Filed Under Egrets, Fall 2008, Herons
At long last, we had a sunny sunrise today. I returned to my favorite marsh pond to check on who was there and a nice collection of egrets and herons were loafing in the morning sun. Great Egrets were casually fishing while Great Blue Herons looked on passively. Just another day at their office.
Filed Under Fall 2008, Pelicans
I was in Wrightsville Beach, NC last week for my son’s wedding. I did not have time to shoot any local wildlife except for these three pelicans that skimmed over the surf one cloudy morning.
Filed Under Fall 2008, Scenics
I try to keep this photoblog up to date with photographs that I take on a close to daily basis. Nearly all of the posts are photos taken the same day as the post or within a couple of days of the post. I was out of town for a week and have had cloudy, stormy weather since I got back. Not wanting the blog drought to continue, I dug back into the unused files and offer this, taken on August 16. Wish me sun so I can post new photos.
This Great Egret was photographed last month in Pamlico Sound. I was able to get just below it while it rested in an island tree top. It watched me for a little while then, without much warning, it lifted off into the wind.
A friend told me about a place where Great Egrets are now roosting for the night in a large flock. Although the light was a little flat tonight I photographed the birds as they settled into bed. There was quite a bit of muscling for the best branch as demonstrated by these two.
Filed Under Cormorants, summer
There was a nice lineup of Double -crested Cormorants sitting on pilings at sunset the other night. All was well and good until one took it upon its self to try to start a game of musical pilings. The one I was shooting held its ground despite the scary wing waving tactics of the intruder.
Filed Under Egrets, Shorebirds, summer
What a difference a day makes. Tropical Storm Hanna was finishing up on Delaware late in the day Saturday, and 24 hours later I am taking photographs on the marsh with a surface so stil it is a mirror. The feeding egrets and gulls didn’t seem to notice their reflections but they certainly add to the beauty of the moment.
Here in Delaware we are waiting, tonight, for the effects of Tropical Storm Hanna to develop. This morning dawned hot , humid and still; tropical. Fog developed over land close to the coast. These oak trees were wrapped in light fog that drifted in off the marsh as the sun began to warm the air. Within the hour the fog was gone.
Filed Under Shorebirds, summer
I know, I know, we see Sanderlings scurrying along the waterline at the beach all the time. I took these photos in Hatteras a couple of weeks ago and froze these perpetual motion machines in action. Take a close look at the bottom photo, is that a worm that the early bird has found?
