The sun had been up about an hour when I reached Ravenswood Pond on this October morning. There wasn’t any bird activity; the pond was choked with vegetation, so the reflections I hoped for were not to be had, either.

There were some rising tendrils of pond smoke.

There is an Anhinga drying his wings at the top of the Skinny Tree, but he blends right in.

Ravenswood Pond, Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, Charleston, SC
October 18, 2021