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.
Spoonbill in Flight, Sepia
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Roseate Spoonbills Resting
There was just enough breeze to crinkle the resting Roseate Spoonbills’ reflections after their first morning feeding.
7/26/2018
Into the Sun, Flower
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.
Great Blue Heron in Pine
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.
Snowy Egret Out on a Limb
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.
Shimmy
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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