This Anhinga was performing his drying ritual fairly close to the dike. Hoping he wouldn’t fly I took this from the car, which limited my angle. This was the shadowy end of the pond and I didn’t capture much color, but of course I liked the reflection.
After taking too many Roseate Spoonbill in flight images with plain blue backgrounds, I tried a monochrome treatment for something a little different. I like the outline of the bird from beak to toenails but miss the pink.
There was just enough breeze to crinkle the resting Roseate Spoonbills’ reflections after their first morning feeding.
7/26/2018
The seeds are just starting to form in the outer edges of this sunflower head, while the individual disk florets in the center are still developing.
Now that nesting season is over it is unusual to see Great Blue Herons perched high in a tree. This one found the perfect pine branch to have a look around the pond.
A Snowy Egret found a spot to himself for the night, about forty-five minutes before sunset. The wading birds tend to be squabblers, but when darkness is approaching they pick a spot and settle down.
1/29/2018, St. Augustine Alligator Farm, St. Augustine, Florida.
Great Blue Heron shaking it off while fishing under the canopy of a Live Oak on the Ashley River. He had just taken a full body plunge into the water and came back empty.
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