2024 was my second year joining the Kiawah Conservancy for Earth Day, and it was a spectacular day
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| Black-necked Stilts on the beach |
to be on a barrier island. Crisp cool weather and breezy conditions persisted all day, and it never did really get warm. A piece of property on Kiawah under a conservation easement known as The Preserve was the meeting place for this naturalizations walk with a Staffer. We traversed trails that shows signs of recent saltwater intrusion due to high tides and NE winds. A large observation tower there overlooks a beautiful pond that is situated between two linear hummocks that were actually once front beach sand dunes. A stunning trio-color heron was fishing there, and had the prettiest blue beak I could remember seeing. A kingfisher, egret and alligator rounded out the pond sightings. When I looked into nearby pine trees, and we were now at tree top level in the tower, I heard and then spied a male painted bunting perched on a dead limb in the sun. We heard a bald eagle and an osprey and took time to notice glasswort and dragonflies too. I stopped at the beach afterward and saw red knots, and some black-necked stilts.
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| Painted Bunting at The Preserve |
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