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Bald Eagles Circling A Marsh

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A moving target, circling around us. Not a great angle for me. However when you have Bald Eagles swirling and diving you ignore most everything else.

Bald Eagles Circling A Marsh
Bald Eagles Circling A Marsh
Bald Eagles Circling A Marsh
Bald Eagles Circling A Marsh

This particular Eagle made several turns and passes over the open marsh area. I did not catch any close dives to the surface though.

Bald Eagles Circling A Marsh
Bald Eagles Circling A Marsh
Bald Eagles Circling A Marsh
Bald Eagles Circling A Marsh

The sudden colder weather stunned some fish in the rice fields and marshes. Not a true fish kill, but enough to attract most every type of local predator.

Bald Eagles Circling A Marsh
Bald Eagles Circling A Marsh

I counted six different adult Eagles. They may have been more, and the dark juvenile Eagles were with the Vultures so I never even tried to count them.

Bald Eagles Circling A Marsh
Bald Eagles Circling A Marsh

ACE Basin, South Carolina.

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Along A Santee Delta Marsh, Eagle

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From a day of many Eagles, but few clear shots.

We traveled by a flat boat up through both the South and North Santee rivers as well as several creeks. This is all marsh land and old plantation rice fields from the 1700’s.

On this day the most common bird we saw, Bald Eagles. Pretty amazing.

Along A Santee Delta Marsh, Eagle
Along A Santee Delta Marsh, Eagle

Our trip traveled through some tight spots, we did get to move through rice fields and marsh creeks, ultimately pulling into shore at one of the old plantation buildings. This same trip will be made next week by a land trust mapping out an additional 20 miles of river shore to be purchased for conservation.

The boat Chris has for his Coastal Expeditions is specifically designed for shallow water and pulling directly up on the shore… without making holes in the bottom.

As expected we now have a billion photographs to dig through. I do plan a series of articles on the delta and the spots we visited.