A Great Egret showing off the bridal feathers of mating season.

This show goes on for approximately two months each spring in the Lowcountry.
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.
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.