APR 18, photo-collage: this week's Carolina lowcountry wildlife

a) Reprise of material posted on April 18 in previous years ...

2020: scopes of medicine, endoscopic spectrum (poem)
2021: anagrams, US scramble-towns (wordplay maps) 
2022: toxic vignette, antifreeze poisoning (poem)
2023: magic canal palindrome, A man, a plan .. Paris (wordplay)

To access the details of any item in slide format, type its title, as displayed above in red font (e.g. ... Hippocratic), into one of the two search bars at the the top of your blog-page. Underneath the slide(s) for each entertaining delight that you discover, you will find a clickable link that lets you easily explore a more widespread collection of wonderments (verse, photos, wordplay, song-lyrics etc.) on the topic of your choice. 

b) Today's Offering (Apr 18, 2024): 

Henrietta, the sociable great egret,
at Shem Creek boardwalk

"Blue-tailed skink",
 the origin of that common name is obvious here;
(juvenile five-lined skinks and broad-headed skinks
 have a similar appearance)

jellyfish, recently washed ashore,
Sullivan's Island, SC

a weight-lifting skink

foraging nocturnal opossum
 captured in our porch light 

Henrietta watching kayakers

"Hop to it" (on one leg),
peculiar habit of many shorebirds

African iris
(floral break from all the fauna)

pelican flight

Editor's Note: More photos on this topic can be found on a later posting HERE.