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Sun Rising Over Ashley River

The Ashley River was clear as glass on Friday morning, and the water didn’t appear to moving, as often happens around high tide. The water coming downstream, from the left in this first image, and the rising tide are equalizing.

Sun Rising Over Ashley River
Sun Rising Over Ashley River, Some Mist Rising Along the Bank

Looking upstream, this large Live Oak was dipping in the water.

Sun Rising Over Ashley River
Sun Rising Over Ashley River

I passed by that tree then looked back to the east to watch the sun’s rays through the Spanish Moss.

Sun Rising Over Ashley River
Sun Rising Over Ashley River Through A Live Oak

Ashley River From Magnolia Plantation, Charleston, SC
January 6, 2023

Consolidated from Wikipedia and Google: The Ashley River is a blackwater and tidal river, rising from the Wassamassaw and Great Cypress Swamps in western Berkeley County. It widens into a tidal estuary just south of Fort Dorchester, which was a colonial settlement. Colonial Dorchester State Historic Site is about 7 miles, as the crow flies, upriver from Magnolia Plantation and Gardens.

Cormorants Perched on Pilings

These pilings are what are left of a dock on the Ashley River at Middleton Place. The tide was going out and a crew of Double-crested Cormorants were using them as perches.

Double-crested Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant

This one seemed to be investigating a crack in the wood.

Double-crested Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant

I looked away and he either jumped or fell into the water.

Double-crested Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant

I thought he might be going fishing but he flew right back out of the water.

Double-crested Cormorants
Double-crested Cormorants

There was room for a couple more birds to join them.

Double-crested Cormorants on River Pilings
Double-crested Cormorants

Middleton Place, Charleston, SC
April 17, 2021