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  • A kayak bow with fishing rod slides through past a line of docks along the May River on a still, fall morning. The tidal river, near Bluffton, S.C. - once known among the most pristine on the East Coast - is surrounded by developments that grew with the housing boom. Stormwater runoff from what used to be isolated wetlands is disrupting the river's delicate balance, prompting shellfish bans and public outcry.
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  • Atlantic bottlenose dolphins strand feed in a marsh creek of the May River, herding fish up on the mud bank, following them, eating them and then rolling back into the water. This learned behavior is unique to the Carolina and Georgia coasts. Scientists say some 500 dolphins are resident in the May River area, along with others who visit seasonally.
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  • An Atlantic bottlenose dolphin swims past the bow of a kayak in a narrow marsh creek at high tide in the May River.
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  • Tricolored heron perches on a snag in the May River marsh on foggy morning.
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  • A bald eagle flies from a perch near its nest with two young along the May River.
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  • A bald eagle perches as sentry near its nest with two young along the May River.
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  • A bald eagle perches as sentry near its nest with two young along the May River.
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  • A bald eagle perches as sentry near its nest with two young along the May River.
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  • Bald eagles manage two four-week-old eaglets in their nest in a tall pine along the May River.
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  • Anewly fledged bald eagle soars over the tree lline along the May River near Bluffton, SC.
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  • A family of bald eagles, the two eaglets fledged, hangs out after feeding in their nest tree along the May River.
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  • A bald eagle preens on a pine limb along the May River, not far from its nest and its growing twin eaglets.
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  • A bald eagle adjusts its roost in a tree along the May River, not far from its nest and its growing twin eaglets.
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  • A fourth-year bald eagle perches on a mound of dirt as gulls fly by at Hickory Hill landfill.
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  • A pair of bald eagles meet at their nest along the May River.
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  • A baby bald eagle tests its wings from atop its nest in a dead pine along the May River near Bluffton, S.C.
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  • A baby bald eagle perches on its nest in a dead pine along the May River.
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  • A pair of bald eagles meet at their nest along the May River.
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  • A pair of eagles roost in a pine as a gibbous moon rises along the May River during courting.
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  • A pair of eagles ("Momma" at left, "Blackie" at right) roost in a pine along the May River during courting. Photo by Greg Smith/imediasmith.com.
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  • An adult eagle arrives with food for his twins in a nest on Palmetto Bluff, along the May River's south shore. Photo by Greg Smith/imediasmith.com.
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  • An American egret fishes near a great blue heron on mud bank at low tide in a marsh creek of the May River.
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  • A great blue heron flies from a sand bar at low tide in the May River. Great blues are found in every continental American state, and they nest in several small heronries along the May River.
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  • A great blue heron strikes at a shrimp in the shallows near a  mud bank at low tide in the May River.
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  • Great white egrets and snow egrets feed at low tide in the May River.
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  • A common egret prowls marshy shoreline on a rising tide in the May River.
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  • Snowy egrets perch on a pine-limb snag on the banks of the May River.
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  • Snowy egrets perch on a pine-limb snag on the banks of the May River.
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  • An egret and other birds seek to share in fish chased onto a mud bank by dolphins strand feeding in the May River.
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  • A comon egret roosts in a pine tree along a forested shoreline of the May River at high tide.
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  • A great egret flies from his spot in a marsh of the May River.
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  • A white egret tends its nest on an island in the Ibis Pond at Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge.
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  • A snowy egret surveys the hundreds of nests among willows in the Ibis Pond at Pinckney Island.
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  • A snowy egret fishes amid oysters on a mud bank in the morning light along a marsh edge in the May River.
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  • An egret stretches toward the sky deep within a marsh of the May River.
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  • A snowy egret fishes in the low tide of the May River.
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  • The sun ball sets behind power lines and traffic, as viewed at Pinckney Island.White egrets fish in the shallow flats at high tide in a May River marsh.
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  • An egret perches and preens in a dead pine tree along Eagle Cove of the May River near Bluffton, SC.
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  • An egret flies toward the sunset over the May River near Bluffton, SC.
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  • An egret wades along the shore of the May River at low tide near Bluffton, SC.
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  • A white egret flies from its fishing spot in a marsh of the May River near Bluffton, S.C.
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  • An egret feather clings to a stalk of marsh grass and reflects in the May River.
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  • A tricolored heron fishes in a quickly draining tidal creek in the May River.
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  • Kayak bow and morning sky reflect in the May River.
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  • The Last Resort, 33 Pine View Drive, as viewed from the May River.
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  • A white egret perches on its nest on an island in the Ibis Pond at Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge.
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  • A great blue heron tends its young in its meager nest in a tall pine perched on a hummock in the May River.
