Taken from a spot, in a marsh, where I had a wide expanse of open water. Typically there are at least a few tall reeds or branches to break up a long series.


Here I was wide open. So much so this might even look like an ocean shot.


However (below) sooner or later some marsh background would sneak in.

Large rice fields, Donnelley WMA, ACE Basin.
Magnificent.
Thank you. They certainly are beautiful birds.