Brown Pelican, Bird Key, Charleston.
The perfect image to view on a hot day like today.
Riding The Surf, Pelican
Monthly Archives: July 2021
Focus On The Eyes, Owl
At this speed and distance just (try) grab focus on an eye.
With luck the rest will be OK.
Wood Owl.
Avian Conservation Center, South Carolina.
Great Egret In A Cypress Tree
Taken in a local rookery.
I sometimes think they stare at a spot in the hopes something edible will magically appear.
Stork, (Over) Old Rice Fields
There is no shot of the rice fields, just the Stork fly by. However, I was on a dike between the marshes and old rice field. Here 99% of all stork shots are flying in the other direction.
He surprised me and I almost didn’t take any shots.
Below you can see the green tint on the black wing tips. The light must hit the wings a certain way for that to be visible.
He continued going in the ‘wrong’ direction ultimately landing in the back end of the marsh. Where of course there is no access.
ACE Basin, South Carolina.
Rainy Day Egret
Rain is a standard afternoon occurrence, and at times it can feel pretty good.
Today, actually temperature near 100, index around 115 !!
Everyone will be playing in the rain later.
Fun Pelican Chaos, Black And White
A few B&W fun shots.
These are best viewed large since things are happening everywhere… shrimp flying through the air, big Pelican bills poked inside other big Pelican bills, even a poor guy losing his hard fought fish.
In the above it took a while to figure out how a Pelican bill got inside another one !
Fish and shrimp were flying around in the last one.
You just never know what you might see out there.
Black-bellied Whistling Ducks
The whistling ducks are a subfamily of the duck, goose and swan family of birds. They are not true ducks. (Wikipedia)
Like many animals they have expanded their range and now we see them breeding in the Lowcountry.
They still need to learn to hide better. Above is the best I’ve seen them do. Typically the whole family is sitting out in the open… not good around here.
Fishing, Great Blue
It must have been a good spot since this Heron stayed and kept diving down for the small fish.
The morning was hot and hazy and I would have thought the birds tucked into shade somewhere. However, quite a few Herons and Egrets were still out.
This particular Heron looked to be young, so he may have had to work harder for fish.
ACE Basin, South Carolina.