A Great Egret showing off the bridal feathers of mating season.
This show goes on for approximately two months each spring in the Lowcountry.
Egret Breeding Feathers
Tag Archives: South Carolina
Wood Duck In A Swamp Pond
The colors and patterns of the males look almost like hand painted porcelain.
I once had a small painted statue of a Wood Duck, the details on the wild birds are much better.
Angels
Found on a walk through an old cemetery.
It’s fitting these carved Italian statues are part of the Gibbes family mausoleum. One of the most important art museums in the US (Gibbes) was created and funded by the family as Charleston was being rebuilt after the Civil War.
Click to view the Gibbes on this site.
Everyone’s A Winner, Egret, Heron
We found a mixed flock in the marsh shallows. Food looked to be plentiful, which is why they were all here.
Following these three I watched each of them successfully make a catch all within seconds of each other.
They moved by fast basically eating on the run.
Great Egret Portrait, Sepia
A more classical style.
Best viewed large.
The feet, bottom right, show their huge claws clearly here.
Getting Colorful
Swimming into the Azaleas.
This small hammock had bright colors and across the way was a bench.
The Dragon Portrait, Great Blue
When they get into a long glide you can’t help but think of ‘Dragons’.
They make it look so easy to fly.
Great Blue Heron.
Swans Dancing
I’ve wondered how photographers capture mated Swans with those heart shaped images. Now I know.
Just wait.
If the birds are in mating season getting close and swimming together is part of the ritual. They do it and a photographer needs the angle. The Swans do the rest.
