White Point Gardens down by The Battery is known as a breeding area for Yellow-crowned Night Herons in Charleston. After a really fun engagement shoot in that part of town last night, I hung out and watched them go about their busy tasks of preening, gathering twigs, and mending nests. 

This image was photographed with a Nikon D300, Nikkor 200-400mm VR, and TC14eII mounted to a Wimberly Sidekick on a Bogen/Manfrotto tripod. Effective focal length was 840mm.  I’ll be speaking about Avian Photography at the Hilton Head Sun City Birding Club on July 6th if anywone is interested…