October’s journal is in two parts:  photos from the neighborhood, followed by photos of wildlife from Jekyll just after hurricane Matthew.

We’ve been seeing Monarchs in our yard all month.  One stayed and visited flowers for most of one afternoon.  This Monarch was so pristine we speculated that perhaps it had just morphed out.  There were many Monarchs on Jekyll as well, which was most encouraging.

Monarch butterfly on Georgia Aster

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Eastern Bluebird

Brown-headed Nuthatch

Brown Thrasher

Tufted Timouse

We arrived on Jekyll on October 12, two days after the island was re-opened and five days after hurricane Matthew hit.  While the island sustained a fair amount of damage, things were in better shape than we had feared.  And we were encouraged that wildlife seemed to have made it through.  Also, very glad to see that the magnificent Live Oak in Brunswick known as Lover’s Oak, which is said to be over 900 years old, made it through as well.

Deer on the north end of Jekyll

Zebra Longwing

White Ibis

Tufted Titmouse

Sulfur and Gulf Fritillary

Tricolored Heron

Roseate Spoonbill

Roseate Spoonbill

Red-bellied Woodpecker

adult Bald Eagle

juvenile Bald eagle

Gulf Fritillaries on Bottlebrush

Osprey

Northern Parula

Monarch butterfly

Lover’s Oak – Brunswick, GA [1]

Green Darner dragonfly

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Florida Softshell Turtle on Horton Pond

Great Egret

Carolina Chickadee with signs of leucism [2]

Wood Storks and Roseate Spoonbills near the toll booth

References and Additional Information

[1]  Golden Isles, GA: Lover’s Oak
[2]  Wikipedia: Leucism