Category Archives: Heron

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.

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Loud, Chaos, Beautiful – click to enlarge

Birds, Heron, Marsh, Swamp, Wildlife

Fly By, Great Blue Heron

November 3, 2018 Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography Leave a comment

I caught the Great Blue from a good spot, unfortunately it was windy. The water behind the bird was in motion.

Fly By, Great Blue Heron – click to enlarge

The wings and shadows are nice and the rest is out of my control.

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Birds, Heron, Marsh, Swamp, Wildlife

Great Blue Heron, Over A Large Pond

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

The Great Blues have been busy the last week or so. This bird was flying over a large open water pond. It’s a place where they should (and usually do) fly high.

Great Blue Heron, Over A Large Pond – click to enlarge

Directly below him is one of the waters here with an incredible number of Alligators. They are what I call the ‘country’ gators, meaning car size critters.

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Below is from the pond and pretty much the same area as the Heron.

A little fact here, Alligators can jump out of the water… just enough to snatch a low flying bird.

Birds, Heron, Marsh, Wildlife

Passing Overhead, Great Blue Heron

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

The type of shot you almost always clip off the wings. Leaning way back it’s a very odd angle, especially with a heavy lens.

Passing Overhead, Great Blue Heron - click to enlarge — Passing Overhead, Great Blue Heron – click to enlarge

In the morning you have just enough time for a quick burst because the bird will be right in the sun almost instantly.

Ever shoot a long lens into the sun… burn your eyes and you can’t see to photograph anything for sometime.

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.