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  • Raccoon In Marsh Pluff Mud Eating Shellfish

    Raccoon In Marsh Pluff Mud Eating Shellfish

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    I recently posted a video of a raccoon with a huge mussel shellfish stuck to it’s back toes. A marsh raccoon encounters all the things that don’t want to be eaten or stepped on by accident. This raccoon is filling it’s tummy with seafood delight 🙂 Charleston SC Feb 2026

  • Raccoon With Huge Mussel On Foot

    Raccoon With Huge Mussel On Foot

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    This raccoon comes up from the marsh and looks normal. Then we see a HUGE mussel (shell fish) attached to his/her foot. The raccoon will likely lose a toe or two but should ultimately be ok. There are a lot of raccoons in the yard missing multiple toes and now we know one of the…

  • Red Fox Pops Out of Marsh In The Day

    Red Fox Pops Out of Marsh In The Day

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    This male red fox has been showing up in our front yard as seen by our infrared camera. Sometimes there is a kit. Foxes love the pecans that fall from the trees as well as the moles. We’ve never got to see the foxes in the daylight until now. It was a really high tide…

  • Tricolored Heron Preening & Scratching

    Tricolored Heron Preening & Scratching

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    This tricolored heron enjoyed a sunny day preening and scratching on the dock. Adult, nonbreeding tricolored heron. 45 second itchy scratchy from 1:28 on. Charleston SC Sept 2025

  • Raccoon Kits In Palm Tree Hanging Out

    Raccoon Kits In Palm Tree Hanging Out

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    This raccoon family has the mama and four kits. We named mama Poppette because she only had an injured eye that thankfully healed. Raccoons love the berries of the Sabal Palm tree and don’t generally cause the tree harm as they evolved with it. The “boots” are the fronds on the palm tree and come…

  • Female Anhinga Sunning Dock

    Female Anhinga Sunning Dock

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    Female Anhinga’s have a pale gray tan neck and breast. Anhinga’s are also called snake birds because they swim through the water with just their necks showing and body fully submerged. Anhingas have sharp serrated pointed beaks. These serrations are like barbs and all sorts of plastics, trash, and lines get caught in them. Be…

  • Juvenile Little Blue Heron Eating Lizards

    Juvenile Little Blue Heron Eating Lizards

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    We’re having king tides (high tides) in Charleston, SC in Oct 2025 and it forces this juvenile little blue heron to look for food in the yard. Our yard is mostly native plants and we don’t use herbicide or pesticide so there is a lot of good bugs and amphibians. Juvenile little blue herons are…

  • Raccoon Kit Sneaks Up On OPossum

    Raccoon Kit Sneaks Up On OPossum

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    This baby possum (opossum) was eating when a raccoon kit comes up and sniffs him and then they both freak out and run from each other. They came back seconds later tho 🙂 We had a ripe banana that we were gonna compost but ended up cutting it up and leaving for the possum. The…

  • Yellow Crowned Night Heron Swaying & Hunting Crabs

    Yellow Crowned Night Heron Swaying & Hunting Crabs

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    Adult yellow crowned night heron hunting fiddler crabs in the marsh in Charleston SC. August 7, 2025. Yellow crowned night herons like some other birds sway like the wind while hunting and honing in on their prey. I imagine this is some way to mimic the environment that it’s in and become a part of…