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© Dianne Faucette

Related Links:
-Coastal Kingdom 
-Coastal Discovery Mus. 
-LowCountry Institute 
-Center for Birds of Prey 
-eNature 
-Todd Ballantine's blog
-Osprey cam-Palmetto Elec.
-Bald Eagle nest webcam 
-Eagle cam-Outdoor Ch.


Updated 12/19/2011

 

 

I hope you enjoy my photos and will come back later 
to see more additions. This is a work in progress. 

Nature Quiz:
See how many of these 40 questions you can answer

My Nature Journal

Female Painted Bunting atop our feeder:

Click on image for most recent 
Hilton Head turtle activity

Turtle project volunteer Cory Tressler captured on video a Loggerhead Turtle laying eggs on HHI June 12. See it here.

Huge honeybee swarm:

Newest Additions:

Insect Encounters 

Birding in Florida 

Bird Banding 

Cicadas 

Hummingbirds
 

Dowitchers 

Edisto Island & Painted Bunting Banding 

Spring's Arrival

Our Natural Assets

Bald Eagles 

Belize 

Butterflies 

Fall in Palmetto Dunes 

What's to like about Hilton Head 

A special osprey nest 

Osprey Monitoring Project


Bird of the Day


Found on the beach: egg case of a Thick-Lipped Oyster Drill:


Sand dunes are fragile...
and important!


Common birds in decline

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Do you know what these are?

Click on image to find out!

What is this?
Hover over image for answer.

Stinkhorn--a mushroom, Columned Stinkhorn Cap; grows in wood chips in the fall. Smells AWFUL!
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What are those "chocolate sprinkles" that are found on the beach? Answer.

What sea animal has blue blood? Answer.

Want to see a baby Praying Mantis?

Why are our low and high tides so drastically different? Answer.

What mammal eats off the ocean floor? Answer.

What is a dewlap?

What tree has 3 different kinds of leaves? Answer.

What's a pelagic seabird doing on our beach?

What are those bubbles on the beach?

What has a hard shell, fuzzy belly and sometimes a red nose? Answer

Why isn’t our ocean water as clear as the Caribbean? Answer.

Why do birds migrate? Answer.

If it's not a snake, what is it?