Carolina Nature Tours

Carolina Nature Tours We offer guided walks and hikes in western North Carolina, specializing in birding and plants.

We’ve been having such a great time catching (and releasing) dragonflies lately! Loved getting close looks at this beaut...
09/04/2026

We’ve been having such a great time catching (and releasing) dragonflies lately! Loved getting close looks at this beautiful Banded Pennant yesterday!

Fall migration is underway! We saw a Canada Warbler on our Birds and Blooms hike at Sam K**b Meadow last week, but this ...
09/03/2026

Fall migration is underway! We saw a Canada Warbler on our Birds and Blooms hike at Sam K**b Meadow last week, but this individual was at Jackson Park in Hendersonville. Canada Warblers are typically found at higher elevations, but at this time of year they can be found just about anywhere fueling up for their migration to South America.

🦋 A few favorite butterflies in honor of Dolly Tiger Swallowtail, Viceroy, Red-Spotted Purple, Gulf Fritillary
08/26/2026

🦋 A few favorite butterflies in honor of Dolly

Tiger Swallowtail, Viceroy, Red-Spotted Purple, Gulf Fritillary

Beautiful day at Sam K**b Meadow! Perfect weather, 11 species of warbler and Black-capped Chickadees. Wildflowers pictur...
08/25/2026

Beautiful day at Sam K**b Meadow! Perfect weather, 11 species of warbler and Black-capped Chickadees. Wildflowers pictured here: Dense Blazing Star, Liatris spicata & Hairy Wood Sunflower, Helianthus Atrorubens. Love seeing these wasp-mimic beetles, Locust Borer, Megacyllene robiniae!

Found these beautiful freshly emerged Pinesaps yesterday on a hike at Jones Gap State Park in SC. Monotropa hypopitys is...
08/22/2026

Found these beautiful freshly emerged Pinesaps yesterday on a hike at Jones Gap State Park in SC. Monotropa hypopitys is a parasitic plant. Without any chlorophyll it gets its nutrients from a fungus.

Birding can be slow in the summer, but it’s a great time for dragonflies! Here are a few common odonates (dragonflies an...
08/19/2026

Birding can be slow in the summer, but it’s a great time for dragonflies! Here are a few common odonates (dragonflies and damselflies) from Jackson Park in Hendersonville: Blue Dasher, Eastern Pond Hawk (female or juvenile), Common Whitetail (female or juvenile) and Ebony Jewelwing Damselfly.

Blooming in our yard now: Passion Flower, Mountain Mint, Culver’s Root, Echinacea, Phlox, Wild Bergamot, Butterfly w**d,...
06/25/2026

Blooming in our yard now: Passion Flower, Mountain Mint, Culver’s Root, Echinacea, Phlox, Wild Bergamot, Butterfly w**d, common milkw**d (with milkw**d beetles). Loving it!!

Got some great looks at a White-eyed Vireo on the Oklawaha Greenway this morning! This yellow-spectacled vireo sings nea...
06/24/2026

Got some great looks at a White-eyed Vireo on the Oklawaha Greenway this morning! This yellow-spectacled vireo sings nearly all day: “Quick with the beer- check!” Saw a coyote too!

Kevin caught this tender moment between a pair of Yellow-billed Cuckoos, notice how the male brings in a small insect as...
05/28/2026

Kevin caught this tender moment between a pair of Yellow-billed Cuckoos, notice how the male brings in a small insect as a gift for the female.

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