Wednesday January 9th Bruce and I had our first adventure
date of the year. We went to Brookgreen Gardens to check out their native animal
habitats/zoo. It’s a relatively short
walk (for us) across level terrain
The
path leads along the former rice paddies where there are lots of migratory
water fowl
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| Wild Ibis in Rice paddy |
and a quite a few alligators to be
seen swimming around in the fresh water marshes .
There were also a lot of interesting interpretive signs along the way to explain about the wildlife and what life was like when the area was a plantation.
Then the trail cut inland through an upland pine wood forest to where the Brookgreen has a built series habitats for displaying local wildlife.
Some of the animals, like the river otter,
deer,
and fox were in large, moat/fenced enclosures.
Others, like the water fowl
and predatory birds,
had been moved from their giant tree-filled netted aviaries into smaller enclosures where they would have better protection from the winter’s freezing night time temperatures.
A sign explained that all the Brookgreen captive birds of prey were disabled and would not be able to survive on their own on the wild due to their injuries.
It was pretty cold that day and as we neared the end of the trail it started to drizzle. Fortunately we made it back to the car before we got really wet. It wasn’t as much exercise as we had hoped for, but it was as much as the weather would allow, so we were please with the excursion.
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| Bruce couldn't resist cutting it up with an alligator statue. |
There were also a lot of interesting interpretive signs along the way to explain about the wildlife and what life was like when the area was a plantation.
Then the trail cut inland through an upland pine wood forest to where the Brookgreen has a built series habitats for displaying local wildlife.
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| Captive River otters |
Some of the animals, like the river otter,
deer,
and fox were in large, moat/fenced enclosures.
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| The wood duck lives in a large netted aviary keeping it safe from hunters |
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| Barn owl |
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| A pair of American Eagles |
had been moved from their giant tree-filled netted aviaries into smaller enclosures where they would have better protection from the winter’s freezing night time temperatures.
A sign explained that all the Brookgreen captive birds of prey were disabled and would not be able to survive on their own on the wild due to their injuries.
It was pretty cold that day and as we neared the end of the trail it started to drizzle. Fortunately we made it back to the car before we got really wet. It wasn’t as much exercise as we had hoped for, but it was as much as the weather would allow, so we were please with the excursion.
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