.
Of course it doesn’t work with Alligators LOL