Category Archives: Alligator

Landscape Of The Marsh Citizens

I thought these shots were a nice representation of which animals actually live out there. This is just scratching the surface of the species we find, but it does give an idea of a typical marsh scene.

These photographs were taken in the Donnelley wildlife area within the ACE Basin of South Carolina.

Marsh Citizens
Marsh Citizens
Marsh Citizens
Marsh Citizens
Marsh Citizens
Marsh Citizens

Included in these images are;

  • American Alligator
  • Roseate Spoonbill
  • Yellow-legs
  • Snowy Egret
  • Wood Stork
  • Black-necked Stilt

Black Skimmer, Salt Marsh

This is the largest of the Skimmer family with a length of 2 feet, a wingspan around 5 feet.

They will travel along the southern US coast, however their primary range is throughout South America.

Black Skimmer, Salt Marsh
Black Skimmer, Salt Marsh

Skimmers are the ‘speedsters’ of the shore birds making them one the hardest birds to photograph.

Slowly I’m actually learning patience. Once in a while I’ll add something new to this web site. I was pretty busy shooting this spring now I need to tackle the PC as a leftie 😂😂

Marsh Scenes You Can’t Make Up

The photographs here were shot at Donnelley WMA in South Carolina. The water was shallow on this day which means that all the locals come to the same spot to feed. This happens maybe two or three times each Spring/Summer.

All these species live here but they don’t all get together every day like this. That’s what makes a find like this so special.

Below you can see how the big gators actually do get along, as long as they are not hungry, or mating. Each one of them were like small cars 😆.

Marsh Scenes You Can't Make Up
Marsh Scenes You Can’t Make Up

Next is always a crazy site. The Alligator is not even thinking about trying to catch one of the close birds. He is very fast, they are even faster. Alligators are opportunistic hunters, they wait for the perfect moment. Also they not eat once a week or so, and not all that much.

Marsh Scenes You Can't Make Up
Marsh Scenes You Can’t Make Up

As you can imagine, when we come up on a scene like this we fill memory cards and drain batteries. We came to this marsh a few times while the water was low. I will  be deleting and sorting files and folders for months 😂🤣.

Timing was perfect for this. I’ll be getting my back and neck rebuilt 🥹 soon and not heading out for a few months.