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This was primarily a beach trip, but I managed to turn up a few things. There were a few times when I didn't have my actual camera with me so some of these are via Instagram.
Wish I was still there
The low country
mirror pool
boardwalk view
beach treasure
"Angel Oak," one of the oldest live oak trees (Quercus virginiana) in the US
Ghost crab, Ocypode quadrata. These suckers can really move.
Saying hi to an Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus
knobbed whelk, Busicon carica
brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis
beach walker
black crowned night heron, Nycticorax nycticorax
tricolored heron, Egretta tricolor
green tree frog, Hyla cinerea
green anole, Anolis carolinensis
This loggerhead sea turtle nest hatched the night before. You can see the babies tiny flipper prints in the sand.
A non-viable loggerhead sea turtle egg. Each morning, approved volunteers would dig up nests that had hatched naturally a few days prior. Sometimes there were a few stragglers still in the nest.
Bucket of babies!
loggerhead sea turtles, Caretta caretta
American alligator, Alligator mississippiensis
I think this is a species of assassin bug, Gminatus australis
orchard spider, Leucauge venusta
Southern house spider, Kukulcania hibernalis
Parasteatoda tepidariorum
Dolomedes? Maybe you guys can help me out here.
golden silk spider, Nephila clavipes. Check out the size difference between the males and females!
That's it! I was hoping to get a few snakes to throw into the mix, but the lone black racer I spotted took off like a lightning bolt. Hope to get back there sooner rather than later.
Wish I was still there
The low country
mirror pool
boardwalk view
beach treasure
"Angel Oak," one of the oldest live oak trees (Quercus virginiana) in the US
Ghost crab, Ocypode quadrata. These suckers can really move.
Saying hi to an Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus
knobbed whelk, Busicon carica
brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis
beach walker
black crowned night heron, Nycticorax nycticorax
tricolored heron, Egretta tricolor
green tree frog, Hyla cinerea
green anole, Anolis carolinensis
This loggerhead sea turtle nest hatched the night before. You can see the babies tiny flipper prints in the sand.
A non-viable loggerhead sea turtle egg. Each morning, approved volunteers would dig up nests that had hatched naturally a few days prior. Sometimes there were a few stragglers still in the nest.
Bucket of babies!
loggerhead sea turtles, Caretta caretta
American alligator, Alligator mississippiensis
I think this is a species of assassin bug, Gminatus australis
orchard spider, Leucauge venusta
Southern house spider, Kukulcania hibernalis
Parasteatoda tepidariorum
Dolomedes? Maybe you guys can help me out here.
golden silk spider, Nephila clavipes. Check out the size difference between the males and females!
That's it! I was hoping to get a few snakes to throw into the mix, but the lone black racer I spotted took off like a lightning bolt. Hope to get back there sooner rather than later.
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