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.
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.
Great Egret in a mating display.
Great Egret on display.
Up north it was the House Sparrow everywhere. Down here it’s become the Yellow-rumped Warbler.
Just one came in close this morning, the others almost out of sight.
Anytime you can visit with one it’s a good day.
ACE Basin, South Carolina.
These Snowy Egret were getting along with the small Herons just fine. However, they rarely can not argue or fight among themselves.
It begins with the ‘puffed up’ display and strut.
The marsh was very low here so there was plenty of fish and space to be apart. Most of the aggression was simple display.
True to form a little later a few couldn’t help but chase each other around. It’s a Snowy thing.
