He thought I didn’t see him. The bird was frozen in place so I kept going past until there was enough space between us.

This swamp area goes through cycle of dry and true swampland. I think this was like the halfway point. Anhinga can swim deep thee some springs.

The Great Blue rookery islands were behind me as I photographed him. They are empty of nests now. However some big herons have been coming here for years and bumping into a photographer doesn’t mean much to them.

Magnolia swamp rookery.