Apex Exposure Media · South Carolina

The Gallery

Nineteen species, photographed firsthand by Avery, grouped by the place we found each one. Every tile below opens the full story — identification, behavior, and every photograph we have of it so far.

Congaree National Park

10 species

Saluda Riverwalk

3 species

Congaree Creek Heritage Preserve

1 species

Elsewhere in South Carolina

5 species

Want the story behind a shoot?

Every outing has its own field journal.

Where we went, what the conditions were, and what we found — alongside the photographs. Read them in order, or find one linked from the species that brought you here.

A double-crested cormorant drying its wings on a rock in the Saluda River.