A few quick shots of a Great Egret that jumped up from a pretty good hiding spot. I never would have seen him without this movement.
The photos were taken in the same general area I have seen all the Night Herons.
Egret Flight
Category Archives: Egret
Dancing In The Trees, Egret
This Great Egret must have a nest in the back of this island. Several times I spotted a dance here.
I tested the new Lightroom DeNoise function on this image. It wasn’t overly grainy but it was a good photo to compare with my current version of Topaz DeNoise.
My first thoughts are the LR function worked well. However, it takes much more time than Topaz, does not sharpen if the noise caused a loose of details, and running multiple images may not clear all the photos.
I’ll stick with Topaz for most images.
Egrets With The Wood Storks
This day in the marshes belonged to the Wood Storks. There were flocks everywhere. The Storks live and breed here, however it’s still unusual to have large flocks scattered all over.
Storks are calm birds and don’t pay much attention to others joining them. This group had a decent amount of Great Egrets and a few Roseate Spoonbills.
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.
Included in these images are;
- American Alligator
- Roseate Spoonbill
- Yellow-legs
- Snowy Egret
- Wood Stork
- Black-necked Stilt
Wood Storks / Alligators
An unlikely group hanging around together, but pretty common in the marshes.
Wood Storks / AlligatorsAmerican Alligator, Wood Storks, ACE Basin, South Carolina.
Egret On An Old Ramp
The wooden ramps are usually occupied by somebody. In this case it was a Great Egret.
Sooner or later an Alligator will climb up and claim it, until then it could be almost anything.
Shadows And An Egret
A Great Egret sitting up in a Cypress Tree in the last light of the day. Some nice shadows, maybe a bit too much.
It’s wildlife so we take what we can get.
Morning Light, Egret Nest
Great Egret standing over a few very small chicks. Taken as the sun came up over the rookery.
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