It was a balmy 59 degrees this evening when I did this plein air watercolor of the Blue Moon. I even heard a few peepers!! They better hunker down as the temps are to plummet come Saturday. Just a few clouds around the moon and a partial ring of yellow and red. The eve’s celebrations […]
Category Archives: Amphibians
Gopher Tortoise
A year ago, at this time, I began Clemson University’s Master Naturalist Program at the Low Country Institute in Beaufort County. One of our first field trips was to Webb Wildlife Management Area. I will discuss the morning session of our field trip in another post. In the afternoon, we visited a sand hill area […]
Peepers, Leopards and Bronzes…… Oh My!
Well, my title doesn’t roll off the tongue quite like Lions Tigers, and Bears…. oh my! But, the evening frog chorus that has filled my ears for the last week sure does bring a smile. Yellow Jessamine, Gelsemium sempervirens (l.) Aiton f., has started to bloom once again. I broke off a sprig and put […]
Spring Peeper
In the late evening of Ground Hog day, after Phil had seen his shadow, I heard a lone Spring Peeper, Pseudacris crucifer, call from the woods 🙂 There is hope that is cold blast will end!
