Brunswick County, NC
OIB gazebo behind the chapel location
OIB foot of bridge turn out by Lillah location
Osprey platforms in Sea Trail location
Carl Bazemore Bird Walk location
Rivers Edge Public Nature Trail location
Within 1.5 hour drive of Brunswick COunty, NC
Huntington Beach State Park (HBSP), SC website, location. Facebook page where HBSP photographers post their daily captures.
Greater Charleston, SC area
Places I visited during my artist in residency (gallery):
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens website. location. Note a yearly membership allows access at 7am instead of 9am.
Additional places on 2024 trip (gallery):
Other places to visit:
Shem Creek Boardwalk website, location.
Brittlebank Park website, location.
Upstate SC (about 1.5 hours from Clemson or Greenville, SC)
My route from Clemson (gallery):
Other stops could include:
Outer Banks, NC From North to South (gallery)
Corolla Beach ATV only section near Currituck Banks Maritime Forest
Other stops north to south could include (name is website link):
Great Dismal Swamp, Aurora Fossil Museum, False Cape State Park, Merchants Millpond State Park, Monkey Island (by boat only), Kitty Hawks Woods Reserve, Run Hill State Natural Area location, Nags Head Woods Preserve, Wanchese Marina, Pocosins Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Ocracoke Island (requires ferry) with Ocracoke Lighthouse
Mobile Apps & Websites
Identify from your photo: Merlin Bird ID, Seek
See where people have seen specific species: iNaturalist, eBird
Planning sunrise, sunset, night shots with the Milky Way: The Photographers Ephemeris, PhotoPills. Get the Skyfire add-on in The Photographerrs Ephemeris to see exactly where the clouds will be. To see % chance of colorful sunrise and sunset use MySunset.
Identifying objects in the night sky: Star Walk 2
Tide tables: TideGraphPro, Windy.app
Swallowtail Butterfly Identification and Comparison website
Common Butterflies of NC pdf
Jeffrey Pippen's Carolina Butterfly website
Identify plants from photos website
NC Wildlife Federation Native Pollinator Plants website
Field Guides Amazon.com Links
OIB Area Tips
Use my contact page to get a pdf copy of this document.
