I’m not sure what was so interesting. Whatever it was I took advantage of it.
Posing nicely for a portrait.
Tricolored Heron
Downy Likes Spicy Food
A Downy Woodpecker about to give a seed cake a really good wack 😄.
When I took my long lens out behind the house the other day many of the locals decided to stop by. While I watch the action from the back porch I never really stand back there shooting at the various feeders and trees. It’s not all that easy 😳.
The seed cake seen here, the darker one, is an anti-squirrel food. The secret ingredient is hot sauce lol. Birds don’t have taste buds, mammals do. It only takes a few bites to send the furry thieves to the water for a drink. Squirrels come out of the woods in hordes and devour the (costly) bird food in seconds. We have lots of feeders with regular seed they can steal, the birds need to hAve Some too.
Out Back, Long Lens
The other day I was in my office, and for some reason I was placing my stuff where it belonged. It’s been a while so I wasn’t sure where that was, so instead I grabbed my wildlife setup and went out back.
Now I needed something big and in the distance.
This is what I found, a Carolina Anole.
Specs; OM -1 mk2, OM 100-400 ll, Manfrotto monopod, Benro ball head, Lightroom.
Good To Know, South Carolina DNR
Some fresh signs have been added.
I see our state legal department has a sense of humor… ‘May Live Here’. We don’t want to scare away the tourist dollars.
Baby Snacks, Anole
The two main subjects here lately are the crazy growth of the Moon Flowers and the little green guys the Anole.
It was inevitable an Anole would discover how the small flys are drawn to the Moon Flowers. It’s a great source of snacks for young Anole. Both the Gnats and Anole are speedy, but I did see the Anole ‘chomping away’ at times.
This is a very young Anole, maybe a day or so, and small enough to wander right around inside the flowers.
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Baby Snacks, Anole
Baby Snacks, Anole
Baby Snacks, Anole
Baby Snacks, Anole
Baby Snacks, Anole
Little Acrobat, Carolina Anole
When looking for these little guys I look everywhere. They have the ability to hang where you least expect one. More than once I’ve had one jump on me.
The toe of an Anole has long curved claws, the pad of the toes have deep ridges that grip most anything. I wonder… do I have any close shots of their feet ?
I always try to catch a shot of an Anole staring right into the camera, eye contact. Like below.
Specs; OM-1 (1), OM 12-100, Godox iT32 flash, Lightroom.
Perched Yellow-crown Night Heron
Taken at the Port Royal rookery, in what is a thick and tangled swamp area. Just what the Yellow-crowns like, and photographers hate.
You spend as much time looking for open holes through the tress as you do finding the birds. Below was shot through one of those small open views.
Specs; OM-1 mk2, OM 100-400 II, Lightroom.
Careful Little Guy, These Look Sharp
When I focused in close I realized just how sharp these leaves are.
This is not a place an Anole wants to make a random jump.
