It’s a Yellowlegs, most likely the ‘Lesser’ shorter billed version. I think you would need to be holding one in each hand to be sure. I just call all these smaller guys ‘shore birds’, it’s easier.
This is the most common of the little guys out in the marshes. In the air they are like lightening and make a whistling noise with their wings. Extended wings shows a V feather pattern making an ID much easier.
Photographed in Donnelley WMA, ACE Basin.
Sorry, but these chicks are not cute.
I thought these shots were a nice representation of which animals actually live out there. This is just scratching the surface of the species we find, but it does give an idea of a typical marsh scene.
These photographs were taken in the Donnelley wildlife area within the ACE Basin of South Carolina.
Included in these images are;
An unlikely group hanging around together, but pretty common in the marshes.
Wood Storks / AlligatorsAmerican Alligator, Wood Storks, ACE Basin, South Carolina.
The wooden ramps are usually occupied by somebody. In this case it was a Great Egret.
Sooner or later an Alligator will climb up and claim it, until then it could be almost anything.
Mating display, Great Egret.
Not much more you can say…
This Little Blue Heron looked to be resting here, away from all the nest building nearby. The small swamp area is turning into the spot all the birds go to away from the busy rookery.
A Great Egret sitting up in a Cypress Tree in the last light of the day. Some nice shadows, maybe a bit too much.
It’s wildlife so we take what we can get.
