Saturday's Critters #317

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December 2019 road trip to Hilton Island and Florida. These are some critters/birds seen at the Pinckney Island NWR just a 1/2 mile west of Hilton Head Island.



Below are the Great Egret, juvenile Little Blue Heron, Great Blue Heron and a Snowy Egret.

 Lots of Eastern Bluebirds were seen at the wildlife refuge.

 Pied Billed Grebes.

White Ibis flying in to the Ibis Pond at Pinckney Island NWR

 Common Moorhen (thanks to Ken, the correct name is Common Gallinule).

 White Ibis, Coots, Moorhens and a big alligator.

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Happy Thankful Thursday

 Hello, Happy Thursday! 


  I am sharing more of our Hilton Head SC visit. On Dec 20, we visited different parks and beaches, we walked until we couldn't. A total of 7.8 miles for the day..  The first park was the Pinckney Island NWR, the Coastal Discovery Museum, Audubon Newhall Nature Preserve and  Coligny Beach Park.

 Bluebirds and a pretty blue sky!

 Me and my shadow (hubby).. at the Pinckney Island NWR in Hilton Head SC.

 Wood Pewee?  I am just guessing. 

 The boardwalk at the Coastal Discovery Museum.

I really liked this sea turtle sculpture seen at the Coastal Discovery Museum. 

 A group of Hooded Mergansers were seen from the boardwalk above. 

 At the Audubon Newhall Preserve, we saw the Brown-headed Nuthatches. They seem to like the Loblolly Pine trees.

 The Coligny Beach Park in Hilton Head was very nice.

Below, Black Skimmer with Ring-billed Gulls and possibly juvenile Forster's Terns with the black eye patch.

Can you make out a faint partial halo or circle around the sun, or am I imagining things. Our walk on the Coligny Beach in Hilton Head South Carolina.

A cloudy sunset, but a peaceful and pretty beach walk.

I am thankful for new experiences, in the past year and for those to come in the new year 2020!
Always thankful for the small things, walks on the beaches and bird sightings.
I am always thankful for your visit and comments.
Live simple and be happy!  😊




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Our World, My World

 Hello and Happy Monday!

I will be sharing some trip photos today and in posts to come. I hope you enjoy nature scenes and birds. I admit I am easily distracted by birds and I love anything nature related. 

Before leaving home I research the places we were visiting, in this case Hilton Head South Carolina.  I looked for nature parks, walking trails and nice beaches.  I found Jarvis Creek Park which is 53 acres and has a 1.1mile loop around a 11 acre lake. There were pavilions and clean restrooms. 


Mosaic below, park scenes, Great Egret, Great Blue Heron, Little Blue Heron, Anhinga, Northern Mockingbird, Carolina Wren.

Pulling up to the park's parking lot, I immediately started seeing Warblers, they were on the ground, in the trees and flying about.  I was not expecting to see so many different species of Warblers in late December. 

Below on the left is the Yellow-rumped Warbler, the top middle a Pine Warbler. I am not sure but the warbler on the right with the reflection ? CLICK ON PHOTOS for larger image.

More Warblers on the parking lot.

A view of the lake and park.

 Pine Warblers were in the trees and on the ground.

I love these big trees with the moss.

 A Bluebird was also seen hanging out with the Warblers on the ground.

I see warblers below that have more of a distinct white "eyebrow" are mixed in with the Yellow-rumped Warblers. Could it be a different warbler mixed in?

 I am pretty sure there were a lot of Yellow-rumped Warblers, Pine Warblers and we saw a Black & White Warbler.

The Black & White Warblers were seen on various days and various places.

We saw a few Anhinga perched in trees near the lake.

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Happy Thankful Thursday

 Hello and happy Thursday!

A new year and the first Thursday of 2020. 
May the New Year bring with it all the fulfillment your heart desires. Have a wonderful New Year! 

We spent 3 days of our road trip in Hilton Head South Carolina. I think the Fish Haul Creek beach Park  was one of our favorite places to walk and see birds. 


Our second visit to this beach was at a very low tide.

 Black Skimmers in flight. Click on photo for a larger view.

 I am guessing this is a Black-bellied Plover.

 Another look at the Black Skimmers on the beach.  It is funny seeing all those red legs.

 A Willet on the beach at low tide.

 Sorry, another guess at a bird id, the long bill with a pinkish base is a Marbled Godwit.  Also Dunlins?

 I believe these are the Semipalmated Plovers.

South Carolina designated the Lettered Olive as the official state sea shell.  I think we found one, I just took a photo and we put it back down on the beach. 

 A pretty Snowy Egret, seen not far from the Bald Eagle.

 Possibly a juvenile Semipalmated Plover?

I realize everyone is entitled to their opinions and political views. But, I am sickened to read the current administration has dramatically weakened the Endangered Species Act. One of our countries widely supported and successful environmental laws. This law helped to bring back the Bald Eagle from the brink. We are in the midst of an unprecedented extinction crisis. 

This Bald Eagle was seen on the Fish Haul Beach in Hilton Head South Carolina.

I am thankful for the past year's experiences. I am looking forward to a Happy New Year filled with new possibilities.
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Our World, My World

 Hello and Happy Monday

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and or Hanukkah!  Hubby and I had our first Christmas vacation, Dec 19-28.  Our first time being away for Christmas. It was nice to spend the time not stressed over the holiday and just enjoying being outside with nature. The road trip trip started in Hilton Head South Carolina. We walked the beaches and various nature parks for 3 days.

  A local bird lover told about seeing lots of birds on Fish Haul Beach Park. We saw a large flock of Black Skimmers hanging out with various gulls and shorebirds.

In a marshy area, we found a Great Egret, a Snowy Egret and heard a loud Clapper Rail. 

Below a large flock of gulls, shorebirds including the Black Skimmers. 

 I was able to pick out an American Oystercatcher in the group photo below.  It is in the middle of the birds seen on the far right.

Just a pretty view of the beach at the Fish Haul Park. 

 On one beach, we found a couple live Sand Dollars. We put them safely back onto to the sand where we found them.  You are not suppose to keep live sand dollars or  shells that may have live creatures. 

The lighthouse was seen at the Harbour Town resort area of Hilton Head SC.  We enjoyed a seafood dinner here and watched the sunset. Watching the birds is a must for me, birds seen there were the Brown Pelicans, Cormorants, Terns and gulls at the resort's pier.

I am guessing the Terns below are the Royal Tern, if I am wrong let me know. Also seen below, the Brown Pelican, Double-crested Cormorant, Ruddy Turnstone and Great Egrets in flight.

 Special thanks to our meme hosts, for all they did this past year. I thank my blog followers for all the comments and visits this past year. I am looking forward to seeing all your new posts in 2020.
I wish you and your family all the best in 2020, Happy New Year!Have a happy day and new week ahead!

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Thanks to Angie the host of  Mosaic Monday

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Thanks for visiting and commenting, have a happy day and a great new week!