Tag Archives: birds

Birds, Black and White, Charleston, Egret, Marsh, Monochrome, Swamp, Wildlife

Egrets, Black And White

May 7, 2020 Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography 3 Comments

Great Egrets nesting.

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

Heron Free Falling, A Leap Of Faith

May 7, 2020 Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography Leave a comment

I love their ‘leap of faith’ when they take flight. At times I will find a spot and wait for this type of series. Some I get, some I miss. Catching the first part of a flight is incredible to watch.

Below is a series of sequential images of the ‘leap’. Oh, under this nest is swamp and Alligators.

Click any image for full size, the bird’s concentration is amazing.

Free Falling, Heron

This is faith, jump off the high nest into the air, knowing you will not hit the water and danger below.

Gotta love it !

Birds, Charleston, Heron, Marsh, Swamp, Wildlife

Great Blue Fly By

May 6, 2020 Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography Leave a comment

I’m just noticing how thick and green some places are now. The trees in the background now accent the Herons in flight rather then hide them in bare branches.

Of course there is a trade off. When they land many are hidden now.

Birds, Marsh, Shore Bird, Swamp, Wildlife

Whistling Duck, Black-bellied

May 6, 2020 Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography 6 Comments

This was a duck I never knew existed until we found them last year. They were in this same wildlife area.

They are year round residents along the Lowcountry coast, Florida, Texas, and Louisiana. The range is extending north, but based on their breeding habits it might take sometime. The ducklings are raised on the open marshes here, we see them in the open often. We have a lot of Eagles and other large raptors here. Obviously some make it to adulthood, but I don’t know how.