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natureyes @natureyes.bsky.social · Aug 3

#orangefringedorchid #fringed #orchid #flowers #botany #plants #appalachia #nature #photography

natureyes @natureyes.bsky.social · Jul 30

New baby out front vol. 2. #dekaysbrownsnake #snake #herps #reptiles #babyanimals #nature #wildlife #photography #appalachia #southcarolina

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natureyes @natureyes.bsky.social · Jul 30

New baby out front vol. 1. #greenanole #lizard #babyanimals #herps #wildlife #nature #photography #appalachia #southcarolina

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natureyes @natureyes.bsky.social · Jul 29

Crane fly #orchid season here. Love that these native terrestrial orchids are abundant in this area. Including the property out back! #flowers #botany #nature #photography #appalachia #southcarolina

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natureyes @natureyes.bsky.social · Jul 21

#wildlife #insects #nature #photography #appalachia #southcarolina

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natureyes @natureyes.bsky.social · Jul 21

This #bee really confused me. It was as big as a very large carpenter bee but definitely looked more like a massive leaf cutter. Turns out to be a #giantresinbee. They ARE related to leaf cutters but are Asian, introduced in the 90s. They are consider adventive as opposed to invasive.

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natureyes @natureyes.bsky.social · Jul 14

Just-emerged Cope’s gray treefrog froglet, still with tail. #herps #frogs #wildlife #nature #photography #appalachia #southcarolina

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natureyes @natureyes.bsky.social · Jul 11

Eastern fence #lizard. #reptiles #wildlife #nature #photography #appalachia #southcarolina

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natureyes @natureyes.bsky.social · Jul 10

Our resident male ruby-throated #hummingbird is a tiny territorial terror. #bird #birds #nature #wildlife #photography #appalachia #southcarolina

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natureyes @natureyes.bsky.social · Jul 9

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natureyes @natureyes.bsky.social · Jul 9

IMO ALL #mushrooms are magic.#fungi #yellowstaghorn #nature #photography #mycology #appalachia #southcarolina

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natureyes @natureyes.bsky.social · Jul 8

#nature #photography #appalachia

natureyes @natureyes.bsky.social · Jul 8

Most people don’t think about #southcarolina when it comes to the #blueridgemountains. Even though only a tiny corner of the state falls in the #appalachianmountains it is an incredibly beautiful place. Grateful to live here and, honestly, glad it’s largely overlooked.

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natureyes @natureyes.bsky.social · Jul 7

Always happy to find four-valve #mimosa growing out back. #flowers #nature #photography #appalachia #southcarolina #upstate

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natureyes @natureyes.bsky.social · Jul 4

Juvenile eastern rat #snake hunting treefrogs out front last night. Frogs were just dropping to the ground around us to escape. #chuckwillswidow and #katydids making a racket too. #appalachia #southcarolina #nature #wildlife #photography #videos #herms

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natureyes @natureyes.bsky.social · Jul 4

Copes gray #treefrog out front last night. #summer #herps #frogs #appalachia #southcarolina #nature #wildlife #photography #videos #cute

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natureyes @natureyes.bsky.social · Jul 3

#longhornedbee on red ring #milkweed. #flowers #pollinators #botany #nature #photography #appalachia #southcarolina

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natureyes @natureyes.bsky.social · Jul 2

Underwater summer action full of darters, trout, hogsuckers, and more. #nature #photograohy #videos #gopro #underwater #fish #wildlife #poloandpan #appalachia #southcarolina

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natureyes @natureyes.bsky.social · Jun 30

#katydid on #native #smoothhydrangea #insects #nature #wildlife #flowers #photography #appalachia #southcarolina

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natureyes @natureyes.bsky.social · Jun 27

#mink tracks by a creek. #wildlife #nature #photography #appalachia #southcarolina

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natureyes @natureyes.bsky.social · Jun 26

So far, this is the prettiest female Eastern box #turtle I’ve found in 2025. Look at that face! #herps #reptiles #wildlife #nature #photography

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natureyes @natureyes.bsky.social · Jun 25

They’re a canary in the coal mine for forest health, habitat fragmentation, pesticide use, leaf blowers, and on and on. Most folks don’t make the connection between leaving fallen leaves alone on their property and the firefly life cycle. No layer of leaf litter? No fireflies.

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natureyes @natureyes.bsky.social · Jun 25

An Eastern #firefly chilling during the day. #insects #arthropods #nature #wildlife #photography #appalachia #southcarolina

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natureyes @natureyes.bsky.social · Jun 24

#kentuckywarbler #birds #birding #photography #nature #wildlife #appalachia #southcarolina

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natureyes @natureyes.bsky.social · Jun 23