Today I headed back to what is becoming a new favorite spot, Bear Island WMA and Donnelley WMA which are right next to each other. It was a cold start to the day… frigid cold. That’s why this Tricolored Heron isn’t doing much besides huddling for warmth. I spent most of the morning with the …
For a while now I’ve been talking to people about one of my favorite places to photograph in the Lowcountry, Fish Haul Creek, and have been saddened by their reaction. Many people hear that it is great for bird photography, but when they’ve gone they’ve had terrible luck with it. The first couple of times …
For the third outing in a row, I spent my time with this charming pair of Blue-winged Teals. I’m not sure how much longer they will stick around for as many of the ducks have already departed for the north. In any case, I’m going to make the best of the opportunity I have. The …
A quick look at the same spot I found a very cooperative pair of Blue-winged Teals showed me that they were there again. This time they were on the opposite side of the water, but I crawled my way into the same general location that I used before. It was the same time of day, …
Luck comes in droves. Sometimes bad, sometimes good. The only way to beat luck is to play the numbers game. If you’re doing everything right, keep trying and hoping and eventually you’ll get results. Today the luck started raining on me for ducks. It was a situation I almost passed up. There were two Blue-winged …
Loggerhead Shrikes were everywhere in Savannah National Wildlife Refuge over the fall. I’d see at least one every day and sometimes up to four. It was the same in the early winter, but as winter went on, the birds must have found somewhere else to go. I also never had the best luck photographing this …
One of the most abundant birds in South Carolina’s freshwater habitats over the winter months are the American Coots. These birds are common in many places across the country and because they can be relatively tame, people view them almost as chickens that live in the water. If you’ve guessed that I still find them …
They may be just black and have no color, but crows are fascinating animals. We have two species that you can find here in the South Carolina Lowcountry and both species come to the beach. It can be quite difficult to tell apart the Fish Crows from the more cosmopolitan American Crows, but the most …
Today I had the chance to go to a new location, Bear Island Wildlife Management Area. A new place is always exciting – even if there are no bears here. I wonder where the name came from. Perhaps there were bears at one point. Anyway, to make the experience better I was going along with …
Today was another slow day in pursuit of ducks. The ducks are nearly all in the peak of their breeding plumage, but there weren’t many around where I checked today. This female Northern Shoveler was one of the few that I did see. The ducks were mostly flying from one marshy area to another – …