Taken as the last of the Egrets arrived in the rookery for the night.
Night Arrival, Great Egret
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Capturing The Great Blue Heron At His Best
I think this image captures a Great Blue, and their natural beauty fairly well. It’s not necessarily the photograph…it’s the elegant bird.
It’s Valentine’s Day
Happy Valentine’s Day.
Turtles, Bunches Of Turtles
The bigger turtles are common down here, but this was a little more than usual. Any spot they could climb on was taken. And more kept coming.
This was taken along the Ashley River which runs down to Charleston Harbor. Marshes and swamps are on either side.
Spring like weather and sun. It brought them all out to get warm.
White Ibis In Flight
These 3 photographs came out much better then expected. Ibis are fast, and erratic.
Catching this one was all because of practice, and gear. I could only have caught this with my 7D2 and Sigma.
Oh, luck too. Because when I spotted him it was too fast, until the bird started a glide.
Great Egret, Looking For A Mate
The colors and feathers of breeding season have begun.
Pelican, Bad Day, Bad Luck
Life in the swamps is not all pretty bird photographs. This Pelican was lost and it kept getting worse.
When he flew in there was obvious trouble. First, Pelicans do not come to this swamp. Not a place for a novice to float around in. Worse, it was apparent one of his legs was hurt.
For some reason the Pelican tried to land in one of the cypress trees. Bad idea. Great Blue Herons are closely guarding their nests. The Pelican found a flat spot to land, and a Great Blue stood up and drove him to the water.
Bloodied but actually lucky.
The Heron missed his eye and the Pelican swam off.
His last bit of luck was good though. And he probably didn’t know it. While swimming away from the Heron he caught the attention of an Alligator. Pelicans do not swim in the same water as Alligators so he was most likely unaware of it.
However, he took to the air heading out of the swamp (actually in the direction of the ocean) leaving the Alligator behind.
The first mishap of the spring and no disaster. That’s a good thing.
Heron Pair
A pair interacting during nest building. This female (on right) was very intense about getting the sticks from her mate.
