Wildlife Photography
When we first arrived at Bear Island I saw nothing, not a good omen.
However, after going to the far end and walking a dike this group appeared. White Pelicans were a surprise since breeding time is close.
Actually if you enlarge these images you will see the beginning of the ‘breeding bump’ on a beak.
Always a good day when you get to capture the Herons busy at work.
The male brings in the materials, over and over.
Above the female greeted him with one of those long low mournful mating calls.
And finally the female accepts the sticks.
Of course if the male just stands there for a few minutes she will call or snap her beak sending out for more.
I say thousands, but that is conservative.
Marshes over 10 miles apart had the same numbers.
This was one spot, shot wide, and they were all around, behind, and over us. Tree Swallows.
Best viewed large.
ACE Basin, South Carolina.
Getting what little sun was available.
A large male Heron climbing around an old Bald Cypress in a rookery.
This was a quick test shot to see how bad the ISO was. But it came out OK, I published because of the intense look to the bird.
Great Blue Heron returning to a rookery… empty handed. No stick, no food.
He should probably just keep going.
ACE Basin marshes have large numbers of these guys.
However, I rarely get any decent photographs. The reeds and grasses are just too thick.
I probably shot 30 images of this bird. I have 3 here. Pretty bad ratio of shots to keepers.
If I did that very often I’d have taken up knitting.
Looks like he is going to fall over into the water.
