I looked through the trees, there he was. I’m sure this Great Blue is from the rookery up the road, it’s not that far.

The marsh here is very low, pumps are running near the river to keep it that way. Old dikes between the Ashley River and these marshes are being repaired. Charleston tide levels now have one of the largest increases in the US. The dike looks to be twice as high, and thick, as it had been.

There’s still plenty of prey to find here to feed the nearby young birds.