A young female Anhinga most likely just about ready to leave the nest area.
Yes, they are different than most birds. But look at her neck feathers, like soft fur.
Miss Anhinga 2020
Category Archives: Shore Bird
Brown Pelican In Low
A very cooperative Brown Pelican.
Anhinga In The Spanish Moss
Nothing brings visions of the Deep South like Spanish Moss, Cypress Trees, and of course a steamy swamp. It’s the perfect movie set.
And yes, it was hot when I took this.
Anhinga Feeding Young
It’s never easy feeding the larger swamp birds, but the poor Anhinga may have it the worst.
Because these birds have such long necks the young birds almost climb right on in.
I’m hesitant to say this but… best viewed large, click any image.
Pelicans Coming Through
At one point I was wondering if they were coming down on top of us.
It turns out the wind over the roof made a great thermal. Almost every group coming up the beach turned and caught the breeze right over us.
Having that metal roof was a good thing, we were eating a dinner we had packed along.
In each of these photographs off in the distance you can see another flock coming to us. There were hundreds this evening.
Above you can see the line of Pelican coming up the shoreline.
Below is facing the opposite direction after they flew over.
We could see the path they were taking which helped later when taking a few sunset shots.
Charleston, South Carolina.
Sunset And Pelicans, Charleston Beach
Color, clouds, and Pelicans.
I’d say this is an acceptable respite from the current chaos.
Pelican, Above The Waves
What should be so simple… is actually hard.
Waves and Pelicans rarely come out the way I saw them in my head.
I think I need a camera that also captures the smell and mist coming off the shore.
Pelican Flocks On The Move
The shore bird everyone wants to see, and I’m included here, is the Pelican. Big, agile, and prehistoric.
Living here we get to see a lot of them.
But the other day, we had hundreds.
The plan was to see about a few sunset photographs. But the ongoing flocks passing by stole the show.
Brown Pelicans move in small flocks and usually stay right on the shore line. Groups of 10 to 30 dotted the horizon, all flying in a line.
It was impressive.
