Middleton Place House Museum under fluffy summer sky.
September 2, 2021
Fluffy Clouds Over Middleton Place House Museum
Category Archives: Landscape
Silent Sunday: Big Pond Big Sky
Alligators Floating in Rice Field Canal
Dikes run along both sides of this canal behind the lines of reeds. If you zoom in on the left you’ll see some dragonflies perched in the reed tops and some in the air. Many of my recent dragonfly images were taken from that dike.
Bear Island Wildlife Management Area, SC
August 29, 2021
Ashley River at Magnolia Plantation, Low Tide
Looking up the river from the rice field dike at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens on a recent morning. The river is tidal, and I find the changes in flow fascinating. Here it was close to low tide and the water appeared to be barely moving.
Ashley River at Magnolia Plantation
Looking downriver, towards Charleston, from Magnolia Plantation and Gardens shortly after sunrise.
Marsh Morning
With perhaps a hint of autumn as some of the marsh grasses have died back.
Donnelley Wildlife Management Area, SC
August 29, 2021
Juvenile Yellow-crowned Night-Heron on Water Control Trunk
On my return walk on an old rice field dike a juvenile Yellow-crowned Night-Heron was perched on another trunk, this time up on a cross bar amidst some spider webs.
The pressure-treated look of the wood and use of metal material indicate that is a newer, replacement trunk. Older ones are all wood, including the pegs that position the water control flap.
Management of these wetlands by the SC Department of Natural Resources is dependent on the functionality of these trunks for water level control.
Bear Island Wildlife Management Area, SC
July 4, 2021
Great Egret, King of the Hill
This Great Egret staked his claim on the highest available point to survey the pond. As the only bird in sight that morning he likely kept it as long as he wanted, rather than the more common kerfuffle to maintain possession.
Mary’s House Pond, Bear Island Wildlife Management Area, SC
July 4, 2021
Brown Pelicans Off Duty
On our way out to Bird Key to see the Brown Pelican chicks we spotted several small groups of adults flying to sand bars.
According to our guide the adults assign a baby-sitter Pelican at the rookery then find a place to rest.
They certainly picked a beautiful, if sparse, location.
From a boat, Kiawah River, Charleston County, SC
July 12, 2021
Silent Sunday: Long White Bridge B&W
Magnolia Plantation & Gardens, Charleston, SC
July 23, 2021