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Landscape

The Spoonie Tree Finally Tipped Over

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I’ve watched this tree slowly tilt for many years. It was upright at our last visit in June, when there wasn’t much going on but I did take one shot of the tree:

The Spoonie Tree
The Spoonie Tree, June 21, 2026

Sometime between then and August 9 it tipped over.

The Spoonie Tree, August 9, 2026: Snowy Egret, Cormorant, and Great Egret
The Spoonie Tree, August 9, 2026: Snowy Egret, Cormorant, and Great Egret

Hopefully it will continue to provide a bird soap box for years.

The Spoonie Tree, Cormorant and Great Egret
The Spoonie Tree, Cormorant and Great Egret

A few posts documenting the tree’s demise:

February 2024:  Cormorants in the Spoonie Tree

August 2023: The Spoonie Tree, August 2023

November 2021: The Spoonie Tree, Slowly It Tilts

Donnelley Wildlife Management Area, SC
August 9, 2026

Landscape

Summer Marsh Scenes, All Green

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This is the marsh side of the dike where the water flows with the tide at Donnelley WMA. There wasn’t much bird activity on this gloomy day.

Tidal Marsh
Tidal Marsh

On the other side of the dike the water level is controlled by management using the trunks. There were a few Alligators floating in the pond.

Marsh Scene, Alligators
Marsh Scene, Alligators, Water Control Trunk

Donnelley Wildlife Management Area, SC
August 2, 2025