When I saw the Egret walking along in the new grown marsh grass I immediately shot wide.
There was no chaos, no real sounds even.
I’m not even sure I knew what to expect, or try to catch.
Turns out I still like it.
ACE Basin, South Carolina.
Little Blue Heron against the swamp waters.
Port Royal, South Carolina.
I went out doing my ‘slow day’ Alligator hunt in the large marshes recently. Not much going on at the time.
I did not see this Great Blue coming, but I sure heard him. He gave out one of those deep, loud, squawks seemingly out of nowhere.
He must have been coming in fast I never saw the touch down.
But he pushed those big wings to slow himself down.
Another sign of how fast he was moving is the trail of splashing water left behind.
He did stop fairly quickly. The big guy did leave his wings outstretched while walking along.
They can be a bit of a show off.
ACE Basin, South Carolina.
Most of the year these birds are white, nice coloring, not like spring though.
Catch them in soft morning light and these small Egrets are stunning.
I grabbed this shot just as the male on the right dropped his stick. The other bird made no move to take it.
Both still have the green lore around their eyes, signs of mating, but no real nest building. There was an old one nearby though.
Maybe this is practice for next year ???
One of the last new hatchings for 2021, I’m pretty sure.
I’m playing catch up with the photographs from the Port Royal rookery. It was our first time there, timing was perfect for action, and we spent two days on site.
That basically means I have a ton of images to go through.
A Green Heron popped up when I wasn’t looking here. Close and a good angle for a shot.
However…
A big itch needed scratching and that was more important than the photographer standing there. LOL
