Monday, March 9, 2009

Corkscrew continued...

Corkscrew Swamp was a veritable gold mine for me - there were lots of flycatchers and warblers, but it was really crowded, so after I got my shots of the painted buntings, I tried not to be obnoxious and take the best viewing spots with all my gear all the time. It was easier to take photos of the shore birds without being a rail-hog. The black-crowned night heron was the object here, but the white ibis and the anhinga crowded in.

Yellow rat snake - Ugh!

I like the hair-do on the little blue heron.

The egrets were plentiful and beautiful.

17 comments:

Dave Coulter said...

Tell that Black-crowned night heron to fly back up here! :)

Ruth's Photo Blog said...

Great shots.The three for one is pretty good.
Blessings,Ruth

This Is My Blog - fishing guy said...

Helen: I'm so so so jealous. You got some really great captures. I love my Great Blue Heron I see but that is the only big bird around.

SweetAnnee said...

LOV3LY LOVELY..Except the snake..
Ugh is right

LOL
Deena

Redzlan aka Tabib said...

Beautiful birds and snake too.
Yes, I like that hair style!

NCmountainwoman said...

Gorgeous! I am really enjoying Corkscrew, snake and all.

Anonymous said...

How cool to get all three birds in one shot and look at the hair on that little blue heron.

Jack and Joann said...

Great photos! And you made Fishing Guy jealous!

Jayne said...

So very beautiful Helen. :c)

June said...

I'm still not believing you saw all this wildlife! As you know, my visit was a big void. Amazing.

Montanagirl said...

Your photography is fantastic. I just ran across your Blog on another site I was commenting on and decided to visit yours. I've been sharing some of my bird photography too. Stop by my blog sometime.

DeniseinVA said...

Fantastic shots Helen, you have captured some incredible nature shots.

troutbirder said...

Odd name but beautful birds. Thanks

Linda said...

Lovely egret! I like the heron picture too.

Unknown said...

Really great photos. And you hit it perfectly, waters were down low enough that all the wildlife was congregating at the pools. Now it's to the point where even those pools are vanishing. It's been a dry dry season.

Mary said...

You really found a great place! So many different types of herons and other waders. Lovely photos!

2sweetnsaxy said...

Wow! What wonderful shots! Can't wait to see the rest of them so I'm just going to browse without commenting so I'm going to say it now, Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful!
:-D