Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, Charleston, SC
April 4, 2025
Yellow Iris, Pink Azaleas
Tag Archives: Canon 100mm Macro
Female Mallard with Duckling
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, Charleston, SC
April 4, 2025
Silent Sunday: Azaleas Under Live Oaks
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, Charleston, SC
April 4, 2025
Boy With Duck Statue, Purple Halo
Boy with Duck statue, purple blooms in the background. I went around that way to see what the blooms were then got distracted by Pile O’Reptiles: Turtle and Alligators and forgot to photograph them up close.
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, Charleston, SC
February 25, 2025
Pile O’Reptiles: Turtle and Alligators
I thought the Alligator on the left might join the pile while I watched, but he seemed content to float. The Yellow-bellied Slider and Alligators piled up were content with their spots, too.
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, Charleston, SC
February 25, 2025
Barnyard Cat, Snoozing
I always have a look for the Middleton Place barnyard cat when I’m there.
Last week he was snoozing on a chair in one of the educational displays. I say snoozing, he was awake enough to turn his head when I tried to get a profile shot.
Middleton Place, Charleston SC
December 19, 2024
Red-shouldered Hawk On A Bench
I was wandering Middleton Place with my Canon 100mm macro lens in search of Camellia blooms when this Red-shouldered Hawk flew past me at ground level.
He followed the path then perched on a garden bench, obviously aware I was there.
There were some squirrels rustling around in the dried leaves that I thought for sure were going to be lunch.
I edged a bit closer while he looked around.
Evidently squirrel wasn’t what he wanted and off he went.
Middleton Place, Charleston, SC
December 19, 2024
Zebra Longwing Butterfly
After seeing very few butterflies all summer I saw a Monarch, a Skipper, a Gulf Fritillary and this Zebra Longwing Butterfly all in the same day.
I have seen a few more Zebra Longwings since I took this, but no photos. Wow are they fast!
Magnolia Plantation & Gardens, Charleston, SC
August 11, 2024
Canna Lily Lunch
Two large grasshoppers were methodically munching on a Canna Lily. It was too hot to stay and watch them but I suspect that they didn’t stop until the bloom was gone.
Magnolia Plantation & Gardens, Charleston, SC
August 11, 2024
Gulf Fritillary Butterfly On Lantana
A tattered Gulf Fritillary found the last tattered bloom on a Lantana. This was just a few days after Tropical Storm Debby drenched the South Carolina low-country with 15 to 20 inches ( up to 0.5 meters) of rain. Any plant with delicate blooms took a beating.
Magnolia Plantation & Gardens, Charleston, SC
August 11, 2024