Walking through the old sections of southern marsh cemetery.
Every walk should be a slow meandering trip here. You will miss things like this.
Rust, and some ruin, have hit the old wrought iron fences. However it just adds a bit more interest and beauty.
The local young Wood Ducks are just about adults.
As expected there are a few less than the last time I was here. At this point that could mean some have flown off rather than the ‘other’ reason.
One of these has been banded. I assume the state (maybe Lex the bird bander) DNR came by. Click here for Lex at work.
These were taken the first week in September and promptly went to the ‘black hole of photographs’. No reason I can think of since I, like most people, enjoy the big pink birds.
I think the tide was pulling the water back out to the river. This is not a place I would usually associate with Spoonbill, I always think big marshes.
For photographers who don’t want to venture out to places in the ACE Basin they can wander close to home and maybe get a few shots.
Outside Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston.
Behind the Magnolia Plantation there are multiple trails and paths. Most lead through old gardens. A few go off to swamps and the marsh / rice fields.
Through an opening I spotted a statue I don’t remember seeing before. It’s all over grown and almost covered in Spanish Moss.
Best viewed large.
The tide might have been low here. This was right outside town at the old Magnolia Cemetery. Charleston is between two rivers, and the Atlantic Ocean.
Basically lots of salt marshes.
Great Blue Heron.
Another early morning shot… well not that early.
Charleston, South Carolina.
Looking up river as we head out to local marshes.
Ashley River, Charleston, South Carolina.
Once again I went out early, but it’s not going to become a habit.
Good thing this is just down the road.
Charleston, South Carolina.
