Sarah E BourneMay 19, 2023
Wednesday brought us to Congaree National Park, "the largest intact expanse of old growth bottomland hardwood forest remaining in the southeastern United States" and they have lots of really big trees, many "champions" for their species. Fortunately, it wasn't too wet so we could take the loop trail through the flood plain.
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We also meet other wildlife. There weren't as many wildflowers as we'd seen at other parks, but the ones e found were lovely. There were mushrooms here and there. We saw two different kinds of skinks: one with red heads and the other with blue tails. We also saw a raccoon doing forest raccoon things, but he was too far away for my phone camera.
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May 19, 2023 at 11:09amTusky
Show threadSarah E BourneMay 19, 2023
We went back to Congaree yesterday morning and it was raining steadily. We were very glad we saved the boardwalk trail since the other one was extremely muddy. We were rewarded with fewer people, and seeing more wildlife: deer, rabbit, feral piglets, fox squirrels, and turtles.
Here's a short video showing where the deer and rabbit are in the first photo: https://flic.kr/p/2oBh8g5
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Show threadAmelia Bellamy-Royds May 19, 2023
@sbourne #IFoundThatRabbit! Needed to watch the video to see the deer, though. Even knowing where it is, I can't distinguish it from trees in the still!
Show threadSarah E BourneMay 19, 2023
@AmeliasBrain Even in the video they'd be hard to see if they weren't moving!