Virtual Brown Bag Lunch: Biogeography of the Lowcountry
Palmetto Bluff’s 211th Bird Species
Being a birder during the fall migration typically results in spending my free time looking for migratory birds. While some people would not dream of being at work on their […]
Winter Food Plots
Justin Hardy, the Conservancy land & wildlife manager, has been hard at work studying and implementing new techniques to improve the quality of the Conservancy’s food plots. The 2020 winter […]
Heading South for the Winter
Early October is considered the peak of fall migration for South Carolina. Songbirds start heading south at the beginning of September, and this trend will continue until late November. Most […]
Gardening for Nature: Legumes
Palmetto Bluff is graced with a diversity of plants belonging to the Fabaceae family, better known as legumes. These plants are present in an array of habitats and are easily […]
Gardening for Nature: Milkweeds
Beaufort County is home to roughly a dozen species of milkweed, three of which have been documented growing wild at Palmetto Bluff. The genus Asclepias earned the common name “milkweed” […]
There Is a Fungus Among Us
Walking down River Road Preserve after a good rain shower can provide hours of entertainment by observing what life is active after the rain. I spend the time looking for […]
The Drummers of the Bird World
Woody the Woodpecker is a character I remember fondly from my childhood. Even now I recall his iconic laugh and my attempts to impersonate it. Now in my adulthood, I […]
Why So Blue?
Calm, graceful, reliable, wise, inspiring. While all of these words can be associated with someone in every person’s life, they are also associated with the color blue. The 2020 Pantone […]
The Other “Flying” Mammal
Most everyone that visits Palmetto Bluff has become well acquainted with the gray and fox squirrels that roam the property. However, much to people’s surprise, the Bluff is also home […]