Visiting my friend
Keith's Blog brought this trip to mind, a visit to the Huntington Beach State Park near Myrtle Beach, SC. Its a wonderful salt marsh and there is a great camp ground there and just one hop over the dune and there is the Atlantic Ocean! But what I really love about it is the wading birds and of course the alligators!
I stalked this egret who was stalking his dinner-- but didnt allow my presence to put him off his game...he spots something toward the brush...
He heads toward it...
Then he zeros in...
He jabbed into the water so quickly I missed that shot..but he came up with this huge shrimp!
He repositioned...
Then down the hatch!...No melted butter--
Lots of other wading birds can be seen there but many people come to this park to see these guys...this shot I took some liberties with some exotic framing techniques!
If you are ever in the area this is a "gotta see it" spot!
Dixxe, a superb series of pictures.
ReplyDeleteThat is some Lobster!
Always amazes me how they swallow something so large. Superb!
Love the new header picture too.
Wow! Great shots - I feel like I was there.
ReplyDeleteKeith....can you believe the size of that shrimp??? Larger than any Ive seen. The egret must have xray vision to see it under that brush..
ReplyDeleteBarbara n Ron, thank you for the wonderful compliment!! Next time you head to the East Coast put this spot on your Bucket List!
Beautiful pictures of the egret. I have to say that I just love the reptile. Great shot.
ReplyDeleteGreat work, not only does it feel like I'm there, I am there. Going to link to you at MortysAdventure.blogspot.com if okay. Thanks for some great shots.
ReplyDeleteThanks Oldcrow and Im tickled to be linked Jim!
ReplyDeleteSpectacular shots of that egret! I wanna go there!
ReplyDeleteHi Dixxe,
ReplyDeleteI can see that both your and the Egret's stalking was very successful, both of you got what you wanted! :-) The Egret is beautiful...