Backyard Birds- Rain or Shine or Snow!

 

Snow in coastal South Carolina? It's rare, but we've now had the white stuff in consecutive years, the first time that's happened since the 1980s.

We woke up to snow on the ground (and our bird feeders) on Feb. 1. It’s such a novelty here! Seeing birds in a snow setting was neat to capture on my feeder camera. 

The Baltimore Orioles really crave the grape jelly, even it it's icy. Check out a Northern Cardinal enjoying a winter mix of seed and jelly. 

A surprise visitor this winter has been the Orange-crowned Warbler. They too like the grape jelly. 

The Hermit Thrush is another unique bird with a great name. All species are welcome to my year-round, all-weather buffet! 

Unexpected Bird Encounter!

A trip to the Wescott shopping center turned into a bird outing yesterday afternoon! The water reservoir near Marshalls had dozens of wading birds. I saw Wood Storks, White Ibis, Great Egrets and Snowy Egrets. I didn’t have my Canon DSLR so I used my iPhone 12, and it did fine. I later tweaked the images with the Snapseed photo app.

This may have been the most Wood Storks I have ever seen together in one place. 

Wood Storks have several collective names: muster, clatter, swoop, phalanx and…what…filth? A filth of Wood Storks. Doesn’t sound right or good! 

Back To My Birding Roots: Magnolia Cemetery!

Selfie- note the sweaty arm reflection- it was a hot day!

With Hurricane/Tropical Storm Irma impacting South Carolina today (Sept. 11), I am hunkered down at home and hoping for the best!

With no school, I'm trying to be productive by getting to a few blog posts I've been wanting to write.

Last month on a Sunday, Alesia and I went to Magnolia Cemetery to walk around and see what birds we can photograph.