Ric and I just got back from a trip down to the Carolina’s. We stayed at Atlantic Beach N.C. and then moved down to S.C. and spent some time at two of their very nice State Parks Myrtle Beach and Huntington Beach. I had a great time looking for birds and trying to get a few good pictures. I hope you enjoy these shots.
Great Blue Heron
I will warn you not all of these are a clear as I would like but I put in my favorite shots.
Also my ID skills are not the best and if you notice that I misidentified something please let me know. I would very much appreciate getting proper ID’s on my pictures. Tri-Color Heron??
Liked this pose
Another
I think all of the next 2 groups are Tufted Titmouse???
I was surprised by the long curly tail feathers. I don’t remember seeing them or just didn’t notice them before. Or I may have misidentified this bird.
Dead Bird??? I think not!!
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Three of these flew into a bush near where I was sitting and proceeded to throw them selves down on the ground. Funniest thing I’ve seen. After a minute or so they all hopped up and then flew away.
How about a couple of Cardinals
Male
I liked this pose.
Got to give the Jays some time too.
Another
Killdeer
Great Egret These beautiful birds sure do have some interesting friends.
Hanging out at the lake and catching some rays with a couple of buds.
Going fishing with Ric
I’m going to finish up with one of my favorite shore birds.
They sure do have a lot of personality
I have quite a few more birds to look at but didn’t want this thread to get too long so I will start a second thread with the rest of the pictures.
Hope you have enjoyed the show.
Tri-Color Heron??
Tufted Titmouse???
Dead Bird??? I think not!!
oh my, that Egret is brave to have friends with such big teeth!!
Lovely series Holly
Great series Holly! Very nice pics!
Glad you all liked them, I have more and will start another thread as soon as I can. I really had a great time getting the pictures and Huntington Beach State Park had 2 very nice programs on Birding. One gave the basics, how to use a field guide, binoculars and such and then a 1 hour out on the Salt marsh walkway to look for birds. The other was a trip out the causeway to spot Shorebirds both programs were great fun.
What a great experience Holly...thanks for sharing your trip with us!
Nice to see your birds Holly. Very nice pictures.
Holly, great pictures. Don't think I ever saw a Tri-color Heron, Next time I get down that way I'll have to keep an eye out for one. Like the Pelican shots....I can spend a lot of time watching them fish, fold up their wings and dive bomb the fish. I wonder how deep they go in the water before surfacing?
When my kids were small we would call them Teradactals. A couple of years ago my 30 yr old son called just to let me know that they had arrived at the beach safely. The message I got on my cell phone was "Teradactals, Teradactals" LOL
Part 2 is finished. Here is the link for anyone interested.
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/861625/
