The destination was the Donnelley Wildlife Management Area down south a ways from Charleston.
It turned out to be an excellent day for seeing a variety of birds out in the wild. Alligators too.
We parked at the Donnelley entrance area to see if we could see any Wood Stork nests deep in the woods near there. The photo below shows a tree infused with Spanish moss next to Donnelley’s visitor’s center, which was closed on this day.
This spot was produced as a demo for one of my classes at SC State University. The music I selected is from the free music site Incompetech.
Click here to listen to the spot via Soundcloud.
Earlier this year I did a blog post as I neared completion of the manuscript. Click here to learn more about my latest book.
Below is a screen shot from Adobe Audition of the radio spot I produced. My voice is on channel 1 and the music is on channel 2. The music is titled "Burnt Spirit." I found it on the Incompetech website in the category called Eerie (of course!).
The popular three day event is a right of spring passage (spring welcoming actually) here in the Lowcountry. Some 250,000 people are expected and the weather should be ideal as it was Friday when we were there. Sunny in the low 70s, not windy = perfect walking and shopping conditions!
I did not realize I had photographed a new bird for me, a “lifer” as birders call such an encounter. This beach bird is called the Forster’s Tern. I did not notice the forked tail until I loaded my pix to my iPad.
There has been steady activity at the feeders and the pond so far in 2022. I will be adding more photos as the birds come around and my camera and I are at the ready.
Baltimore Orioles (ladies first)
Here is my manuscript's first page showing the title, "The Churchyards of Charleston: Stories From the Underground."
What I'm doing is documenting in words and photographs Charleston's rich history as seen through the prism of its many old and beautiful churches and their graveyards.
On the peninsula there are 13 churches with churchyards (or graveyards) next to them and one Jewish synagogue with its cemetery several blocks away, per the Hebrew custom that spiritual leaders should not walk among the dead.
I had seen a story and a few photographs in the Post and Courier about how the repairs at Second Presbyterian Church on Meeting Street (a lightning fire had damaged the steeple) included a fancy new weather vane that had just been installed.
