Caw Caw County Park, SC

Howdee all,

After two days indoors with hip issues it was nice to get out and do some birding and walking.

Yesterday we went to

Caw Caw County Park

Just three miles from the RV park we are in.

Rich in natural, cultural and historical resources, Caw Caw was once part of several rice plantations and home to enslaved Africans who applied their technology and skills in agriculture to carve the series of rice fields out of cypress swamps. via http://www.ccprc.com/index.aspx?nid=53

Caw Caw is now a lovely County park

It was wonderful to get out and hear the woods full of song..

Our first Northern Parula seen and heard this year.

and this little loudmouth below..can you find it?

We walked thru the woods and then followed the trail thru the swamp

Maple pods in bright red..

The pine trees have been throwing off pollen..

So besides the green algae..

The water is coated with pine pollen

It was a perfect day..

Cool in the shade and warm in the sun. Mid 70s.

I Love Cypress swamps..

And knees..

And the different tree shapes

Looking up..

A downy woodpecker..

We leave the swamp and walk the trail to what was the rice fields..the trail is littered with yellow Carolina jasmine flowers..

Alligators..

these on the opposite side of the water..

Napping in the sun..

We searched the flooded fields for birds..

Other than a few Osprey, Common Gallinule and Pied-billed Grebe

We didn’t see many other bird here..

Tri-colored Heron

The wind was blowing in this open area..

see the pollen line?

Oh someone's been busy!

Jeff found this sweet curly q

We saved it for our collection…

Last years dried out leaves hanging by a thread

Natural wooden sculpture..

Isn't Nature Grand?!

Caw Caw Interpretive Center, Charleston, US-SC
Mar 13, 2013 10:06 AM - 2:06 PM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
Comments:      <br />Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.5.2
48 species

Wood Duck   
Pied-billed Grebe   
Double-crested Cormorant   
Anhinga   
Great Egret   
Tricolored Heron   
Glossy Ibis   
Black Vulture   
Turkey Vulture   
Osprey   
Red-tailed Hawk   
Common Gallinule   
Mourning Dove   
Belted Kingfisher   
Red-bellied Woodpecker   
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker   
Downy Woodpecker   
Northern Flicker   
Pileated Woodpecker   
White-eyed Vireo   
Blue Jay   
American Crow   
Fish Crow   
Carolina Chickadee   
Tufted Titmouse   
White-breasted Nuthatch   
House Wren   
Carolina Wren   
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher   
Golden-crowned Kinglet   
Ruby-crowned Kinglet   
Hermit Thrush   
Black-and-white Warbler   
Common Yellowthroat   
Northern Parula   
Pine Warbler   
Yellow-rumped Warbler   
Yellow-throated Warbler   
Eastern Towhee   
Field Sparrow   
Savannah Sparrow   
Song Sparrow   
Swamp Sparrow   
White-throated Sparrow   
Northern Cardinal   
Red-winged Blackbird   
Boat-tailed Grackle   
American Goldfinch