I took a
walk with my camera on a recent November day in the South Carolina low
country. The air was warm and sunny, and
fragrant with salt and pluff mud. Nature
was in her autumn finery. The cypress
trees were golden but the magnificent live oaks wore their permanent
green. Sweet gums and black gums were
scarlet. Spanish moss waved in a gentle
breeze. Here are a few treasures I
found.
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| A Snowy Egret catching shrimp - Yum! |
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| A Yellow Rat Snake |
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| On a cool morning he moved slowly |
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| Fiddler Crabs feeding at low tide |
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| Black Gum - Nyssa sylvatica, also called tupelo and birds love the fruit |
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| Common Grackle - the yellow eye makes him look serious. |
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| Gulf Fritillary - Agraulis vanillae |
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| Incoming...A Wood Stork |
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| A juvenile White Ibis will turn white upon maturation |
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| A White Ibis ("old blue eyes" himself) |
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| Beauty Berries - Callicarpa americana |
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| A Great Egret |
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| A Yellow-Rumped Warbler...bath time! |
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| An American Alligator - Thank goodness hunting season is over! |
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| A basking slider - enjoying a good stretch, all the way down to his toes! |
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| Seemed like someone was watching me...indeed, a Carolina Anole-Anolis carolinensis |
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| A Camelia sasanqua - occupied |
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A rather vocal Black-Crowned Night-Heron
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A Painted Lady -Vanessa cardui
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