Category Archives: Swamp

Looking For Snacks, Alligator

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When I first started to follow Alligators I never really thought about how they hunt for food. I just assumed it was see something, chase it, bite it, eat it.

While that’s true most of the time it’s much different. They splash, poke, and dig.

This Alligator was in front of me splashing around to see what he could scare up.

A few others were doing the same thing so I guess it was working.

They may be big animals, yet the amount of food needed is very little. A single pound (.5 kilogram) can be good for a week. Of course like the rest of us if they get something bigger it’s OK with them.

Once they find food, it’s back to their favorite past time… floating.

Birds, Marsh, Spoonbill, Swamp, Wildlife

Roseate Spoonbill

September 21, 2021 Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography 2 Comments

This is what happens when you find several curious Spoonbills.

Birds, Egret, Marsh, Swamp, What I Saw, Wildlife

Morning Marsh Scene

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Looking down the side of a marsh early light.

The structure is a trunk connecting two marshlands with flowing water. The Egret was almost hidden in the reeds, and the black birds are Grackles.

And yes… I cut the tip of a Grackles beak in the shot.

Birds, Marsh, Shore Bird, Swamp, Wildlife

Ibis And Yellowlegs

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I knew getting both birds close together would not happen. I decided to concentrate on the Glossy Ibis. It’s much harder to capture than the Greater Yellowlegs behind him.

I must admit at the time I didn’t know it was the Greater Yellowlegs, I don’t see many of them either. If I had there’s a chance the shots would not have happened at all by the time I figured which I wanted to pay more attention to.

Glossy are very dark and it’s easy to miss getting any kind of detail. I speak from experience.

Birds, Marsh, Stork, Swamp, Wildlife

Wood Stork Landing

September 21, 2021 Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography 4 Comments

Not every landing can be perfect, especially with a Wood Stork.

At least he didn’t try to glide in and take half the flock out in a crash.

Surprisingly he landed with a little space between his touchdown and the flock.

Birds, Marsh, Spoonbill, Swamp, Wildlife

Walking By, Roseate Spoonbill

September 20, 2021 Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography 4 Comments

The Spoonbill walked through a rice field the other day doing the typical digging around for small prey.

They like to walk along while turning their beak back and forth through the shallow water. This stirs up anything that may be in front of them.

I’ve seen them go the entire length of a marsh sifting all around.

ACE Basin.

Birds, Charleston, Marsh, Spoonbill, Swamp, Wildlife

Spoonbill By Charleston’s Cooper River

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These were taken the first week in September and promptly went to the ‘black hole of photographs’. No reason I can think of since I, like most people, enjoy the big pink birds.

Spoonbill By Charleston's Cooper River — Spoonbill By Charleston’s Cooper River

I think the tide was pulling the water back out to the river. This is not a place I would usually associate with Spoonbill, I always think big marshes.