Ibis tree

R,  W and I ran away from home today to take a walk at Phinizy Swamp Nature Preserve in Augusta.   We ended up walking  3 hours and  covered 4+ miles looking at birds and even an alligator. Time flies and miles too whenever you have good conversations with people.

 There is a short  boardwalk in the swamp part and then you walk along dikes separating several ponds.   It was a really good walk!    We saw the ibises, anhingas, morehens, egrets, and herons.   And the alligator. 

We saw these ibises on this tree in the swamp part of the walk.  I did take my big girl camera but did not take the 300mm lens.  UGH!!!   It was overcast most of the time there so I went with a high key photo to get rid of the gray.

A few other things I saw in the extras.  Including the gator who was watching a couple of morehens (marsh hens) that might be a meal later.  The reflections were really gorgeous.  

It was a good day to be outside in nature.