Birds

Belted Kingfisher, Artsy Look

This Belted Kingfisher tormented me, as they generally do, by hovering over a small pond out of my camera’s reach.

Then he rested. I liked the appearance of his crown as an inversion of the palm tree.

Great Blue Heron

Great Blue Heron looking around

Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, Charleston, SC
December 23, 2021

I started this post last summer, hoping to take additional images showing this plant unfolding and perhaps more little flowers.

That never happened and now that we are in the brown, brown, brown season of winter this green seems pretty inviting.

A few White Ibis stood out against the bright blue sky on this early November morning.

I’ve rarely seen Night-herons of any kind flying with their meal.

I didn’t see this Juvenile Black-crowned Night-heron capture the fish, or if one of the Ring-billed Gulls in the area might have tried to take it.

He headed toward the Spoony Tree…

and dropped out of my sight on the back of the tree to eat in peace.

Donnelley Wildlife Management Area, SC
December 11, 2021