Depending on where we leave the car I try to look all around before walking any distance. With age comes wisdom… and aging body parts.
Here I found no birds in trees, or flying. Two ‘heads bobbing around’ was about it.
I went another direction and found Spoonbills instead.
Note; way off in the background there were some Blue-winged Teals. They never come any closer out here so I ignored them.
At the right angle, if you lean out a little, you can see down the side of the bank.
Most times I just look out over open water for birds. This time I looked down.
This is actually two different Alligators. One closer to the edge than the other.
The type of image I see in my head usually doesn’t end up that way.
This did.
Charleston, South Carolina.
When in a tree, and awake, Spoonbills can’t sit still.
What they are really good at is playing around and acting funny.
In this case a single bird began staring under the tree. He didn’t stop fidgeting around until all of them were fixated on it.
Now, there can be anything under this old tree. However, whatever it is will not be climbing up to bother them.
This Egret had flair.
Taken from outside an abandon farm house.
No head, just a hat.
Years of spider webs on all the windows.
ACE Basin, South Carolina.
I wasn’t sure we would not be rained on, but it missed.
Charleston, South Carolina.
Finally some photographs not in marshes. It’s much easier to go to a swamp for us. However more is happening in the marshes now.
This small Heron was from a quick walk one afternoon not far from home.
Above the light hit the bird just right. The magenta and slate blue was displayed nicely here.
