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A Watering Hole, Birds, Egret, Heron, Landscape, Marsh, Pelican, Shore Bird, Stork, What I Saw, Wildlife

A Great Gathering

February 20, 2020 Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography 2 Comments

The Lowcountry is known as one of the biggest and best wild bird areas in the country. Even here though finding a gathering like this is special. Something you see only a few times a year.

These photographs capture a small piece of the different flocks.

When the water levels are just right all the different species come together to feed.

When the water rises, or food is depleted, they will move to other areas around the marshes. Unfortunately for us most of the locations are inaccessible. Of course this is exactly why the animals come here in the first place.

Birds, Egret, Landscape, Marsh, Pelican, Shore Bird, Stork, Wildlife

Morning In A Marsh

February 17, 2020 Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography 2 Comments

A scene that greeted me as I approached a marsh.

I was moving around some trees and bushes, going towards an open area with a clear view.

I stopped short of walking out right in front of them. Thought it better to shoot from behind the trees.

A Watering Hole, Birds, Egret, Landscape, Marsh, Pelican, Shore Bird, Stork, What I Saw, Wildlife

Working The Shallow Marsh

February 13, 2020 Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography 2 Comments

This is a magical scene we rarely get to witness, especially close up.

White Pelican are surface feeders, not divers. They also work as a unit if part of a flock. Above they have pulled close together and slowly swim forward, driving the fish ahead.

As the water gets more shallow the fish are trapped and feeding begins.

This marsh has become more of a watering hole. In the photographs above many other birds can be seen in the background. Wood Storks being the most obvious, but there are Egrets, Ibis, Gull and even smaller Avocet.

This time of year, if lucky, we can come across groups like this with hundreds of birds. The jack pot ? Thousands.

A Watering Hole, Birds, Marsh, Stork, Swamp, Wildlife

Morning Wood Stork

February 12, 2020 Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography Leave a comment

One of the first shots taken the other morning, just as the glare started.

A large number of birds were feeding in a shallow dip, the only one I could capture was this stork.

Might have had something to do with his size.

Birds, Egret, Ocean Shore, Pelican, Shore Bird, Stork, Wildlife

A Show Off

January 24, 2020 Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography Leave a comment

A Reddish Egret ‘struts his stuff’ past some other ‘star attractions’.

In any group a White Pelican or Wood Stork would get all the attention.

But the Reddish Egret is a Rock Star…so they strut.

Birds, Marsh, Ocean Shore, Stork, Wildlife

Hiding In A Mangrove, Wood Stork

January 9, 2020 Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography 4 Comments

The last few weeks were all about tropical birds, salt marshes, and of course warm tropical weather.

But something was missing…Wood Storks. Tarpon Bay, Ding Darling, and Corkscrew (Florida locations) a tropical home to the Storks had just these few.

Maybe they all moved to the Lowcountry to get away from people. There are plenty here in South Carolina.

Birds, Egret, Heron, Landscape, Marsh, Pelican, Shore Bird, Stork, Wildlife

Most Everyone Was Here

January 8, 2020 Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography Leave a comment

In this group of photographs there were not too many marshland birds not represented. I usually am happy to get two different breeds in a single shot. In a few there are 5/6 species.