Pettigrew State Park~the fog lifts

Howdee all,

Remember the day It was so foggy on Lake Phelps that

I went Jewel hunting instead?

Before we arrived at the lake..we saw hundreds of snow geese in a farmers field.

It was foggy..

We arrived at the lake and it was foggy…

I went jewel hunting and since we couldn’t bird the lake we went on a bird hike through the park.

I think this is a Sycamore tree..

You could see right thru it!

Upside down heart and funky roots~

Another tree hollowed out..

it’s a wonder these trees are still standing!

Our main mission to the park today was to scope out the campground to see if our Homey would fit. This is a much better location for birding the Pocosin Lakes NWR and surrounding area.

You can see below that the campground is not full..

( we are now here)

The first part of the walk goes through

Somerset Place, a North Carolina state historic site that includes a restored 1830s plantation home and outbuildings that can be toured, including reconstructed slave quarters.

I think that this is also a Sycamore..Please correct me if I am wrong.

A gorgeous tree!

The view from the plantation house looking toward the lake which is still foggy.

We continue our walk past various spider web structures.

Tundra Swan pass overhead…

We take the pathway to another part of Lake Phelps…maybe the fog has burned off by now..

Boardwalk to the overlook..

this view is looking from the overlook back to the path we came in on.

ahhhh…not as foggy as this morning.

We saw some ducks and Swans…but many too far to ID.

We headed back to our car..

We counted at least ten Pileated Woodpeckers in the area.

Signs of Sapsucker..

We did see Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

We went to the same pier I photographed this morning…what a difference!

We traveled on stopping at a lake in the Pocosin Lake NWR

Pungo Lake

Tundra Swan

Thousands of Snow Geese in the distance.

Check out the video of the pond..

 

We ended our day watching Tundra Swan having dinner…

And then flying off to roost for the night..

A lovely day!

It’s a bird it’s a plane..no its..

Howdee all

Today we went to Goose Creek State Park

It was in the seventies..tee shirt weather!

We started of on Palmetto Boardwalk trail

Through the boggy wetlands.

I heard distant sounds…Sandhill Cranes?

if it was there were many of them. I didn’t think that there would be Sandhill Cranes here..but who knows.

Jeff didn’t think the sound was from birds..He thought it was more mechanical, maybe there are workers further up on the trail.

We walked on until we came to the area the sounds came from…

Not birds, Not planes or workers on the trail…but…

Ha ha…surprised we were…

Try as I might I could not get a photo of the frogs..or could I see much of them.

They jumped as soon as they saw us. Smallish in size..but many.

Anyone know what kind of frogs make this sound?

We also saw this odd thing..

See the pine tree below with the dark green on it?

Here's a close up..

what's up with this?

We happened upon two deer munching greens in the bog

Ohhh..look at the color on this tree

And to end our lovely day..two hearts for you

Do you see them?

Do you?

It was foggy so I hunted for jewels

Howdee all,

We wanted to bird..but we couldn’t see a thing..

Dense fog over Phelps Lake

Pettigrew State Park

We heard the birds,Tundra Swan and ducks, but couldn’t see them…

The ranger told us earlier that the fog never burned off yesterday..

So our hopes were not high for birding the lake..

So, what's a gal to do when she cant bird?

 

I went Gem hunting…of course!

I found some little stud earrings 

with reflections of a boardwalk In them

I found this lovely tiered necklace

The Gems appeared to float In the air

I found this gorgeous beaded necklace..

Guarded by a spider..

But my favorite find was this amazing bauble

It also had boardwalk reflections in it..

I wanted to take this home..

But I resisted the temptation..

and left the Gems to nature..