A common sight on South Carolina side roads. The Dept. Of Transportation road crew… better known as the Black Vulture.
Earlier today there were hundreds in the air as we drove to mid state. Some do migrate south so that may be the reason.
We have a huge population year round here. I have recently read their numbers are declining due to habitat loss.
Above, a small part of a larger group feeding… I skipped taking those shots.
Fall and winter is the best time in Charleston to be at the shore.
Folly Beach, Folly Island, Charleston.
Absolutely nothing gets past them…
A few from our old B&W / Monochrome web site.
These are such distinctive birds we did a large series of just storks.
Two Snowy Egret solving the problems of the world.
The Duck Weed on the water looks like you could walk on it.
Once a series of plantation rice fields, now open marshlands.
ACE Basin, South Carolina.
Taken on a ‘not so nice’ day. Actually I didn’t expect to see anything.
This was taken on the marsh side of a long dike. The other side is a river. The Ashley River from here ends just above Charleston, a few miles down river.
Low light, and using a walk around lens that needs it, made for some darker images. However the Herons were not moving around so I could shoot at a slower speed.
Marshlands have their own fall color schemes.
ACE Basin, South Carolina.
