Table of Contents
ALL
CREATURES
GREAT AND
SMALL
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Kiawah’s Big Five
By Tina Schell
YoArt Returns to the
Heron Park Nature Center
Notes provided by
Patricia Frisch;
photos by
Adam Chandler
14
Photographic Images:
Creatures of the
Low Country
Story and photos
by Larry Corio
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Through the Lens:
Vincent J. Musi’s
Animal Planet
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Where the
Wild Things Are …
South Carolina Style
Photos by Debby Hill
Kiawah Island’s
Alligators:Preliminary
Research Results
Story and photos
by Jack Kotz
2
FEATHERS
AND FUR
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27
Kiawah Island
Banding Station:
And Then There Were Two
30
Rosey’s Back,
And He’s Brought Friends
Story and photos
by Paul Roberts
32
Kiawah Island’s
Deer Population
By Cindy Perry
LITTLE
THINGS
MEAN
A LOT
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Creatures Heard
But Rarely Seen:
Crickets and Katydids
By Frances Boyd
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Creatures Heard
But Rarely Seen:
Chuck-will’s-widow
By Frances Boyd
45
An Apologia for Crows
By Jane Iwan
Creatures Heard
But Rarely Seen:
Treefrogs
By Frances Boyd
Up Close and Personal
with a River Otter
Story and photos
by Shauneen Hutchinson
What’s The Buzz?
All About Bees
Story and photos
by Pamela Cohen
38
Kiawah’s Own Web Master:
The Banana Spider
Story and photos
by Sue Corcoran
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36
Owls: Our Amazing and
Mysterious Neighbors
By Chris Sudell
40
Dancing on the Beach
By Jacob Zadik
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An Oyster’s World:
Inside and Out
By Ally Valadares
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Close Encounters
of the Kiawah Kind