Tawny Emporer Butterfly

Congaree National Park

Red-spotted Purple Butterfly

Congaree National Park

Pair of Wood Storks in Flight

Hackberry Butterfly

observed at Congaree National Park.

Great Blue Skimmer

Palemedes Swallowtail

A common butterfly found along the coastal plains of the Carolinas.

Wood Storks

Bountiful Buckeyes

This week there were hundreds of Common Buckeye butterflies at Huntington Beach State Park along the dune line and the causeway.

Fish Dinner

A Great Blue Heron and one big fish.

Ocean Sunrise

Huntington Beach State Park

Left Behind

Egret feather in the marsh.

Nature Walk

A couple of birds observed last Saturday on an Audubon walk at Cox Ferry Recreation Area.

Eastern Wood-Peewee

Summer Tanager (male)

Summer Tanager (female)

Skipper on Lantana

Roseate Spoonbill

A Clapper Rail

taking a bath in the marsh.

Preening

Great Egret at Huntington Beach State Park

Black Skimmers

Black Skimmers putting on a show last week at Huntington Beach State Park.

Juvenile Laughing Gull

Juvenile Wood Stork

Huntington Beach State Park

Sulphur Butterflies

They are abundant right now and have probably started their fall migration to Florida.