A Yellow-rumped Warbler found a bonanza of dried berries not far from where the Downy Woodpecker Upside Down Feeding had feasted. The warbler stayed upright, but did some serious stretching to get the choicest mosels. A mix of foliage provided a festive fall background.
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, Charleston, SC
November 16, 2023
Another warbler from Botany Bay that paused at the wood’s edge; sometimes the car makes a good bird blind.
Botany Bay Wildlife Management Area, SC
October 19, 2023
Common Yellowthroat ID: Merlin Bird ID app
A number of small birds were in the road ahead of our car as we drove around Botany Bay. Most of them flew into the woods but this one paused for a look around as I drove closer and photographed him out the car window.
Botany Bay Wildlife Management Area, SC
October 19, 2023
Pine Warbler ID: Merlin Bird ID app
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, Charleston, SC
June 16, 2023
Magnolia Plantation & Garden, Charleston, SC
June 16, 2023
Grassland-Woodland Trail
Audubon Center at Beidler Forest, Harleyville, SC
May 29, 2023
I went with a friend yesterday who is volunteering with Audubon SC on a project that is monitoring about a dozen Bluebird nest boxes. This was her first stop, where we saw a Carolina Wren peaking out of the box.
The process is for her to tap the side of the nest box so any adult present flies off, open the box, take a quick photo in the nest with cell phone, then close it back up and retreat. There were five eggs nestled down inside. The boxes get checked once or twice a week until just before the time the chicks are expected to hatch.
A closer look at the nest shows detail of the variety of nest material around what turned out to be five eggs.
Most of the boxes were not in use, but a couple of the others had Bluebird eggs. Bluebirds often have multiple broods so the boxes may already have been used this year and may be again.
May 29, 2023
I could hear this female Northern Cardinal singing and foraging along the trail. I guess she heard me, too.
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, Charleston, SC
April 15, 2023
Prothonotary Warbler surveying his options, left, right, left. Warblers are speedy, often chasing lunch; this one took a few pauses sort of in the open.
Audubon Center at Beidler Forest, Harleyville, SC
April 14, 2023
A small flock of House Sparrows was flitting in and out of the pansies in a city park.
Hampton Park, Charleston, SC
April 2, 2023
