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Okefenokee RCW Habitat

I had hoped to see or at least hear red cocked woodpeckers in the managed pine forests east of the visitor's center. No such luck. A refuge map of Okefenokee RCW clusters indicated several active clusters in this area of the refuge. I looked at the marked cavity trees for sap drippings beneath the nesting cavities but I did not spot any that looked active to me. (I am no expert! I was comparing trees to those I see in the Carolina Sandhills NWR. These trees seem much younger?)

 

Apparently most of the RCW's live on isolated pine islands in the swamp and are managed by burning but not artificial cavities.

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Uploaded on February 27, 2011
Taken on February 18, 2011