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Marbled Godwit and Gulls on Hilton Head Island

Sunday, July 18th, 2010

I took this video of a Marbled Godwit along the shore of Port Royal Sound during spring migration this year.  We were at Mitchellville Beach Park on the north end of Hilton Head Island and saw a lot of migrating shorebirds that day – this is a real birding hotspot during spring and fall migration!

I was using a small hand-held digital camera and it was a windy day, so the audio has some wind noise and the picture is a bit unsteady at times since the wind was blowing me around.  But I think it still provides a great closup look at a Marbled Godwit feeding along the shallows of the Port Royal Mud Flats.

Video Tour of Fish Haul Creek Park and the Port Royal Flats on Hilton Head Island

Friday, July 2nd, 2010

The northeast end of Hilton Head Island where the Port Royal Sound empties into the Atlantic Ocean is a “hot spot” for shorebirds to gather, especially during spring and fall migration. The Town of Hilton Head Island has preserved a large area of land along Port Royal Sound as part of Fish Haul Creek Park, which includes a tidal creek, marshlands, maritime forests, and a stretch of sandy shoreline.

This video provides views of the area from the shoreline, looking first up into Fish Haul Creek and its marshland area, then going around the shoreline and the “Port Royal Flats” area where hundreds of gulls, terns, skimmers, sandpipers, pelicans, herons, and egrets gather to feed, rest, and “hang out” on the sandbars.
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Hilton Head Island from the air

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

A Flight over Hilton Head Island

I just created a new “hub” (an informational page) on HubPages.com with pictures from a flight that I took in a small plane over Hilton Head Island a few years ago – it’s quite a bit different looking down from the sky and seeing things that are usually hidden behind the trees!

My neighbor, who is a licensed pilot, offered to take me up with him in the small plane that he “time-shares” with some other folks.  Although it was a hazy September morning, the view from up in the air was amazing.  And being able to pick out landmarks that I usually drove past, or areas that you can’t see from the roadways, was a real treat.  I thought I’d share my flight experience so you can appreciate the wonderful natural environment that makes Hilton Head Island special to so many people, both residents and visitors (over a million visitors every year!)

Burkes Beach, Folly Field and Port Royal from an airplane

Burkes Beach, Folly Field and Port Royal from an airplane

Here’s the link to the hub “A Flight over Hilton Head Island” again: http://hubpages.com/hub/Hilton-Head-Island-Flight