This is an unfinished photo from this spring. I had several, all the same general theme so never got around to any of them.
Young Herons, Egrets too, are horrible to feed at this late stage. They are terribly aggressive, hurt the adults, and finally almost drive them away.
As usual, suddenly he was just there.
Incredible how they can do that, not like it’s a tiny Sparrow.
ACE Basin, South Carolina.
Brig-General Ripley did just about anything a man of his time could do. He was a General in the southern CSA army, but that is just a piece. I have seen his grave site numerous times but never really researched him.
So…
These are just the highlights of his life.
He lived, worked, and fought wars all around the world… in the 1800’s.
Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina.
The Cattail may have seen better days, it still had purpose.
A different take on the Great Egrets.
I was waiting for this Brown Pelican to take off, we were floating close to shore.
You can see he is just standing on the spit of land, the surf lapping at his feet.
However, nothing.
So what was he doing…
Just letting his feet get wet.
A pretty bird, made a great photo, but some action ?
Not happening. Again proves you never know what you might find out there 😂.
Actually two scenes.
Above has a little of everything. Egret, Great Blue, Anhinga, and of course a floating head (Alligator) under the outstretched branch.
A typical scene in one of the large marshlands.
The second, with an Anhinga, shows how dense the marsh grasses grow. Miles of these grass lands.
The bird is sitting on an old wooden structure that we can only guess what it’s original use was.
ACE Basin, South Carolina.
Today the heat was bearable !
Recently the heat index has been 112 – 117 degrees , actual 95 – 100. In Celsius an average of 37 to 46. Oh yeah humidity near 100% with no rain… somehow that’s a real thing.
Today it is 88, almost cool.
We ventured out and were quickly greeted by a White Ibis.
Better yet, he was without mud.
I consider this a win.
