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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.
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.
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia, U.S.A.
The historic Suwannee Canal dates back to the late 1800s when an effort was made to drain the swamp. Thankfully, it failed. I captured this image from a "cut" bypass off the main canal route.
Scan of older photos, pre-digital. I have seen many bears but so far this is the ONLY shot I ever got of one>
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
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.
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.
I was very happy to see several of these colorful woodpeckers last week. They were a lifer I have wanted to see for quite a while.
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.