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November 14, 2006
NC, SC wildlife photos
I'm back from Kiawah Island, SC and Charlotte, NC after a nice long weekend vacation. The above picture is of a Golden Silk Spider, which was about as big as my palm. While it's good to be home I will miss the genuine southern friendliness we encountered down there, and the sunny warmth too.
This is my first attempt at posting photos saved to my Flickr account, we'll see how it goes. The interface is pretty interesting and user-friendly, and my webmistress will certainly appreciate me using server space elsewhere. More pics after the jump...
The Charlotte Royals and a few guys from Raleigh-Durham hosted us for the match, which we won. However there were only 15 of us there, so no substitutions, so a few of us were hobbling around by the end of it. I got the ball and gave a few good passes:
It was the last match of the season, and it'll be good to have a freer schedule for the winter:
Boys from Durham and Raleigh were present, and I liked this particular posse of friendly bears, especially the one in the white cap. Wuuuufy beard:
Crazy gurls from Charlotte:
My wishes to see a gator were immediately granted the morning after our arrival to Kiawah Island, with a six-footer sunning itself outside our condo. Did you know they only need about 1.5 lbs. of food each week? I was wondering how they got so monstrous with just a small pond to live in. They apparently cannot eat much in the winter, especially if their body temperature drops below 75 degrees or so, as their innards are not warm enough to metabolize food. If they do eat during cold weather, the food rots in their stomach and they die:
These are white ibis, in off-season color. I got this one added to my list and the wood stork too. New word: crepuscular - a creature that is active mainly at twilight ( didn't make it up ) as opposed to a nocturnal or diurnal creature. "The best time to see a bobcat on Kiawah Island is at dusk or dawn, because it is a crepuscular mammal."
I think these are sanderlings, but I'm not good with shorebirds. But I think they're cute!
There was lots of Spanish moss hanging from the trees. I think Spanish moss is God's way of letting trees have weave extensions.
Posted by jimbo at November 14, 2006 10:47 PM
Comments
Great pics. Crepuscular gays love happy hour.
Posted by: Glenn at November 15, 2006 7:34 AM
Crepuscular? Sounds like a guy who's always at the gym between 6-8AM, or 5-7PM.
Posted by: Trey R at November 15, 2006 9:27 AM
That's an awesome pic of the spider. Did you squish it?
btw- Can you spot the gayface in one of those photos? I can.
Posted by: durban bud at November 15, 2006 11:41 AM
Seeing the photos of you in rugby gear reminds me to ask: how's the process of letting your body hair regrow going? Is it as itchy as predicted? Was Charlene worth it?
Posted by: Chris at November 15, 2006 12:07 PM
So I'm wondering who Jimbo1DC and Jimbo2DC are?
Posted by: Brady at November 15, 2006 4:12 PM
Awesome photos. I miss the wildlife (I went to school in Charleston). I hope you got some decent shrimp and grits while you were down there. I'll put them up any day against Wisconsin cheese curds for yummy arterial-blockage potential.
Posted by: Greg at November 15, 2006 8:14 PM