Landscape Photography
When I shot this there was no plan. I looked ahead, Ellen was down the road, and the location took over. When out shooting there are places we go that still surprise me. This is one.
Finished in black and white, with an Agfa 400 film look.
There are many more photographs here than I usually include. However, this was an argument that stretched over a long time, and I photographed most of it.
Tempers flared after birds kept trying to steal each others prine real estate on the old tree.
Like most big birds they ‘croak’ when angry. But Spoonbills also snap those big flat bills. It can get loud.
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Great Blues can blend in a Marsh so well you can miss them entirely.
above is a case on point.
Once again one of the bigger birds lands in the middle of things. It’s common and they all do it.
It could be they know it’s a safe place since whatever is there first is still standing.
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There was room for two, barely. At the time they didn’t mind.
Working from a cellphone so things will be brief for a few days.
Now here is a description that actually makes sense. A group of Spoonbills is known as a ‘Bowl’. Ha ! A Bowl of Spoonbills.
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Taken as the sun came over the Donnelly Wildlife Management Area.
The marshes in the lowcountry are about as far north as White Pelicans care to go. I never thought of this place being not tropical enough.
They will be heading back to the real tropics soon.
