Today we went up-country, into the sticks, where there were beautiful butterflies, alligators and the ubiquitous mosquitoes which all serve to remind you who was here first. We drove past Lake Moultrie to Lake Marion and then drove up and down small country roads, looking for birds.
On the map, it looked like a green forested area. In the deepest part of the forest was one field completely denuded of trees. The land was entirely bulldozed and logs and sticks were piled up in no particular pattern at all. We found what we call a “Honey Pot”, where birds constantly percolate up like popcorn. We had a great time just using the car as a bird blind and using binoculars to study the different species of birds playing there.
- Swainson’s Warbler
- Cooper’s Hawk
- Red Tailed Hawk
- Wood Stork
- Tricolored Heron
- Caspian Tern
- Laughing Gull
Back in Charleston we found the Long Point Grill, where Berry had the scallops again. She will soon turn into a plate of scallops. Robert had a large salad and two very light crab cakes with homemade tartar sauce. We toted a large piece of Hummingbird Cake back to the hotel and split it while we watched the Astros clinch a place in the Semi Finals. Great pitching and a roster full of big bats. Berry prefers the St Louis Cardinals who did not make the playoffs. Robert will not gloat, because the playoffs are dangerous.
Robert and Berry
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