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Birds, Cemetery, Heron, Marsh, Swamp, What I Saw, Wildlife

Unwelcome Visitor, Again

January 30, 2021 Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography 4 Comments

An ongoing story here. In this rookery a new comer has been trying to ‘skip the hard work’ part. He had been landing on nests, getting aggressive with females, and over all causing trouble.

In this series I captured him (on the right) invading a nest site, again.

At first the female sat back, maybe intimidated by the male. But this being her nest she confronted him.

Things got louder and it became an actual fight not just posturing.

At the end here you can see she has pushed him back and off the nest itself.

Most of the times confrontations are all noise. But being predators sometimes it quickly turns and if one does not back down (like above) it’s not pretty.

Birds, Charleston, Heron, Marsh, Swamp, Wildlife

Calling For A Lady

January 30, 2021 Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography 6 Comments

This guy was working it ! He also did a bow, even started to snap his bill loud and hard. Looking for a lady for sure.

Click the image below and you will see he was even staring at me LOL.

Now, there’s more to the story. On the bottom of this same Cypress is an unattached female. She was completely ignoring him.

He gave it his best, but last I saw he was still single.

Birds, Egret, Marsh, Swamp, Wildlife

Egret On A Dike

January 30, 2021 Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography Leave a comment

Spotted this Great Egret on the edge of a dike, actually almost on top of an old wooden trunk.

Directly below the bird is the edge of a salt marsh. It’s tidal so at low tide all types of edible critters are in the mud. The dike is a perfect place to look around below.

The Ocean is probably 15+ miles away but the tide still works this far inland.

That’s why this is called the Lowcountry, we are low…like sea level low.

Birds, Egret, Heron, Landscape, Marsh, Shore Bird, Spoonbill, Swamp, Wildlife

Marsh Scene

January 29, 2021 Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography 6 Comments

A wide scene with a little bit of everything.

This includes the Roseate Spoonbills, Great Egrets, Godwits, and a few Snowy Egret.

Best viewed large.

Early morning, ACE Basin, South Carolina.

Birds, Heron, Marsh, Swamp, Wildlife

Following The Great Blue Exit

January 29, 2021 Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography 14 Comments

This is the type of series I love to catch. I don’t get the full start to finish often like this one.

The ‘tell’ for Herons and Egrets is the lean and bent knee. When I see it likely it is the start of taking flight, like this one.

Below I was focused on the bird, who was watching an Egret he had just chased. Hand holding a big lens means there isn’t a long time for me to focus and wait. It gets heavy, the lens begins to shake, and I need a rest.

My arm had not ‘fallen off’ yet so I was able to get this sequence.

And then he was quickly off across the marsh following the Great Egret.

Birds, Heron, Marsh, Swamp, Wildlife

Spotted Something

January 29, 2021 Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography Leave a comment

Taken from the top of a dike dirt road. Some dikes are large enough to have a single lane road, this being one that separates salt marsh from old rice fields. Pretty much an environment with a little bit of everything.