It’s an almost 1/2 mile (675 Meter) trek to the beach, most of it through an open marsh with this one dead tree standing at the edge of the walkway.
One small fishing boat cruised back and forth parallel to the beach.
Brown Pelicans and some terns and/or gulls were feeding.
A few dolphin passed by, too, but alas no photo.
Botany Bay Wildlife Management Area, SC
October 19, 2023
I was last here almost exactly one year ago. Last year’s sunrise was a bit more spectacular but this was still worth the ride.
October 19, 2023
See Silent Sunday: Sunrise from 2022
The first morning light was quite pretty on this lone Willet as he walked the surf line.
He plodded along in no particular rush, with the tide rising behind him.
Squint–do birds get blinded by looking into the sun the way I do?
The Willet walked on to higher ground between the fallen trees that make the boneyard on this beach.
Botany Bay Wildlife Management Area, SC
October 14, 2022
October 14, 2022
For a few minutes I thought the sunrise was going to be a dud.
Slowly it looked a little more promising.
October 14, 2022
October 14, 2022
Boneyard Beach at Sunrise, Bulls IslandBulls Island is an uninhabited 5000 acre barrier island off the coast of South Carolina with multiple ecosystems including maritime forest, fresh and brackish water impoundments and salt marsh.
April 3, 2022
We hoped to get onto the bone yard beach, so named for dead trees that have toppled as the island’s sands shift, before sunrise. The tide chart was with us but strong winds pushed the ocean currents ashore.
So we made do with a second choice spot.
Near the same spot, the next day when it wasn’t nearly as windy, but we still had to opt for choice two.
Bulls Island is an uninhabited 5000 acre barrier island off the coast of South Carolina with multiple ecosystems including maritime forest, fresh and brackish water impoundments and salt marsh.
April 2 & 3, 2022
The sun was fully up, the tide was coming in, and there was a lot to look at. I only took two shots of what I now can see I could have spent more time on.
This morning’s sunrise from the boneyard beach at Botany Bay Plantation Heritage Preserve.
Edisto, SC
