A "Grand" Christmas

Three engineers and a princess.

Jack, Annaka, William and Ethan

White Ibis

Huntington Beach State Park

Five Sanderlings

Huntington Beach State Park

Sanderlings are winter visitors to our coast and spend the summer breeding season in the high Arctic tundra.

Aftermath

Debris left behind on the boardwalk at Huntington Beach State Park after the high tides from recent storms.

Birds at the Feeder

Northern Cardinal

Carolina Chickadee and a Tufted Titmouse

Santee Delta

White Ibis

The sky was full of White Ibis on Saturday at the Santee Delta Wildlife Management Area south of Georgetown, SC.

Cooper River Bridge

Great Blue Heron

Pelican and Spoonbills

Snowy Egret Caught a Fish

Tricolored Heron in the Marsh

Making Cane Syrup

at Freewoods Farm.

Pair of Spoonbills

Roseate Spoonbills are still in residence at Huntington Beach State Park.

Egret Flying Over the Marsh

Bashful Brown Pelican

Saltwater marsh boardwalk at Huntington Beach State Park

Pelicans In Flight

Tater Bank

At the L. W. Paul Living History Farm in Conway, there is a display showing the construction of a "tater bank" which were used to preserve sweet potatoes during the winter.

Old photograph of a tater bank

Great Blue heron

Heads up! Here I Come!

Wood Storks at Huntington Beach State Park

Fishing

in the saltwater marsh at Huntington Beach State Park.

Walking on Water

Egrets at Huntington Beach State Park

A Lonely Blue Heron

Juvenile Ibis

Tricolored Heron

hiding in the marsh.

Snowy Egret

Roseate Spoonbills

are still in residence at Huntington Beach State Park.



and enjoy the company of Egrets, Ibises and Wood Storks.

What's a Willet?

The Willet is a large shore bird in the sandpiper family. These photos were taken at the freshwater lagoon at Huntington Beach State Park.

Triple Falls

is located in DuPont State Forest in Western North Carolina and has three cascades with a total 120-foot drop. The falls was featured in a scene in the movie "Last of the Mohicans". A photograph of Triple Falls was instrumental in convincing the state to purchase the property, which is now a 10,000 acre state forest.