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Lily pads cover the swampy waters in the Okefenokee near the Suwannee Canal area. This side of the swamp was devastate by fire in April 2011. Lightning was blamed for a fire in the refuge that burned and smoldered for nearly a full year. The blaze charred a total of 309,200 acres, or about 483 square miles, before authorities declared it was extinguished.
A photo from the archives of my last trip to the USA, almost 3 years ago. Okefenokee refugee in Georgia. It was pretty tricky shooting sunset here, there were alligators everywhere. I'm lucky they were not hungry ;-)
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More shots from Okefenokee in this set.
Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia. A shallow, 438,000-acre (177,000 ha), peat-filled wetland straddling the Georgia–Florida line and is the largest "blackwater" swamp in North America.
The Suwannee River and the St. Marys River, both originate in the swamp. The swamp was designated a National Natural Landmark in 1974.
This is from the Stephen Foster State Park side.
An alligator with a dragon fly near left eye in the Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia.
The Okefenokee Swamp, a shallow, 438,000-acre (177,000 ha), peat-filled wetland straddling the Georgia–Florida line and is the largest "blackwater" swamp in North America.
The Suwannee River and the St. Marys River, both originate in the swamp. The swamp was designated a National Natural Landmark in 1974.
This is from the Stephen Foster State Park side.
Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia, U.S.A.
I captured this image while padding my canoe through the refuge. As I approached, this hawk let out a series of deafening calls. I'm not sure if it was sounding an alarm or simply announcing its territory. I later learned their calls are loud enough to be heard several miles away.
I've uploaded another image of this RSH here: flic.kr/p/2qMbn9W
Scan of older photos, pre-digital. I have seen many bears but so far this is the ONLY shot I ever got of one>
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia, U.S.A.
I took this image one misty morning at Roundtop Shelter on a multi-day paddling trip in Okefenokee N.W.R.
Here I am showing Flor Constantino how easy it is to have an encounter with Drogonflies. If there are dragonflies around try it. Just hold your hand still and be patient, eventually one will rest on your hand or finger. I once had a triple, one on each fore-finger and one on the bill of my cap!! I got the idea for this years ago when fishing I noticed that they would very often land on the tip of my fishing rod and I held out my arm with finger extended and one lit on my finger, I have been doing it ever since.
Okefenokee NWR
This was a very protective mother, would only allow an approach of about 15 ft or so before advancing with loud hiss and open mouth, if I backed off she would stop and return to her position beside the nest, On several different ocasions when I visited the nest she was in the water and would instantly come up beside the nest and let me know that she was there with hissing and open mouth.
Scanning some older 35mm prints
Near Folkston, Georgia
30.729061, -82.137450
January 21, 2018
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In going through my Florida photos for yesterday’s post, I ran into this one I had completely forgot about. It is actually just over the Florida border into Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp (Ya gotta love that name!).
The one thing that strikes me with again seeing this amazing reflection is the enormous amount of sky present. Living my whole life in the west I am never far from the mountains that actually give me a sense of peace. I actually feel a little weirdly vulnerable in flat spaces, almost as if needing the walls of a fortress to keep me safe.
We are so much a product of where we exist. My wife who is from rolling hills Iowa worried about moving to Oregon because she thought the mountains and forests would give he claustrophobia and only relaxed when she discovered that the Willamette Valley is mostly farmland with lots of sight distance. I love going to places far away but there is comfort in home.
The Red-headed woodpecker is another lifer bird for me. I wish this one had been a little closer but I was glad to see him.
On my visit to Steven C Foster State Park in southern Georgia last week I had exceptional luck finding woodpeckers and was able to find 3 lifer species that I have always wanted to find.
I found 6 species total including:
Pileated - Lifer
Red-Bellied - Lifer
Red-Headed - Lifer
Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker
Northern Flicker
Downy woodpecker.
The West Mims Fire has since grown to over 100,000 acres, and caused all of St George to evacuate. The smoke from the large wildfire is seen here at Ft Mudge, GA as CSX Q458 passes through on an otherwise sunny day.
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I just returned from a three day trip camping in the Okefenokee Swamp in south Georgia. The swamp is almost 500,000 acres which makes it the largest black water swamp in North America. The water is clear but black from the peat.
This shot was taken from a flat river boat we rented for the day so we could boat several miles into the swamp. I was blessed with a nice sky...... it did not last long and pretty much the remainder of the trip it was cloudy.