We love the wildlife in our backyard marsh in Charleston, SC and want to share it. Check out our blog post link for clips of nature and wildlife in our little world.
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Turkey Vulture Sunning Horaltic Pose
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in BirdsThis turkey vulture is sunning with the sun on his back on our dock in Charleston SC in Dec 2024. Adult turkey vultures wingspan is about 6 feet. This position is referred to as the horaltic position. Outstretched feathers can be for thermoregulating (warming up or cooling down), drying feathers or for killing bacteria or…
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Possum Drinking From Waterbowl
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in MammalsOpossum (aka Possum) is the only North American Marsupial. Marsupials are mammals with pouches. Possums give birth to live young but then the itty bitty babies climb to their mamas pouch by their abdomen and latch onto a nipple where it hangs out for a couple months. I do not know if this possum is…
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2 Immature Bluebirds chat at the birdbath
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in BirdsTwo sibling immature bluebirds chat at the birdbath. 2024 gave 8 babies from the 1rst and 3rd brood. Unfortunately, the 2nd brood was abandoned when raccoons tried to get them at night. We now have a Noel raccoon guard up.
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Dolphins Pod Hunting, Feeding, Mating
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in MammalsDolphins hunting and feeding as a pod / team and also some mating roll at 1:24 timestamp! Dolphins use their lateral fins (flippers), flukes (tails), and dorsal fins (shark like fin) to slap around and herd fish in the water. They like to work as a team to herd fish into a circle and then…
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Sturgeon Moon over James Island
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in LandscapesAugust 19th Full Moon Sturgeon Moon overlooking the back side of Folly Beach in Charleston SC. High Tide and a Palmetto Tree and a Full Moon. Peaceful as all get out.
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Raccoon Siblings Eating Pears and a Raccoon “Back Flip”
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in MammalsThese two raccoon siblings (there are four total) eat from our pear tree every night. Sometimes they just play. Sometimes they knock pears off the trees and then decide they don’t want the fruit anymore. But, they it’s always gone in a day or two. Rascally Racoons.
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Juvenile Yellow Crowned Night Heron
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in BirdsThis is a juvenile yellow crowned night heron out on his own for the first time. This is one of four juveniles from a family that frequents our dock regularly. He’s on the dock looking for Fiddler Crabs to eat, but he just needs to look behind him!
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