Monday, January 12, 2015

Huntington Beach State Park

January 5-February 4, 2015:  We moved to Huntington Beach for a 30 day stay.  It is just 16 miles south of Myrtle Beach.  We have been enjoying this area with daily walks on the beach, bike rides, and the wildlife viewing.  In this park there is a salt marsh.  Besides water fowl, there are alligators.  Since the temperatures have been in the 50-60 range during the day, we have not seen any yet.  Here are a few pictures from our first week's stay.





                        Walkway to the beach.

                                             Great blue heron in the salt marsh.

                                   Pelicans on the small island in the salt marsh.

            Great blue herons, great egrets, white ibis, and wood storks in the salt marsh.
                                                Wood stork in the salt marsh.



                           Skipper and his friend,Tucson, enjoying a walk on the beach.

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Myrtle Beach Sightings

November 30, 2014-January 5, 2015
                                                    Atlantic Ocean Sunrise
                    As the tide recedes, it leaves these plant-like etchings in the sand.




                                                                    Sea Urchin

                                                              Sanderlings 
                                                Morning walks on the beach.
                              On this day, low tide left the shoreline carved out.

                                          Willet, one of many of shoreline birds.
                                                             Whelk Shell
                                                       Brown Pelicans in flight.
            This brown pelican walked ashore as we were passing by on an evening walk.
                                                            Brown Pelican
                                                      Cannonball Jellyfish
                                                  Double-crested Cormorants

                                                               Great Egret 
                                     Skip is enjoying a rest after his beach walk.
         This horse was running loose in the campground until I caught him....a bit exciting!


  We saw three of these non-venomous red-bellied water snakes when we stopped by this pond.

                                                    Merry Christmas 2014
         These brown pelicans were having a feeding frenzy, diving for fish one after the other.
                                         We enjoyed bike rides on the beach.
                                                         Great Blue Heron
                         Has this brown pelican been writing in the sand?
          Brown pelican perched on the pier.
                                                     Sunset and Sea Oats