On May 14th, I spent about an hour at the rookery sketching while looking through my birding scope and a lot of time just observing the Wood Storks, Great Egrets and Anhinga. I witnessed storks on the ground playing tug-a-war with a large stick. The winner flew off with it, landed in a large pine […]
Category Archives: Wildlife Refuges
Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge Field Trip
Tomorrow, I lead past nature journaling workshop participants on a field trip to Pinckney Island. I love these ‘refresher’ field trips. Workshops are a great way to introduce the joys and techniques of journaling but, they are also intense and a lot of information is consumed. Field trips give workshop graduates a chance to utilize […]
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 […]