Dropping In On Friends

One day last week we were watching three spoonbills feeding in the salt marsh during low tide.

At one point I happened to glance behind me and saw number four come gliding in from the direction of the swamp.

Our new arrival dropped right in and started feeding immediately while his three friends never broke stride and acted liked the whole thing never happened.

In the second and third photo you can see the antler from a deer skeleton that still remains out in the marsh from last summer.

10 thoughts on “Dropping In On Friends”

naturesnippets on November 6, 2015 at 5:59 pm said:

Such beautiful birds!

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- Phil Lanoue on November 6, 2015 at 6:03 pm said:
  
  They are pretty, and fun to watch too! Thanks for looking.
  
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Patrizia M. on November 6, 2015 at 6:34 pm said:

Un vero spettacolo queste tue foto, sono fantastiche!!
Ciao, Pat

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- Phil Lanoue on November 6, 2015 at 6:52 pm said:
  
  Grazie Pat! 🙂
  
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mjculverphotography on November 6, 2015 at 7:14 pm said:

Excellent work, I really like the “action” in the images.

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- Phil Lanoue on November 6, 2015 at 8:28 pm said:
  
  Well I appreciate that very much, thank you and glad you enjoy the photos!
  
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Gunta on November 7, 2015 at 12:11 am said:

They’re far too busy feeding to acknowledge the new arrival.

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- Phil Lanoue on November 7, 2015 at 1:13 am said:
  
  That’s exactly right. It could have been a rhinoceros landing there and it made no difference or impression.
  
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  - Gunta on November 7, 2015 at 1:15 am said:
    
    I think perhaps they may have noticed a rhinoceros?
    
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    - Phil Lanoue on November 7, 2015 at 11:49 am said:
      
      I don’t know, maybe. But they never seem to care much about a large alligator so who knows? 🙂
      
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