Naturally Kiawah Guest Edition 2014 | Page 3

Featured Articles 3 5 13 19 27 28 33 51 55 57 7 45 47 49 50 53 Birds Kiawah Island Oasis Aaron Given Following the Red Knot Shauneen Hutchinson A Sighting at the Shore Lynn Morgenstern Check Your Roof Joyce Neuman Duck out of Water Paula Feldman Field Notes KIGR Naturalists Painted Bunting A Tale of Two Beaches Lynn Morgenstern Pelicans: Gone Fishing Lynn Morgenstern 34 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 Fall’s Spunkiest Bird Jennifer Barbour Reptiles, Amphibians & Insects Butterflies 101 Shauneen Hutchinson Kiawah’s Butterfly Checklist KIGR Naturalists Kiawah’s Reptile & Amphibian Checklist KIGR Naturalists Experiencing Nature’s Symphony Michael Frees Snakes of Kiawah Sophia McAllister Dinosaurs of the Lowcountry Jim Jordan The Green Anole Lowell Rausch Magic in the Marsh Lowell Rausch Little Bear Island Maritime Forest Reserve & Nature Trail Kiawah’s Maritime Forest Kiawah’s Native Iris Sophia McAllister The Secret Success of Spiders Brogin Van Skoik Helmets on the Beach Pamela Cohen Treasurers on the Beach Joan Collar Jellyfish: The Oceans’ Bartenders Pamela Cohen Protecting a Valuable Resource Lynn Morgenstern On the Cover and Beyond Diamondback Terrapin: Flagship Species of the Marsh Marilyn Blizard Marine Wildlife Sea Turtles by the Numbers Kelly Bragg 1 11 18 31 32 33 Habitats & Plants 21 24 25 26 Mammals Tracking Bobcats Jim Jordan Is That Baby Animal Abandoned? KIGR Naturalists White Tail Deer Bobcat Gray Fox Mink Raccoon Strand Feeding Sophia McAllister 3