Kaleberg Archive for Keyword: georgia, Page: 2

01/29/25 - Little St Simons - Flatboat Loop We took a flatboat tour down the waterway fronting the lodge to the Atlantic Ocean. Then we cut around and returned on the Hampton River. The waters were calm for the most part except when we approached the ocean proper. Along the way, there were egrets, cormorants, herons and other sea birds. We even saw dolphins, but they would leap and dive too quickly to photograph.

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01/28/25 - Little St Simons - Three Pines and South Pond One of our favorite walks is to head down to Three Pines and check out the bird life then, rather than heading back to the lodge, head further south and take the South Pond loop. The return along the road is easy going, and its a great route for bird watching.
Eagles' nest

Wood stork
	That wood stork again
An egret	Moss




	Swamp birds

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01/27/25 - Little St Simons - Misty Morning

We knew this day was going to be different with its misty sky.

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01/26/25 - Little St Simons - North Dike to Lodge - Part 1 For a nice long walk, we had the lodge drop us off at the North Dike. We walked from there south along the east side of the pond taking a sidespur for each observation blind or tower. We cut back west along the South Dike and took the main road back to the lodge. It was a wonderful misty day, and our walk began with a treat. There were wood storks in the pond but also a flock of roseate spoonbills. It was a great day for a hike with gray skies and mists. It can be easier to spot birds and wildlife when the sky is gray. If nothing else, there is less glare.

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01/24/25 - Little St Simons - North Dike to Lodge - Part 3 This is one of those hikes one has to repeat. This time there were ducks and alligators and a variety of mushrooms.

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01/23/25 - Little St Simons - From the Lodge to Three Pines and Back We were tired from our morning walk, but we just had to get out and do something, so we walked from the lodge to Three Pines and back. We had taken this walk just the day before, but that had been a sunny day. Today, there was mist shrouding everytbing.

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12/07/23 - Little St. Simon's - Departure Here are some more photos of our departure. There are a few sunrise pictures, and they are much less saturated with color than the ones taken using an iPhone in the previous post. A few birds came to say goodbye including a woodpecker and an egret. The armadillos were sleeping in presumably after a wild night at the Armadillo Factory.	Early morning with the moon
More early light	Light caught by a tree
Brilliant red	More morning glow
Saying goodbye	More morning light
Goodbye to the wild trees	More early light
The main building at the lodge	An egret by the water

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12/06/23 - Little St. Simons - Our Last Day Even before we finished our packing, we went down to the river to watch the sunrise. It was a band of pink reflected on the water, a very stark, pure light. It was cold, but we savored the moment. A few hours later we were on a fast motor boat heading for the marina. There were only four of us, so we didn't bother with the larger flat boat. We made good time to the marina, transferred our bags to our rental car and headed north on I-95 for Savannah's airport. We expected horrible traffic, but the road was relatively quiet. We arrived with time to spare. Rather than sit for hours inhaling stale air, we settled on a patio and took advantage of the airport's free wifi and did a last bit of bird watching.	Dawn
Early light	That band of pink
A bit later	An amazing sky
It was cold, but we were in no hurry to get indoors.	Again
The band of pink seen through the trees	Another view
Yet another	Our last bit of bird watching at the Savannah airport

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12/05/23 - Little St. Simons - A Bit of the Backbone Trail That afternoon we took a short walk along the Backbone Trail. Actually, we took the Alternate Old House Trail to the Backbone Trail, but that's a long story. It was our last hike on the island, so we made the most of it. At some point, exhaustion set in.	A butterfly
Indian pipes	The trees
The marshes	The trail
A sandy stretch	The ground below

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12/04/23 - Little St. Simons - Three Pines and South Pond - Part 1 On our second day on Little St. Simons Island, we headed from the lodge south to the Three Pines Trail, and having completed the trail we took a loop around South Pond. This was different country, more forested but as flat as everywhere on the island. Our big surprise was, having reached the end of the Three Pines Trail, we found a tree full of wood storks. They're prehistoric looking birds. Everyone uses that adjective. We first thought they were ibises.	Marshland
The trail	A row of pelicans, almost like garden ornaments
Flowers	A mushroom of some sort
Palmettos and foreat	More of the trail
A woodpecker	More along the trail
Another bird	More of the forest
More Spanish moss	More forest
A view into the marsh	More palmetto forest
Berries	Another mushroom
One stork	Two storks
Storks in a tree	The tree in context
A better photo of one of the storks	Egrets in the distance

