Bear Island Wildlife Management Area, SC
February 23, 2022
A Small Raft of Coots
Tag Archives: Black and White
Coots on the Run
American Coots run and flap to get airborne in an splashy display.
Sometimes they are just relocating, as they did in this case, to get away from the edge where I was walking.
They quickly settled down into another small group further out in the pond.
Bear Island Wildlife Management Area, SC
February 23, 2022
Silent Sunday: Long White Bridge B&W
Magnolia Plantation & Gardens, Charleston, SC
July 23, 2021
Smith Pyramid, Magnolia Cemetery, B&W
Magnolia Cemetery is full of oddities; to me this pyramid is one of the oddest. I think a tree or large limb must have recently fallen as I don’t recall seeing this view before. Or maybe I’ve been too busy watching the birds.
Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, SC
Silent Sunday: Barred Owl, Black and White
Peacock, Black and White
Update 5: Long White Bridge, Magnolia Plantation and Gardens
I ended my last Long White Bridge update with:
Foot traffic was still not allowed on the bridge. I expect the sides will have a railing along the top and there will be caps on the posts, both in black.
Thursday this week was a sunny day and I went back to check on progress. The holiday decorations have been removed, the caps are in place, no black painting has been done, and visitors are still blocked from crossing the bridge.
I pretty quickly got distracted by a Great Blue Heron posing on the new railing.
A few minutes later a Little Blue Heron decided to check out the new view, too.
Surprisingly the Little Blue flew even closer to the GBH.
Even more surprisingly the LBHÂ struck the same pose as the GBH, who never moved.
Magnolia Plantation & Gardens, Charleston, SC
January 28, 2021
The Long White Bridge at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens which was severely damaged by a falling maple tree on July 7, 2020.
My other photos of the Long White Bridge
Green Heron Silhouette
Sometimes the light just isn’t with you.
But you like the subject. A Green Heron on a gnarly branch worked for me.
I took the color out of the first two, but left the duckweed green in this last one.
Backyard Carolina Anole on Caladium
With more time spent at home this summer Carolina Anoles have continued to entertain me on our patio.
This is the first year I’ve tried Caladium. It’s holding up to the heat and makes a great perch for the Anoles as they search for bugs.
The colors of the lizard and the leaves were incredibly vivid; here’s a B&W version.
Sunrise, Black and White
