A play on the old children’s game from school and books.
Taken in ACE Basin area, South Carolina Lowcountry.
Which One Is Different?
Category Archives: Shore Bird
Double-crested Cormorant, In Flight
Working on these photographs it occurred to me how few in flight Cormorant shots I have taken. They can be tricky flying low like this.
Also winter might be the only time I am around them in any numbers. Right now they are in both marshes and swamps so I might need to pay more attention.
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Double-crested Cormorant, In Flight – click to enlarge
Double-crested Cormorant, In Flight – click to enlarge
Double-crested Cormorant, In Flight – click to enlarge
Anhinga, Watching Over A Swamp
The Anhinga stay in the swamps late winter through the following fall, not quite all year (some do stay). I think they push out the Cormorants when they arrive.
Besides being photogenic it means spring is near. They breed here. They also breed very ugly, freaky looking babies.
My opinion.
A Morning Out In The Fog
All the photographs here are best viewed large. It was foggy after all, so details were sketchy at best.
I did manage a few images before the one above. Borderline quality and probably never see the light of day. The distance and fog here made this landscape worthwhile.
Double-crested Cormorants took over the ‘spoony’ tree. Here again the weather made for a different look than I usually see.
And of course the winter colors here in low light can be stunning.
Doesn’t hurt to have some big pink birds in the fore either.
White Ibis Mucking Around
Somehow they remain ‘almost’ white.
White wading birds have this amazing ability to shed dirt. A trait I could use. Ibis love mud, get dirty, but do keep fairly clean.
To prove this point the Ibis below took a step, and down in a hole. Waist deep in muck he kept on going never missing a step. And, came out white anyway.
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White Ibis Mucking Around – click to enlarge
White Ibis Mucking Around – click to enlarge
White Ibis Mucking Around – click to enlarge
White Ibis Mucking Around – click to enlarge
White Ibis Mucking Around – click to enlarge
White Ibis Surprise
This was the only shot I caught. The Ibis popped up out of nowhere and there was no time for anything.
I’m surprised I even have one.
Ibis Over The Swamp
I had intended to do this in black and white, a high key effect. But with the colors and shading of the feathers I went a standard image.
White Ibis photographed near a Charleston rookery.
Ibis, Digging Around
I caught these White Ibis doing what they do, dig around the muck and mumble to each other.
Surprisingly they moved away slowly, not a loud panic.
One found a nearby branch allowing one more shot. It’s not like I won’t have anyother chance so I moved on. Too much mud to follow anyway
We are about to enter our ‘true’ winter with some cold weather moving in. Ibis are smart enough to shift a little south for a month or so. At least until we get back to normal.
