An Egret arriving back a the nest.
Stunning animals that can give quite a show each time the land.
Drama, and aggression, are a big part of the mating and nesting rituals.
Great Egrets At A Nest
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Anhinga Ready For Chaos
As soon as the Egrets and Great Blues have settled into nesting the ‘disrupter’ moves in.
They are another decent sized predator so a new round of issues begins.
Their method is to wait for an empty nest and just jump in and take it. They settle down in small groups so a lost nest is hard to get back.
This is a female just below a group of Cypress.
In A Swamp, Ibis
This spot is not a particularly good place to shoot. Besides the normal light issues trees and brush are pretty thick.
Every angle will have some type of branch of tree trunk in the shot. Half the time is spent focusing through ‘open holes’ in the view finder.
Of course the smaller wading birds like it back here. Ibis wander around in small groups ducking behind anything they find to avoid being seen.
Above the outline of a Little Blue Heron can be seen in the background.
While the chances of a ‘stunner’ type shot are slim you can find some interesting critters on a slow day.
Some Color
Taking a short cut last week I went through an old garden.
But Does It Taste Good, Marsh Rabbit
In the middle of all the chaos of Alligators and swirling rookery birds is this gentle soul. Strolling along smelling the flowers. Eating them too.
Most of the Marsh Rabbits stay along the edge of this swamp. Yet they like marshes.
And they are great swimmers.
Probably have to be I guess.
On A Walk
Ellen grew up on farms. I know where to find here.
I’m from the (big) city. Not so ‘touchy feely’ here.
Shooting a little wider here suits me fine.
Plantation Garden Pond
Looking across one of the back garden ponds at Magnolia Plantation.
The spring flowers have bloomed in most places.
At the foot of the statue a small Alligator can be seen.
Our Most Famous Cat
So, I was on line the other day, just digging around, and a photograph of an old friend popped up on MrsSmithTravels .
I had just visited with him the day before, and took these shots.
There are actually three cats, but the others stay inside away from people.
These were taken as Ellen was down in the barn yard conversing with the sheep and sheep-master. They are waiting for new arrivals, which should be almost immediately.
After that I know where to find Ellen.
Middleton Plantation, Charleston, South Carolina.