March 11-17, 2024
John and I have been hearing odd sounds while aboard Lailia. Sometimes we can even hear these sounds when we’re walking on the docks. We’re used to the squeaking of the lines, the patter of the small waves, and the sound of the little snapping shrimp that click on our hull.
This sound is different. It’s a low frequency sound. We think we finally found out what it is: black drum doing their thing.
It’s good to have this mystery solved!
Cypress Wetlands has really come alive with the return of warm, sunny days. There’s so much to see each time we’re there.
Great egrets are in full mating and nesting season. Male egrets are showing off their plumage and dancing around.
Maybe you knew how egrets mate. We did not. Now we do.
The egrets who aren’t preening or mating are collecting twigs and vines for their nests. They’re in bushes and under trees pulling and grabbing. After they get what they need, they fly back to their nests.
Bull gators are warming up. A big one was walking through a neighborhood in our county this week. I really like gators but I don’t want to be that close.
There’s a lot happening here…and it’s easy to miss the things that are a little bit hidden.
I think storks are going to be nesting here soon. They’re starting to hang out in the trees – in previous weeks they’ve been on the ground.
Saturday was warm enough for us to head to the beach. Unfortunately, we left our beach chairs in our storage unit in Charleston.
Spring is just really beautiful in Beaufort.
Life on Lailia 