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Our most complete outing so far — three hours beneath the canopy of Congaree National Park, from a defining armadillo encounter to the cinematic film that followed.
Congaree National Park Field Journal
Three hours without a target species — an armadillo working the leaf litter, feral hogs moving through the forest, an Anhinga near the water, and woodpeckers overhead became the day’s defining encounters.
Wildlife observed: Nine-banded Armadillo, Feral Hog, Anhinga, Pileated Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker
Photography and film: Available
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Every outing we’ve documented, in the order it happened.
We Heard Them Long Before We Saw Them..
Owl calls led to a first Barred Owl within minutes — then, after we went quiet and started tracking instead of talking, a second owl made it our first-ever two-owl day.
Wildlife observed: Barred Owl (x2), White-tailed Deer
Photography and film: Available
We Lost the Heron… Then Found Him Again
A Great Blue Heron evaded us for the better part of an hour. Tracking a whitetail’s warning call led us right back to him, undisturbed — twenty-plus minutes of unbothered wing displays followed.
Wildlife observed: Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, White-tailed Deer
Photography and film: Available
The Anhinga We Had Been Waiting For
An hour chasing a heron that wouldn’t hold still ended in nothing. On the way out, an Anhinga did what the heron wouldn’t — stayed put long enough to finally document.
Wildlife observed: Anhinga, Great Blue Heron
Photography and film: Available
Congaree National Park Field Journal
Three hours on the boardwalk and River Trail without a target species — an armadillo, feral hogs, an Anhinga, and two woodpecker species became the outing’s defining encounters.
Wildlife observed: Nine-banded Armadillo, Feral Hog, Anhinga, Pileated Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker
Photography and film: Available
Osprey and Cormorants at the Saluda Riverwalk
Canada geese near the rocks, an osprey circling overhead, and double-crested cormorants finally found in a natural setting after several earlier attempts.
Wildlife observed: Osprey, Double-crested Cormorant, Canada Goose
Photography and film: Available