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  • The the stage is set in a tent at Delta Plantation to serve an elegant meal and dancing to Ion Media staff and guests.
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  • Ion Media staff and guests tour the main house before dinner at Delta Plantation.
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  • Scene near the Wilson Village at Palmetto Bluff
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  • A spotted sandpiper feeds along the edge of a marsh creek in the May River.
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  • Small bedroom or office between other bedrooms upstairs in the main house at 33 Pine View Drive.
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  • Pepper the dog sails aboard a Sunfish in the May River.
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  • An endangered wood stork flies into a cloud-streaked sky over the May River.
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  • Looking east along the driveway at property at 33 Pine View Drive, you see the kitchen door of the guest house is about 50 feet from the main house.
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  • An ancient live oak hangs over the tidal creek that borders nearly half of 33 Pine View Drive, draining into - and rising with the tide from - the May River.
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  • A blueberry breakfast, colored with zinnias from the garden at 33 Pine View Drive.
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  • Picture of the Last Resort property at 33 Pine View Drive.
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  • The gravel and shell driveway at 33 Pine View Drive forms a large oval, routing visitors the gently managed forest of the property.
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  • The living room at 33 Pine View Drive has a fireplace, built-in bookshelves and sliding-glass doors to the porch.
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  • The main house at 33 Pine View Drive, as viewed from the driveway.
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  • Fall color paints trees on the southern shore of a marsh in the May River's headwaters.
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  • An ailing Raccoon on Snag on a chilly May River morning.
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  • An osprey flies from a pine limb along the May River near Bluffton, SC.
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  • Spring trees along shore of Palmetto Bluff.
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  • A kayak drifts out with the tide from of the "Lost World" marsh flats of the May River, home to a significant heron rookery.
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  • Rainbow and sun glow on marsh of May River near Bluffton, SC.
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  • The sunset light glows on the May River marsh.
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  • A juvenile wood stork fishes along a mud bank at low tide in the May River.
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  • An egret feather flutters while snagged in marsh grass along the May River near Bluffton, SC
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  • A heron feather floats in the low tide in the May River near Bluffton, SC.
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  • An egret feather clings to marsh grass as a gentle breeze passes over the May River.
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  • Egret feather flutters on a piece of grass high up in Eagle Marsh.
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  • A tiny marsh wren perches in a marsh of the May River near Bluffton, SC.
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  • Fall color paints trees on the southern shore of a marsh in the May River's headwaters.
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  • A kayak bow plies the marsh at half tide, as dark clouds rise over the May River near Bluffton, SC.
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  • The sun rises over the bow of a kayak through a fall morning fog on the May River.
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  • Kayak bow and paddle in a marsh of the May River.
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  • A seaside sparrow peeks from deep inside the spartina grass in a May River marsh.
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  • Pepper the dog takes in a sunset from a boat in the May River.
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  • A great egret flies from the fall marsh in the May River.
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  • A juvenile wood stork fishes along a mud bank at low tide in the May River.
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  • A pod of Atlantic bottlenose dolphins, possibly a group of nursing mothers, hangs out on the surface of the May river near Bluffton, SC.
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  • A kayak bow moves toward clouds and sun reflecting in the marsh of the May River near Bluffton, SC.
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  • Ducks silhouette against morning sun and fog along the May River near Bluffton, SC.
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  • A group of kayaks paddles among the marshes of the May River.
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  • A marsh wren peeks from among stalks of golden grass (spartina) in the fall marsh of the May River.
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  • A dolphin looks up at a visitor as he navigates a narrow creek in a marsh flat of the upper May River.
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  • Tricolored heron on snag in marsh on foggy morning.
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  • Young sibling great blue herons test their wings and fight with each other in their nest atop a tall pine trees on a hummock along the May River.
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  • An adult great blue arrives with food for its almost grown and unruly pair of offspring crowd atop a tall pine tree on a hummock along the May River.
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  • A juvenile eagle, in its first week of flying, soars over its nest tree along the May River.
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  • A juvenile eagle, in its first week of flying, soars near its nest along the May River.
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  • Great blue herons raise their young in a rookery of pine tree nests on hummocks at the "Lost World" marsh flats of the May River.
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  • A great blue heron flies near its nest in a rookery along the May River.
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  • A pair of great blue herons greet each other at their nest in a tall pine on a hummock in the "Lost World" area of the May River.
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  • Great blue herons nest in "The Lost World," a network of hummocks and marsh flats in the May River.
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  • An ailing Raccoon on Snag on a chilly May River morning.
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  • Tree swallows  fight for perches on marsh grass as they gather among thousands for fall migration in the May River near Bluffton, S.C.
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