This particular spot is a favorite of the Night Herons. It’s one of those places where we automatically move around slow and check carefully.
Thick trees and Spanish Moss hanging over water makes a nice dark place for them to hide.
The shadows hide them usually giving them ample opportunity to see anything first.
ACE Basin, South Carolina.
I like this juvenile heron, it looks like an old slouched man. Great photos!
LOL, I have thought that too.