Mallards

Lake Junaluska, NC

Canvasback Ducks

Belted Kingfisher

Huntington Beach State Park

Ibis

Osprey

Huntington Beach State Park

November Butterflies

Gulf Fritillary

Long-tailed Skipper

Riverfront Park - Columbia, SC

Great Egret

landing in the marsh and oyster bed.

Great Blue Heron

Ghost Crab

Wood Stork in a Tree

Semipalmated Plover

Painted Buntings

A male and two females at the feeder outside the nature center at Huntington Beach State Park.

Boat-tailed Grackle (male)

Huntington Beach State Park

Pair of Bald Eagles

Long distance shot across the marsh at Huntington Beach State Park.

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