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
Another ‘interesting’ position for a turtle. Can’t figure out how they get into this. Must be something in the swamp water.
The incoming Wood Stork gave me a ‘subject’ for the photographs composition that was missing. I think this view is very pretty and wanted an image since much of this is covered in water most times.
As luck would have it the big guy slipped in from behind and gave me the help I needed.
Best viewed large, a few local Alligators are sprinkled around the scene too.
The only Heron in sight here was way up and flying over. At least I caught his (tiny) reflection.
This dike trail is where you go only on a cooler windy day. I’ve been to a lot of places with biting insects, this is one of the worst.
You can find all types of animals here. Always big gators, wading birds, and once in a while small groups of boar. Good photo place.
The bugs were minimal, activity the same. Rather than temp fate I grabbed a few photos and retreated to the car.
Mary’s Island dike, Donnelley, South Carolina.
An experiment that worked out OK.
The other day we were overwhelmed with alligators. No walking anywhere except the dirt road on the main dike.
Towards the end of the morning I noticed the small marsh island had most every dry spot covered in Alligators. There are approximately 17 on the waters edge, a few in the reeds, some in the water. There were others all on the dikes and the other marshes either side of this.
Below is a panorama of 3 images stitched together by Lightroom. Best viewed as large as you can.
I’m not sure if these shots are wildlife or landscapes. A little both I guess.
I always like to include the surrounding environment in my photographs. I think each of these did that better than most. The time of day and scenery was just about perfect.
In the morning wading birds will return to marshes to feed from where ever their chosen roost is. It might be one at a time, or a string of birds arriving.
If I’m near the flight path I can be set and catch some in flight. These can be the best shots of the day.
ACE Basin, South Carolina.
Shooting wide here. It’s all about the the two colors.
Doesn’t hurt that’s it a Spoonbill.
