When a big Alligator starts to growl it’s loud, very loud.
A large adult will shake everything around them.
Above the water was being thrown everywhere from the vibrations.
It’s even more fun when the answer each other.
Technically I’m not sure you would call this drift wood.
A ‘dead tree in a marsh pond’ doesn’t have the same ring to it though.
Double-crested Cormorant.
Eye contact when the nest spots are down low.
Roseate Spoonbill
That in between age, Roseate Spoonbill.
We were both on a mission here. Thunder and lightning were getting close, he wanted to catch something, I wanted a few quick shots.
We both did OK. He dropped down and grabbed something from the swamp, I now have 100+ images to sort through.
And we did get another 3 inches (7.6 Centimeters) of rain.
This series has more shots than it should but it shows just how difficult it is for an adult Great Blue to feed a larger juvenile.
This is about the stage when an aggressive young bird can actually hurt an adult.
The next step is for adults to just fly in, drop food in the nest, and quickly leaving.
Most of the year these small Egrets have little color at all.
Come spring though they really shine.
The Lowcountry doesn’t have many of these birds. They are around but tend to be shy.
I should have expected this since we had a large number of wading birds flying around us.
This Little Blue Heron flew right into the shot, just as the Egret was getting ready to fly.
I missed both shots of course.
