A Coastal Master Naturalist member, Bill Reehl, recently submitted a story for us! While hiking the Whitewater Falls trail above Lake Jocassee, I noticed several plants that I was not familiar with. Traversing a sloping trail, I walked through a dense thicket of narrow trunked trees 8’-12’ tall with reddish brown bark and bay-like glabrous …
The cool December morning bites. The low tide wanes. Herons and egrets fly overhead. There’s a ruckus in the creek. I rush down to see two large bottlenose dolphins circling in the shallow waters, creating a bow wake as they move. All of a sudden there is an explosion of fish on the mud bank …
I would like to share a natural encounter that I had on a recent family trip to Emerald Isle, NC. Our beach days were rudely interrupted by a marine swarm of tiny mollusks called sea butterflies. While swimming, we experienced numerous sharp, thorn-like pokes from what looked like little shards of glass! They stuck to …
In the midst of hurricane season, we have had several stronger storms in the Lowcountry that have produced high winds and heavy rain. With new hatchlings of many species making their way into the world, these storms can prematurely put them at risk of exposure to life outside of their nest. The following story taught …
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<observed> May 30, 2020, Mount Pleasant residential neighborhood near Rathall Creek on the Wando River While walking in my neighborhood, I came upon what I initially thought was a snake. Upon closer inspection I realized that I had found a glass lizard. It had eyelids, ear openings and a lateral groove running down its side. …
