Tricolors are colorful all year, but come spring they make most of the other small wading birds look bad.
The ‘top knot’ adds an extra flair.
This bird was circling around a rookery not sure where to land. Lucky for me he chose a branch alongside me.
Wood Storks are big birds, they look even bigger sitting over your head.
In a Wood Stork rookery.
Staying local today we walked out to marshes along the Ashley River. The day started out cloudy, but the sun came through off and on. Usually in the middle of shooting something of course.
Snowy Egrets were moving around out in the cane, not close so with my long lens I took a few wider scenes.
Best viewed large.
A Bald Eagle was watching in the pines behind the marsh. Of course a few gators were around somewhere.
This whole time a rare group of birds were loudly circling. The US Airforce Thunderbirds precision flying team was practicing overhead…and at times low. The birds didn’t care at all, amazing.
I took a few half hearted shots of them, the haze was horrible.
In one of those ‘you can’t make this stuff up’, I present a bubble blowing Gator.
After this he just did the usual Alligator float, and nothing else.
Nothing quite like a big white stork on a nice blue sky.
OK, so maybe you need to be a bit of a bird nerd, it’s still very cool.
Not the most enthusiastic display I’ve ever seen, but how many of these can you actually photograph !
Shy as always.
In this spot the distance between where the Egrets collect their sticks and the thickets they nest in is not very far. Add a second challenge is the angle, directly at you. Basically a bunch of misses, or not even any attempts.
These two shots were taken as the bird passed on one of multiple trips to gather material. Just a few is a win right here.
Port Royal, South Carolina.
One of the nicer full bow displays of 2024. However, there are three other parts of the dance. None of which this bird knew. But wow, what a feather flair.
