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  • Dickcissel

    Dickcissel

    Spiza Americana

  • Brown Booby — Image 2

    Brown Booby — Image 2

    Sula Leucogaster

    Another image of the rare brown booby that has been discovered in upstate South Carolina. For about four days, it has be continuously seen roosting, fishing, and freewheeling around Furman University's Swan Lake.

  • Gray Catbird

    Gray Catbird

    Dumetella Carolinensis

  • Palm Warbler on Wire

    Palm Warbler on Wire

    Setophaga Palmarum

  • The Pondering Green Heron

    The Pondering Green Heron

    Green Heron
    Butorides Virescens

    Huntington Beach State Park
    South Carolina

  • Roseate Spoonbill

    Roseate Spoonbill

    Platalea Ajaja

  • Cape May Warbler — Image III

    Cape May Warbler — Image III

    Setophaga Tigrina

  • Cardinal in the Rain

    Cardinal in the Rain

    Northern Cardinal (female)
    Cardinalis Cardinalis

  • Blue on Blue

    Blue on Blue

    Great Blue Heron
    Ardea Herodias

    At first light, a great blue heron feeds in the shallows of Lake Hartwell, South Carolina.

  • Palm Warbler in Fall

    Palm Warbler in Fall

    Palm Warbler
    Setophaga Palmarum

  • Horned Grebe

    Horned Grebe

    Podiceps Auritus Lake Hartwell Townville, South Carolina In the heavy fog of morning, it was nice to spot the ruby eye of this horned grebe. Watching this small creature swimming across the vast lake reminded me of the closing lines of Mary Oliver's poem, "Wild Geese": Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination, calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting -- over and over announcing your place in the family of things.

  • Tricolored Heron

    Tricolored Heron

    Egretta Tricolor

    Huntington Beach State Park
    South Carolina

  • Field Sparrow

    Field Sparrow

    Spizella Pusilla

  • Palm Warbler in October

    Palm Warbler in October

    Palm Warbler
    Setophaga Palmarum

  • American Kestrel (Male)

    American Kestrel (Male)

    American Kestrel
    Falco Sparverius

    Image made on backroads of Clemson University's Simpson Research Station, Pendleton, South Carolina.

  • The Cardinal in Autumn II

    The Cardinal in Autumn II

    Northern Cardinal
    Cardinalis Cardinalis

  • Song Sparrow

    Song Sparrow

    Melospiza Melodia

  • Red-shouldered Hawk

    Red-shouldered Hawk

    Buteo Lineatus

  • Pine Warbler

    Pine Warbler

    Setophaga Pinus

  • Northern Cardinal (female)

    Northern Cardinal (female)

    Cardinalis Cardinalis

  • Watching You Watching Me

    Watching You Watching Me

    Grasshopper Sparrow
    Ammondramus Savannarum

  • Song of the Grasshopper Sparrow

    Song of the Grasshopper Sparrow

    Grasshopper Sparrow
    Ammodramus Savannarum

  • Great Blue Heron

    Great Blue Heron

    Ardea Herodias

  • Return of the Dickcissels

    Return of the Dickcissels

    Dickcissel
    Spiza americana

    After spending the winter in South America, the Dickcissels are now returning to their breeding territories, including upstate South Carolina, where I live.

  • Peregrine Falcon

    Peregrine Falcon

    Peregrinus Falco

  • Harbinger of Spring

    Harbinger of Spring

    Northern Cardinal
    Cardinalis Cardinalis

  • Eastern Meadowlark

    Eastern Meadowlark

    Sturnella Magna

  • Great Egret

    Great Egret

    Ardea alba

  • EASTERN TOWHEE (MALE)

    EASTERN TOWHEE (MALE)

    Eastern Towhee
    Pipilo Erythrophtalmus

  • Grasshopper Sparrow

    Grasshopper Sparrow

    Ammodramus Savannarum

  • Blue Grosbeak

    Blue Grosbeak

    Blue Grosbeak
    Passerina caerulea

  • Great Blue Heron

    Great Blue Heron

    Ardea herodias

  • Dickcissel

    Dickcissel

    Spiza americana

  • Greater Yellowlegs

    Greater Yellowlegs

    Tringa melanoleuca

  • Barn Swallow

    Barn Swallow

    Hirundo rustica

  • White-throated Sparrow

    White-throated Sparrow

    Zonotrichia Albicollis

  • Prairie Warbler

    Prairie Warbler

    Setophaga Discolor

  • Barred Owl (Owlet)

    Barred Owl (Owlet)

    Strix Varia

    This very large Barred Owlet emerged from a tree cavity next to our house about 15 minutes prior to the making of this image. This was its first look at the world outside of the nest in which it was born. Branching was delayed longer than usual because the owlet had to deal with red-shouldered hawks who were protecting their own new offspring about 40 feet from the owl's nest.

  • American Goldfinch

    American Goldfinch

    Spinus Tristis

  • Swamp Sparrow

    Swamp Sparrow

    Melospiza georgiana

  • Greater Yellowlegs

    Greater Yellowlegs

    Tringa melanoleuca

  • Eastern Meadowlark

    Eastern Meadowlark

    Sturnella magna

  • The Art of Preening

    The Art of Preening

    Dickcissel
    Spiza americana

  • Just Looking for Something

    Just Looking for Something

    White-Rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis "All my life I have lived and behaved much like the sandpiper — just running down the edges of countries and continents, "looking for something." Elizabeth Bishop

  • The Art of Preening

    The Art of Preening

    Dickcissel
    Spiza Americana

  • The Unfolding of Spring

    The Unfolding of Spring

    Northern Cardinal
    Cardinalis Cardinalis

  • The Morning Bath

    The Morning Bath

    Field Sparrow
    Spizella Pusilla

  • Brown Booby — Image 1

    Brown Booby — Image 1

    Sula Leucogaster

    The brown booby is a large tropical seabird that is rarely observed in the coastal areas of southern Florida and southern California. It is almost unheard of for the booby to be seen in the inland United States. And, yet, that is what has happened this week in upstate South Carolina. This immature brown booby has been seen the past few days around Furman University's Swan Lake, near the city of Greenville.

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