For the last week I’ve been noticing the Beauty-berry shrubs, Callicarpa americana L., are sporting their tiny flowers 🙂 Hopefully, this summer, we’ll have enough rain so the wonderfully, beautiful Beauty-berries will mature! Can you tell their one of my favorites? By the by, we had a great time at Pinckney Island Wildlife Refuge for […]
Category Archives: Birds
Mississippi Kite and Fast Sketching Techniques
I saw my first Mississippi Kite, Ictinia mississippiensis, in April of 2008. Of course, I was walking the dogs which made identifying any field marks near to impossible, given the distance between us and the perched bird. Yes, luckily it was perched in a dead tree that was at the edge of a small patch […]
Kildeer Family Encounter
Over the last month, Rob and I have been noticing a pair of Kildeer hanging out in the same spot close the curb on a road we frequent. Could it be they are nesting? It would be just like Kildeer to nest in this precarious spot – traffic all around. Mind you, the road is […]
Common Nighthawks are back!
Last evening I heard the familiar frog like call of the Common Nighthawk and looked up just in time to see one performing its aeronautical flying display. I hope they are staying in our neighborhood and not just passing through. This morning I saw a brave Mockingbird take on a Red-shouldered Hawk. The hawk flew […]
Sunday Walk
Rob and I took advantage of the glorious day and took the golf cart up to the golf course. He chose to hit golf balls at the range, I took a walk along the boardwalk trail with journal, camera and bins in tote. My quest was to draw the Highbush Blueberry I’d seen when walking […]
Happy Spring!
How’s this for a roost? (click to enlarge) This is Rookery Island in Sun City, Hilton Head and is right inside the main gate. Soon it will turn from a roost into a full fledged rookery with nests filled with Egrets and Herons. All winter long, the trees look like this. This evening, the majority […]