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12/03/23 - Little St. Simons - Three Pines and South Pond - Part 2 On the South Pond section of our walk, there was an eagle viewing area that promised us a view of an eagle's nest. We didn't see the nest, but we did get a brief look at the eagle.	Tall trees
Wild forest	Marsh lands with a possible eagle's nest
A few dead needles	A poor photo of the eagle in flight
Another marsh view - There was lots of marsh.	Across a boardwalk
The ground below	Another bit of the trail
Reflective water	Another view

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12/02/23 - Little St. Simons - Sunrise

One of the positive things about getting to the east coast is jet lag that lets one see the sunrise.

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12/01/23 - Little St. Simons - Atlantic Beach - Part 1 In the afternoon, one of the guides drove us down to Atlantic Beach. We stopped en route to see Norm, possibly the largest alligator on the island. He is noted for eating smaller alligators among other nutritious snacks. There was some good bird watching on the path to Norm's Pond. Then we explored the beach. We didn't go very far. We were still tired from our morning walk. The beach was broad and bright with breakers offshore. There were plovers and oystercatchers about. Most of them were pretty far away, so we relied on binoculars and a spotter scope, so we didn't get too many photos.	A hawk in a tree en route to Atlantic Beach
A fork in the road	Prickly pear cactus, almost ripe
One of many armadillos	The walkway to Norm's Pond
Seen from the walkway	Norm
A nearby duck	Another small bird
Yet another	And another
Still more	Even more - or is this the same one
Marshland	A heron
The countryside	Autumn grasses
The road goes on	By the road
The walkway to the beach	A first glimpse of the beach
In the sand	More

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11/30/23 - Little St. Simons - Atlantic Beach - Part 2 We didn't wander too far at the beach, but we did spend some time looking out to sea and along the shore.	Plovers
The scalloped beach	An oyster catcher
Bright sun	More shore birds
A jellyfish	The walkway back in amazing light
Flowers	More of the walkway
A hard to spot marsh rabbit	A phoebe - not a kingfisher
Back at the lodge	Possibly acorns

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11/29/23 - Little St. Simons - Kitchen Garden We took a brief break for lunch and explored the lodge grounds. We found an armadillo, no surprise there. We also found the kitchen garden complete with the traditional hanging gourds.	Opal, Nibbles or one of the others
Kitchen gardens	Another view

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11/28/23 - Little St. Simons - North Dike and Back to the Lodge - 1 We had two whole days on Little St. Simons Island. They have organized, guided tours, but we just wanted to walk, so we did what we did on our last visit. We had them drive us up to North Dike near the north end of the island, and then we walked backed to the lodge. We followed North Pond and took advantage of the various blinds and observation platforms to scan the pond for birds and alligators. It was cold, so we only saw one alligator, but we saw egrets and herons and a woodpecker and a variety of ducks. The going was easy and the day was brisk. It had been close to freezing the night before. The island is probably very different during a Georgia summer, even this close to the ocean.	Early at the lodge
Where we stayed	A hitch hiker on our ride north
The road north	More of the road
Even more, leading out to the dike	A view from the dike, with alligator
Foliage	Recent rain on the road
Heading south	We saw a lot of muhly grass
A side spur to one of the blinds	An egret
Miscellaneous ducks	A heron
Back on the road south	Mushrooms
More egrets	A marsh scene
A wet spiderweb	More of the track
A downy woodpecker	Again

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11/27/23 - Little St. Simons - North Dike and Back to the Lodge - 2 We made our way down to the South Dike and then headed into more wooded country. We heard a sound in the forest, an armadillo rummaging about. He or she - something only of interest only to another armadillo or a grammarian - was wary but offered us a good view. It was an easy walk south along the main road. Have we mentioned that the land in this part of Georgia is flat? It wasn't long before we returned to a familiar landmark, the vulture tree, not far from the lodge.	More of the track
The view from an observation tower	Almost abstract
Another spiderweb	A web with huge drops of water
Yet another web	Another look at the pond
View from the South Dike	Berries
On we go	More marshland
Cactus of all things	Yet another peek
A more forested part of the track	An armadillo
Forest with palmettos	Seeds
Spanish moss	Still heading south
More of the track	The vulture tree

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