One contradicts the other here.
Fall colors with spring nest building.
Winter is right in the middle of that and will cool down the action for a month or so.
It does make for some nice photographs though.
Great Blue Heron In A Fall Swamp
Tag Archives: Fall
Hide And Seek, Young Great Blue
The coloring, or lack of, in the young Great Blue Herons makes them blend in perfectly with marshlands.
I see them often and know the melt into the reeds, but I don’t think I really appreciated how the lack of the adult blues and grays works so well.
Lowcountry Fall
A quick photograph taken from a marsh dike. The canals between the thick grasses and reeds turns golden from reflections and there is usually white birds to add a nice touch.
ACE Basin, South Carolina.
Cold Evening
Cold is a relative thing.
At one point in my life this would have been a nice warm evening.
I’ve been ‘Southern-ized’.
Looking At Real Estate
Step one to planning a family…where to live.
Of course they both must agree on it, and that takes time.
Great Blue Herons.
Down An Alley, Charleston
I can never do justice to this cemetery, especially with the subtle fall colors there.
It can be difficult to read some of the headstones given their age. I have found many names I recognize as the founders of the Charleston settlements.
All around the cemetery, even after you emerge from the alley, are old historical buildings. In the distance you can see the newer parts of town but even that doesn’t change the atmosphere here. You always feel enclosed, inside something old.
Taken at Jacobs Alley off King Street, Charleston, South Carolina.
Calling For A Mate, Great Blue Heron
You can hear this for some distance. When you do there is no mistake it’s a Great Blue mating call. Deep, almost hoarse, and long.
The large Herons can start early here. Some will claim last years nest. Most will begin a courtship, but will be interrupted when winter storms eventually come along.
It’s a sure sign next years great adventures are about to start.
Fall Colors Include Pink Around Here
While New England has the beautiful red and gold maple trees each fall we go a different direction.
We have pink.
I’m OK with the trade off.
ACE Basin, South Carolina.
