Late on a warm November afternoon Alligators and Yellow-bellied Sliders were hanging out on the alligator ramps.
A touch of fall foliage reflected in the water.
A wider view at a different angle shows the alligator ramp from the first image, with another one a bit further to the left.
Ravenswood Pond
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, Charleston, SC
November 28, 2022
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, Chalreston, SC
November 12, 2022
The light changes quickly, these were taken about four minutes apart.
Botany Bay Wildlife Management Area, SC
October 14, 2022
Donnelley Wildlife Management Area, SC
November 4, 2022
Blackman Stream widens out above the Leonards Mill sawmill due to a small dam that routes water for the water powered saw mill.
The Maine Forest and Logging Museum in Bradley has a variety of exhibits intended “to preserve, celebrate and educate people about the sustainable forest culture of Maine.”
http://www.maineforestandloggingmuseum.org
October 1, 2022
I was fortunate that during my September visit the Maine Forest and Logging Museum was having Living History Days.
I’m not keen on taking photographs of strangers and this was a well attended event so my images were somewhat restricted.
One of the highlights of the museum is the water powered saw mill which sits on Blackman Stream. The smoke up the stream was from the encampment of the trapper reenactor, who was cooking stew.
Next is the downstream view from that little bridge by the smoke in the first picture, with the covered bridge to the left and the mill works in the middle. It was a grey, dull day and not much fall foliage change; these few pops of orange was about it.
The Maine Forest and Logging Museum in Bradley has a variety of exhibits intended “to preserve, celebrate and educate people about the sustainable forest culture of Maine.”
http://www.maineforestandloggingmuseum.org
October 1, 2022
This was taken about 15 minutes after sunrise, after the coolest night we’ve had this fall, down around 40 F (4 C). Hardly a creature was stirring and I saw no wading birds.
Ravenswood Pond, Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, Charleston, SC
October 20, 2022
I took almost the same scene a year ago, with more vegetation floating in the pond:
Ravenswood Pond, October Morning
September 16, 2022
