The other day I saw a Great Egret with the beginnings of breeding plumage! Such a celebration to see these magnificent birds alive and well. To think they were once hunted and killed for their plumes for the millinery trade. Thank you, George Bird Grinnell for creating the Audubon Society in 1886 and for the […]
Category Archives: Birds
Sea Pine Forest Preserve
Lake Mary, at Sea Pine Forest Preserve, on Hilton Head Island, SC is one of our favorite spots to spend the day. We bring the dogs, our cameras, my scope and most important…. my journaling supplies. The dogs get so excited as we make the turn into the Preserve. We head for the picnic table […]
Nemours Plantation Field Trip
I held my inaugural nature journaling field trip, for past workshop participants, at Nemours Plantation on October 30th. Nemours, a private plantation, is located in northern Beaufort County and extends for 8 miles along the southern bank of the Combahee River. It lies within the ACE Basin – a low country treasure that includes approxamately […]
Fall Bird Observations
Joy of joys, I just heard two Barred Owls talking to each other in the woods behind our home. I’ve been hooting back to one for weeks. I’m happy it finally found the real thing 🙂 I’ve seen Fish Crows in very large flocks lately. One flock decided to roost at my friends home near […]
National Wildlife Refuge Week – Pickney Island
In celebration of National Wildlife Refuge Week, Water-Dog Outfitters has partnered with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to offer tours of Pinckney Island. Rob and I chose to take the hayride tour. We enjoy Pickney Island but, to date, had not been past Ibis Pond. Here was a chance to scope it out and […]
A ‘Carolina’ Perfect Day
If a sensory dictionary existed and you could look up and feel a perfect Carolina day……. today would be there 🙂 We finally had a break from the unusually high heat and humidity that’s been with us for most of September. Yesterday was actually cloudy and in the mid 70’s. That was a shock! And […]
