I knew he was about to take off, he had the sticks and was leaning off the trees. Of course he went in the opposite direction I had been ready for.
I’m OK with these. Any shots of a Stork exit and flight is good.
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Anhinga, a transplant from South America. They moved up from the Amazon, through Central America, and now moving through North America. Obviously they are not a push over. In fact only the Alligators aren’t afraid of them.
Anhinga is a Brazilian Tupi tribe word for a ‘snake bird’.
Anhinga in a Cypress swamp.
Home in a swamp. Yellow-crowned Night Herons.
I like this, not because it’s a perfectly composed and arranged photograph. It’s not. However the image has all the elements of a southern wildlife photograph. It tells a story.
A turtle sharing his space.
One of those ‘you never know what you might find’ shots.
Amazing to be able to get these shots. They were rare in the US, and about to be gone.
She was nesting with a large number of other storks in the Port Royal rookery. Impossible to get a count of how many were around.
Not sure how I spotted this Snowy. This was in the back side of the Port Royal rookery, where chaos is the normal.
While the area was dark I was metering for white birds so they came out pretty good. Being so photogenic didn’t hurt either.
The golden slippers looked nice here too.
I’ll say this right away…
Best viewed large.
When hunting for Tree Frogs we really like to get their shadow through a plant. Above is a bonus, the tips of the ‘fingers’ hang over the edge of the plant’s leaf.
Maybe not fingers, more like suction cups.
Very cool.
White Birds, that has becomes our short name for most wading birds. This time of year I find myself with ‘orphan’ photos preloaded to the web site. It’s easy for them to get lost, better I publish a quick page.
White Birds
