While I find other woodpeckers in the uplands as well as along Cedar Creek, Red-headed Woodpeckers stick to the bottomland floodplain along the Creek. Adult birds of both sexes have the distinctive red head and black and white bodies, however immature Red-headed Woodpeckers aren’t red at all. Neither are they black and bright white. Plumage…
This summer a juvenile Little Blue Heron visited the pond. Young Little Blues are distinctive by their size, pale, dull green legs and blue/gray bill. Most common along the southeastern and Gulf coasts of the U. S. From time-to-time juveniles show up here in the Midlands of South Carolina. My suspicion is that they are…
Click on the above title to view pictures. July 6,7 & 8. Photo log, southwestern side of Mt. Pisgah, Great Smoky Mountains, North Carolina. Gallery followed by individual images with comments and identifications. Identifications, beyond the obvious and whimsical, are from the iNaturalist ap.
Posted April 7, 2020. Good News: This year wild Atamasco lilies are more abundant and widespread along Cedar Creek than anytime in more than 45 years of my walking these woods. I suppose our wet winter and several floods are responsible for this explosion of beauty. Nevertheless, we’ve had wet years and floods before, but…