A wildlife management area back road.
As long as the days are warm and nights cool we should probably have some amount of morning fog.
Marsh Dawn
Tag Archives: Colorful
Fall Great Blue
One of the few trees out here that has a ‘New England’ red look. I’m not sure what type it is, pretty though.
Tricolored Heron
A note to self here; pay attention to the marsh reeds across from the big Bear Island dike causeway. It seems to have become a hangout.
This heron was just one of several different species I have seen there recently. When crossing the water everyone looks out over the big expanse. Ha! These critters may have been in plan sight for a while now. 😂
ACE Basin Sunrise
Looking out over a marsh filled by the nearby Ashepoo River.
A Forgotten Trail
The horizon was starting to look good and there was no way I could reach (plan A) the next wildlife area roads. Complicating things was the fact this is not a place to just jump out of the car.
However there was a small marsh access path about wide enough for a small car. We had walked through there 5 / 6 years ago before it was closed up.
I did find it, just wide enough for a KIA Soul (so not wide at all). I pushed all the way in, squeezed out, and walked to the first places with no tall reeds.
Getting back in the car, and inching out actually worked. Probably won’t do that again, at least not in the dark.
However, I got the shot 🤣.
Pink Has Arrived, Spoonbill
How to make a grand entrance ?
Dress in pink.
Oh yeah, don’t fall.
Kind of ruins the moment.
There is nothing subtle about a Spoonbill.
Floating In A Hidey Hole, Alligator
I’ve learned to look around under the overhangs right here. Lots of nooks and cranny’s these guys can hide in. Even the big ones.
Funny thing here though. This overhang of branches is on a dike dirt road… with the only wide spot a car can slip into. They do, and most never look down, just out over the marsh. 😁
They have company, and don’t know it.
Ashepoo At Dawn
The Ashepoo is a blackwater river, a type of river with a slow-moving channel flowing through forested swamps or wetlands. As vegetation decays, tannins leach into the water, making a transparent, acidic water that is darkly stained, resembling black tea.
Above is one of the marshes that line both banks of the river.