Category Archives: Egret

Birds, Egret, Heron, Landscape, Marsh, Shore Bird, Spoonbill, Stork, Wildlife

Loud, Chaotic, Beautiful, And A Rare Sight

November 15, 2018 Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography 4 Comments

Something set them off and they all took to the air at the same time. It was deafening and amazing, there was at least a thousand taking off at the same time.

What makes this even more special are the mix of birds and how not that long ago this might never have happened.

Wood Storks were endangered and almost gone, Roseate Spoonbills would stay in Central / South America, and some Egrets were hunted to almost extinction.

Loud, Chaos, Beautiful – click to enlarge

Yet here they were, all together in front of my camera.

I have added images to a gallery to allow large detailed viewing.

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Loud, Chaos, Beautiful – click to enlarge

Birds, Egret, Marsh, Swamp, Wildlife

The Perfect Landing, Great Egret

November 12, 2018 Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography 15 Comments

A dull and damp back drop was perfect for this beautiful white bird.

The Perfect Landing, Great Egret – click to enlarge

I tried to follow the bird as he flew over the marsh but could not grab focus until the moment of landing. The old dead tree was directly in front of me, a great angle.

I’ll take it, the photographs came out better than I could have hoped for.

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Birds, Egret, Landscape, Marsh, This and That, Wildlife

Foggy And Wet, Egret

November 11, 2018 Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography Leave a comment

A photograph taken that actually benefitted from the dark day.

Foggy And Wet, Egret - click to enlarge — Foggy And Wet, Egret – click to enlarge

Birds, Egret, Marsh, Shore Bird, Spoonbill, Wildlife

All It Takes Is One, A Series

October 31, 2018 Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography Leave a comment

Just like lining up dominoes, it takes only 1 to move for all the others to follow.

The Egret and Spoonbill were doing fine, but look in the back and you see several Teal’s and Godwit’s making a run. In a flash the Egret had her wings up.

Suddenly a quiet scene becomes chaos.

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The good news, I was standing there shooting it all.

Birds, Egret, Heron, Shore Bird, Spoonbill, Wildlife

A Morning View In A Marsh

October 30, 2018 Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography Leave a comment

This is a scene I walked up to the other morning. Peaking over the tops of the tall reeds you could see thousands of wading birds feeding. In truth I could hear them long before.

A Morning View In A Marsh - click to enlarge — A Morning View In A Marsh – click to enlarge

The water around here was lowered the previous day by the Dept. Natural Resources. A temporary draining of marshes helps clean out vegetation. It takes 24 hours for the large birds to start showing up.

Every species I could think of was around the area this last week.

Birds, Egret, Landscape, Marsh, This and That, What I Saw, Wildlife

All At Once, A Thousand Egrets

October 23, 2018 Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography 6 Comments

This is a photograph to be viewed as wide as possible. When you do consider that this is just what would fit in my viewfinder. On the left, on the right, an unknown number of white birds taking to the air.

All At Once, A Thousand Egrets - click to enlarge — All At Once, A Thousand Egrets – click to enlarge

Add to this ‘picture’ that it was early morning and I was alone, the only human for miles.

Sad, but some day this most likely will be gone. Please think about that the next time a politician wants to change environmental laws.

Birds, Egret, Heron, Marsh, What I Saw

A Few White Birds

October 22, 2018 Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography 2 Comments

This is a pretty amazing sight. Me and a thousand Egrets. Not another human being for miles. Any sounds were drowned by a howling wind.

A Few White Birds - click to enlarge — A Few White Birds – click to enlarge

These Egrets were surrounded by marsh, getting much closer was not possible. Besides I really didn’t want to scare or intrude on their resting.

Click the image above to view full screen. This is a sight not seen often, if ever.

Birds, Egret, Landscape, Marsh, Spoonbill, Wildlife

Spoonbills And Egrets Flocking

September 19, 2018 Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography Leave a comment

These photographs were taken as different groups of birds decided to move to a new corner of a marsh. Which was good for me since it was near where we were headed.

Spoonbills And Egrets Flocking - click to enlarge — Spoonbills And Egrets Flocking – click to enlarge

There was a lot of movement so image composition was not a consideration, or even a fleeting thought. I had a flock of large birds landing in front of me.

Of course they didn’t stay long, but I was still in sight of the next stop.

Above is a favorite here so if the water is low they will ultimately land here. It makes a nice wide shot of bird flocks and I have photographed this before.