He touched down nicely, but in fairness it wasn’t a long flight. The Tricolored was hopping along between various stands of brush over the swamp water. Some times he jumped others he flew a few feet.
Made for a nice landing shot though.
One of the only Anglican chapels maintained in its original condition. Privately owned by the families that first built the chapel in 1725.
Photographed from behind the pulpit.
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Create with OM 1 mk2, OM 12-100 f4.
These smaller Egrets have one of the most interesting mating season feathers around here. Not as long and flowing as the larger Egret, however the fluffy displays and head crowns are just as amazing.
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Here’s a factoid about alligators I didn’t know. The largest recorded gator is 19 feet, 2 inches. I had thought it was just under 14 feet. The length of a type A small school bus (mini bus) is 20 feet. 😳
That is one huge Alligator 😳. I’m around them a lot, but I still can’t imagine one that big.
I was just looking around and there he was. This is very un-Night Heronly.
Black-crowns always look kinda grumpy.
There were plenty of Green Herons around the other day. And as usual most were surrounded by grass and branches.
In keeping with my usual lack of patience I kept moving and suddenly a hole opened up. Not perfect, leaves in and out with the breeze, but I did have a chance at a few shots.
Green Herons are considered to be one of the smartest of birds. Very successful on a hunt, some use bait for fish, basically smart.
And yet, they seem to prefer building nests a little too low, in thickets that hide danger, here they make bad decisions.
This bird was near some taller grasses, a few feet away, that had multiple nests. Not a good place to build a home…
A little like the old ‘before and after’ formats.
First we have the main subject…one of our local dinosaurs. A favorite critter of mine to photo.
Next we have the perspective shot.
Way off in the background, up top, is the Anole lizard. The ‘required’ warning sign (of another lizard) is the main subject.
South Carolina has laws protecting the alligator and about warning the public.
