OK, this will get your attention.
Focus on the Great Egret turning your way.
Keep focusing, keep focusing, keep…
We both moved at this last moment. I just can’t believe he didn’t see me.
note; this is a shot I rarely take. They are so thin you can’t get a focus. I wait for them to shift giving me a target. This one didn’t turn and lucky I was in focus.
I don’t see a whole lot of excitement going on here.
The reflecting pond in the formal gardens of Middleton Plantation.
Something different for a walk.
Here the water was lower than usual. Recently the levels have been up and down. The DNR is most likely killing off some of the grass before the summer heat. It’s an easy way to keep the marshes from becoming over grown.
The critters love it since places they couldn’t reach are now there to explore.
Water levels are critical for the health of the wading bird populations. Too deep and they cannot fish, too shallow and no fish to catch. A delicate balance.
Changing water levels are what almost made the Spoonbill extinct in Florida. It’s also why the Spoonbills are in South Carolina and the Georgia coast.
Again, a delicate balance.
I looked down through the brush, he looked up.
We both expected the other, so no big deal.
ACE Basin, South Carolina.
Great Egret in a mating display.
Great Egret on display.
The plantation gardens that I walk through have small paths, almost hidden in places.
The gardeners know them all and take great care of all the various plants and trees within. For us it’s just a matter of wandering around until you find something like this.
As usual, no clue what it is.
