Category Archives: Egret

Birds, Charleston, Egret, OM System, Swamp, Wildlife

Making A Delivery, Great Egret

March 13, 2026 Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography Leave a comment

They get a path to the nest while building it. It’s not very clear while there are no leaves on the trees. In a few weeks you see why.

While raising the young these Egrets will make hundreds of trips through the branches of the nesting trees. They figure out an exact route in and out. A way to land without crashing into anything.

Sometimes a bird will head towards the nest, then turn off to circle around for any other try. They missed the path. It also gives us another try at an inflight shot.

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Making A Delivery, Great Egret

Birds, Charleston, Egret, OM System, Swamp, Wildlife

Found A Treasure, Great Egret

March 12, 2026 Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography 2 Comments

I wasn’t sure if I could catch this bird in time for a shot so I took these a little wide. This is an opportunity not to be missed, until you have too many… it’s pretty common around here but you rarely have too many.

Found A Treasure, Great Egret

Birds, Black And White Photography, Charleston, Egret, Landscape, Monochrome, OM System, Swamp, Wildlife

Great Egret, Early Morning Black And White

March 12, 2026 Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography 7 Comments

I watched a Great Egret jump from a Cypress tree. I was ready and just held the shutter and panned with bird as he flew the length of the swamp pond. The conditions were not ideal so I figured something had to come of all those shots.

Well, luckily a good many were pretty good. So, now what 😏.

Grab one and work it monochrome of course.

Great Egret, Early Morning Black And White

Birds, Egret, Landscape, Marsh, OM System, Stork, Swamp, Wildlife

Photographs In The Fog

March 11, 2026 Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography 2 Comments

A collection here of various shots all taken in fog. I love shooting in the fog because everything you see is soft, and just a little different. Look at the scene an hour later and things are not the same.

All the photographs below were taken with a long lens rather than the usual wider angles. I used a Pana Leica 100-400 and an OM 100-400 II.

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Photographs In The Fog

Wood Stork In The Fog

Egret Gathering Sticks In The Fog

Birds, Egret, Marsh, OM System, Swamp, What I Saw, Wildlife

Indifferent Dance, Great Egret

March 11, 2026 Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography 4 Comments

Maybe it was a long day, no other Egret was interesting enough, whatever it was this Great Egret did a little half hearted dip and was done.

Indifferent Dance, Great Egret

Birds, Egret, Marsh, OM System, Swamp, What I Saw, Wildlife

Great Egret, Bridal Feathers

March 10, 2026 Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography 8 Comments

A Great Egret in a dark recess. The long bridal feathers this time of year make even a basic image special.

Best viewed large.

Birds, Charleston, Egret, Heron, OM System, Swamp, Wildlife

Another Year – Another Battle, Great Blue Heron And Great Egret

March 9, 2026 Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography 2 Comments

The on going battle. Both Herons and Egrets will always fight. The Great Blues are larger and dangerous. The Great Egrets come in flocks. Most fights are all noise, but not all.

The nests will be built anyway. This same tree, same branches, will have both species. But there will be loud fighting for a while.

Finally they wear each other down and a truce forms. However, the young are not to be alone until large enough to protect themselves.