Here’s an interesting field in South Carolina, probably somewhere along the coast. What is it and why is it special? Send your guess about the location of this photo to feedback@statehousereport.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.
Our previous Mystery Photo
Our Aug. 9 mystery, “Rusty gate,” leads to the Avian Conservation Center at The Center for Birds of Prey in Awendaw.
Congratulations this week’s avian photo sleuths: Charlie Davis of Aiken; Addison Ingle of Charleston; Daniel Prohaska of Moncks Corner; George Graf of Palmyra, Va.; Matthew Brady of North Charleston; James Gainey of Conway; Philip Cromer of Beaufort; Jay Altman of Columbia; Frank Bouknight and Ted Creech, both of Summerville; and Jacie Godfrey of Florence. Just over 20 people identified the photo correctly in our sister publication, Charleston Currents.
If there’s anyone who should have identified the gate it was Prohaska, who said, “That’s my office!” As director of development of the center, he drives through the gate daily. He shares this info:
“What began in 1991 with a single injured osprey has become a preeminent medical, scientific and educational institution preserving the sentinels of our fragile and complex natural world. The health of wild bird populations, and birds of prey specifically, is a direct reflection of the overall health of the ecosystem. Birds are the vital link between the complexities of our ecosystem and measuring the quality and sustainability of our lives.
“The mission of the Avian Conservation Center is to identify and address vital environmental issues by providing medical care to injured birds of prey and shorebirds, and through educational, research, and conservation initiatives. Over the last 28 years, the center has emerged as the premier avian center in the region and the only one of its kind in the nation comprehensively combining science, education, research, medical care, captive breeding and oiled bird treatment.
“The Center for Birds of Prey is the principal operating division of the Avian Conservation Center and is open to the public every Thursday, Friday and Saturday. For more information, visit www.thecenterforbirdsofprey.org or call 843.971.7474.”
- Send us a mystery: If you have a photo that you believe will stump readers, send it along (but make sure to tell us what it is because it may stump us too!) Send to: feedback@statehousereport.com and mark it as a photo submission.
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