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Quiet Spot, Old Magnolia Cemetery
Tag Archives: South Carolina
Heron, Missed, Not Even Close
Hey…Heron… on your left !
You can see the fish jumping in the photograph above.
Tricolored Herons have been traveling with the Spoonbills. They are half the size but just push their way through the flocks at times.
Above the Heron was working the edges of the group. I did take a few of one hunting right in the middle of about 15 adult Spoonbills.
Still going through this days work. I had been asking for rain, well we had ankle deep monsoon yesterday. It was still not enough time to catch up.
Being outside all the time means that ‘cabin fever’ kicks in fairly quickly. The first hint of blue sky we are gone again.
Dolphins Catching A School Of Fish
Time to add something other than birds, even pink ones.
This is a pod of Dolphins pushing fish to the shore. A group around the South Carolina Lowcountry is one of the few that have learned to herd and ‘strand’ fish on the shore.
This particular hunt included 6 adults. A young calf was swimming off shore in water a little deeper.
Pretty dramatic.
In A Flock, Spoonbills
It is actually more difficult to get a decent capture of a bird when they are in with a flock. Everything gets busy, including the bird.
Of course if the flock has learned to ignore photographers it’s a little easier.
Sharing Space, Spoonbill
Best viewed large, click the image to view.
Early Light Is Not Always Best
This is only my opinion but I prefer a gray morning light. There is less glare spots.
What I do like about these photographs in particular is the number of different species all together, and not fighting.
Above there are 6 different types of wading birds together.
Click, or double tap, any image below to view the gallery.
Early Light Is Not Always Best – click to enlarge
Early Light Is Not Always Best – click to enlarge
Early Light Is Not Always Best – click to enlarge
Early Light Is Not Always Best – click to enlarge
Early Light Is Not Always Best – click to enlarge
Early Light Is Not Always Best – click to enlarge
Heron In The Golden Hour
This Great Blue Heron, wasn’t blue. The early light give everything this glow.
It doesn’t even look like the same bird.
Quickly Fishing, Spoonbill
I’m not sure he was finished landing before the fishing started.
We call the position above ‘angel wings’.
He wasted no time, must have been a school of fish right at his feet.