A Prothonotary Warbler took a singing break and had a look around the swamp for some food.
I didn’t observe any nests, but these migrant warblers arrived at Beidler Forrest in the second half of March so easily could have hungry chicks by now.
Beidler has an active bird banding and research program and this bird is sporting bands on both legs.
Audubon Center at Beidler Forest, Harleyville, SC
April 24, 2024
A few of these snazzy looking damselflies, possibly one of the many Bluets, were buzzing the boardwalk at Beidler Forrest. Many of them landed on the walkway but this one paused on the railing, giving me an easy view.
Audubon Beidler Forrest, Harleyville, SC
July 9, 2023
This morning I finally updated Adobe Lightroom to Version 12.3Â which includes the new AI denoise functions.
I had already processed the images for my recent snake post using Topaz Denoise, then tried them with the new Adobe function.
Same image, using Lightroom Denoise first, then the same cropping and light adjustments. On this particular image I don’t see much difference in the bigger view.
Cropped from the above images:
However, when you zoom in to the snake details, there is some improvement.
I’m not sure how this is going to play out with my image processing flow. One plus to the Topaz version is the ability to batch process, which I have used a lot.
Audubon Center at Beidler Forest, Harleyville, SC
April 14, 2023
This odd shape caught my eye as I worked my way down the boardwalk at Francis Beidler Forrest.
Possibly a Rat Snake, he was in a tidy pile and undisturbed by my presence. It wasn’t until processing these images I noticed the insect exuvia, seen in this next image if you zoom in, just to the right of the snake’s head.
I passed by a little later and the snake had stretched his neck out along the branch, and you can see the exuvia dangling above the snake about 3/4 across the image from the left edge.
His tail had flipped around to the other side, but the rest of his body stayed in the same looped configuration.
Audubon Center at Beidler Forest, Harleyville, SC
April 14, 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
Prothonotary Warblers sing in the trees
And they sing on the knees, perhaps to the knees
Audubon Center at Beidler Forest, Harleyville, SC
April 7, 2023
Prothonotary Warblers started showing up in our area last week, that flash of yellow in the forest swamp really stands out.
Audubon Center at Beidler Forest, Harleyville, SC
March 30, 2023
A Yellow-crowned Night-heron, just standing around at the edge of the swamp
Audubon Center at Beidler Forest, Harleyville, SC
March 19, 2023
