No wasted effort here.
A quick jump in the air, and gone.
Quick Take Off, Spoonbill
Category Archives: Swamp
Canada Geese Have Arrived
Another bird we don’t see often in marshes or swamps.
Alligators must love these guy’s.
Taken in Magnolia Cemetery Lagoon, Charleston, South Carolina.
Close Encounter, Pink Style
Some days I come home with not a lot of keepers. There’s always something because of where we are, but there are days better than others
This was one of the better days.
Spoonbill photobombs.
Three Amigos
Double-crested Cormorants on either side of a Roseate Spoonbill.
They couldn’t be anymore different.
Best viewed large.
Two Generations
Two Spoonbills, a first year young bird on the left, all fuzzy headed. A two or three year old on the right. His head is getting smooth.
Both birds were looking right at me for this shot, but the young one following the signals from the adult. Neither felt threatened so they continued to walk around near me.
None of them flew off, kind of casually strolled off down the marsh.
Pelican On The Edge Of A Marsh
An impressive bird paddling by.
White Pelican, ACE Basin, South Carolina.
Dull Day Ibis
This was one of several White Ibis that look to be planning to winter along the Cooper River in the old cemeteries.
Taken on an exceptionally dull day.
Charleston, South Carolina.
Close, But No Crash
Personal space is not something very important to Spoonbills.
This guy did the usual ‘drop out of the sky on top of everyone’ landing.
Just as strange is the lack of any reaction they typically get when pushing in.
I comment often how this is normal behavior. Yesterday when starting the 2020 archive I came across several unpublished series of Spoonbill doing exactly this.
I plan on digging them out before any archives.
