We had the opportunity to visit Little St Simon's Island for a Georgia Audubon 3 day Ornithology workshop. We had a wonderful time helping the researchers band Painted Buntings (and other birds); count nesting spoonbills, storks, ibis, herons, egrets and anhinga in the rookeries, and checking on nesting sea birds at the beach.
While on a trek up the beach to see Wilson Plover chicks and American Oystercatcher nests we notices a bouy that had washed ashore. I took several photos from different angles as references. I used a panoramic photo for the watercolor sketch in my travel journal.
