Howdee all,
Saturday we took a hour ride north of our campground in Hollywood to check out Audubon's Beidler Forest
Check out the web site for info on flora and fauna to be seen here.
Here is the blog for Beidler Forest
To get to the boardwalk you enter through the visitor center.
We chatted a bit with facebook friend and Audubon land manager Mark Musselman and then headed out to explore the forest..
I couldn’t help myself..I just had to be an owl
Hoot Hoot!
There is a 1.75 mile boardwalk that meanders
thru the forest and swamp..
An odd formation…gall?
Typical vegetation throughout the walk.
Hermit Thrush checking for bugs on the boardwalk.
Do you see what I see? Way up there…
A heart with an arrow going thru it….
Love in the woods!
I am not good with ID so any help or corrections are appreciated..
Is this a Snapping turtle?
Spotted Turtle
Yellow-bellied slider
I think this is a Question Mark?
Look closely this was very small and delicate..
Yikes..
looking and listening..
Leaves and pollen make lovely design..
A little Carolina Wren on a cypress knee
This would make a great home ..
I didn’t see anything inside..
Steps down to a hollowed cypress..
We are almost at the end of our walk
Oh look!
Barred Owl~
Awesome!
Almost back to the welcome center
this..
Yellow-throated Warbler
walked on the boardwalk in front of us for a few minutes..
We waited for it to leave before continuing on
We spent over three hours on the boardwalk and were hungry..
We stopped at the picnic area for some lunch..
While Ruby-crowned Kinglets
were doing the same..
It was a lovely visit…
Birds of the day
Mar 16, 2013
Francis Beidler Forest Audubon Center & Sanctuary
Traveling
2 miles
260 Minutes
Observers: 2
All birds reported? Yes
Comments:
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Great Egret
White Ibis
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Red-shouldered Hawk
Barred Owl
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Blue-headed Vireo
American Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren
Winter Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Northern Parula
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Pine Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
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We have left the Charleston area..
We are now at Hunting Island State Park..
Stay tuned!
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