I had an excellent weekend birding with my guests during our recent trip to the Ft.Fisher SRA in southeastern NC.
We saw a nice variety of species and although the Painted Buntings proved to be somewhat elusive to find, we finally spotted a few both at Ft.Fisher & Carolina Beach which was a win in my book ; )
It was a lot of fun to spend time with people who love this birding/photography life as much as I do. I mean where else can I relate to folks better when I say, “hey let’s go try for one more pic” or “do you mind if we travel to another spot to see if we can get just one more bird” and the answer is always a resounding YES!
One of the best moments from the trip was trying to see the Clapper Rails at the Rocks at Ft.Fisher.
When I’d call out to them those darn birds would answer me loudly in unison like a crowd of drunk hecklers at a stand up show.
Yet, they stayed hidden and we only saw one once when it briefly flew out of the tall grass before landing again.
So frustrating lol!
I wish I could have got a photo of those guys (there were several of the Clapper Rails hiding in the marsh) but gosh it was such a funny thing for us to hear them laughing at us that I can’t help but think that’s a moment I’ll never forget. Truly a colorful happy memory as good as any photo I could have caught.
I can’t wait to return here next week! If you’d like to join me out there check out the link below for booking information!
Photos by @sally_siko of @birdwatching_nc on the full frame beast of an SLR, the mighty @canonusa
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