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  • Wordless Wednesday: Cypress Reflected

    Wordless Wednesday: Cypress Reflected

    Wild Nature – Reflection Photography – State Park

    A large cypress tree with textured bark stands beside still water, reflecting its image. Surrounding it are green lily pads and lush vegetation in a serene state park setting under a clear blue sky.
    We cannot see our reflection in running water. It is only in still water that we can see. 

– Zen Proverb

    Bald Cypress, Middle Fork Suwannee River, Stephen C. Foster State Park

    Photos taken with my iPhone 12 mini.

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  • Red Shouldered Hawk in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge

    Red Shouldered Hawk in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge

    Repost, Read – Throwback Thursday

    On our trip to the Stephen C. Foster State Park May 2021, I got the distinct impression that nature truly ruled here in the Okefenokee Swamp. Everywhere we turned there were animals doing the nature thing. Don’t mind us humans here!

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    Walking to the trading post from our cabin what do we see? Sitting on the wooden fence to children’s swing area was a Red Shouldered Hawk. He really didn’t care about us walking by him. I’m sure he was aware of us but was keenly eyeing some rodent across the road.

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    And just like that he took flight! Up into the air, wings spread wide, talons curled back, gliding low near the road and swooping into a nearby tree.

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    Red Shouldered Hawk at Stephen C. Foster State Park.

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  • Wildlife: Oh Deer! – Camouflaged in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge

    Wildlife: Oh Deer! – Camouflaged in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge

    Sunday Stills: Wildlife

    Outside our cabin at Stephen C. Foster State Park.

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  • Wildlife: Reptiles – Up Close with an American Alligator in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge 1

    Wildlife: Reptiles – Up Close with an American Alligator in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge 1

    Have you ever seen an alligator? Up close? I have and this was not the first time, just the most recent. It was while visiting Stephen C. Foster State Park during a boat tour.

    And what a wonderful boat tour of Okefenokee Swamp! Our guide an Interpretive Park Ranger, Josh Snead, showed us the hidden beauty that could only be experienced on the waters of this swamp. Josh talked about the native to the swamp, the American Alligator. About 12,000 live in the Okefenokee!

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    Why wouldn’t he, these reptiles were everywhere! Even swimming in the lake beside our boat. Well they actually moved pretty quickly away from us.

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    Look! Floating just below the surface. See those eyes, that back ridge?

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    Again, slowly and, silently guiding our boat to a stop, Josh quietly motioned us to peer over at a fallen tree on the lake. . Look closely! A young alligator was resting on the tree, sunning the back boney plates in his back. Heating himself again the cool lake temperatures. Another alligator lay still amongst the vegetation so we moved in for a closer look.

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    What a magnificent sight!

    Josh really knows the swamp! Well sorry You, the blog reader, didn’t get to be on the boat tour but here is Josh Sneed telling us all about American Alligators.

    Check the following about our other adventure in the swamp.

    Remember Josh showed us a Barred Owl on her native perch at Stephen C. Foster State Park.

    Wildlife: Birds of the Air – Up Close with a Barred Owl in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge 2

    We can’t wait to return to the Okefenokee Swamp!

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  • Wildlife: Birds of the Air – Up Close with a Barred Owl in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge 2

    Wildlife: Birds of the Air – Up Close with a Barred Owl in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge 2

    What a wonderful boat tour of Okefenokee Swamp! Our guide an Interpretive Park Ranger, Josh Snead, showed us the hidden beauty that could only be experienced on the waters of this swamp. Of course I had to tell Josh about our narrow escape from the Barred Owl on “Trembling Earth Nature Trail / boardwalk” from the previous evening. (see previous post)

    Wildlife: Birds of the Air – Up Close with a Barred Owl in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge 1

    No stranger to the various wildlife species that made their home at Stephen C Foster State Park, he knew exactly the owl we were talking about and proceeded to take us to the the spot inhabited by the mate of our nefarious Barred Owl.

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    Slowly, silently guiding our boat to a stop, Josh quietly motioned us to peer into the thicket.

    Look closely! Even closer! Do you see her?

    Obviously we had encountered the male Barred Owl as his mate, which according to Josh rarely leaves her perch.

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    What a magnificent sight!

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    Barred Owl on her native perch at Stephen C. Foster State Park.

    Thanks Josh! We can’t wait to return to the Okefenokee Swamp! Meet Josh Snead below.

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  • Wildlife: Birds of the Air – Red Shouldered Hawk in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge

    Wildlife: Birds of the Air – Red Shouldered Hawk in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge

    On our recent thrip to the Stephen C. Foster State Park I got the distinct impression that nature truly ruled here in the Okefenokee Swamp. Everywhere we turned there were animals doing the nature thing. Don’t mind us humans here!

    . .

    Walking to the trading post from our cabin what do we see? Sitting on the wooden fence to children’s swing area was a Red Shouldered Hawk. He really didn’t care about us walking by him. I’m sure he was aware of us but was keenly eyeing some rodent across the road.

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    And just like that he took flight! Up into the air, wings spread wide, talons curled back, gliding low near the road and swooping into a nearby tree.

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    Red Shouldered Hawk at Stephen C. Foster State Park.

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  • Wildlife: Birds of the Air – Up Close with a Barred Owl in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge 1

    Wildlife: Birds of the Air – Up Close with a Barred Owl in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge 1

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    Yes, he was that close! We startled each other then he started making clicking sounds, and slowly moved his wings back. Hint: Robert,move away quickly! This was his hunting area.

    I checked Youtube when I go home to confirm me theory. Sure enough there was a video about owls clicking and raising their wings. Oddly enough, the first video I found was actually recorded at The Landing, Skidaway Island, Savannah, not far from where I live. Skidaway State Park is located there, another one of our favorite state parks.

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    Barred Owl on the Nature Trail Boardwalk at Stephen C. Foster State Park.

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  • Wildlife: Birds of the Air -Blue Heron Hunting

    Wildlife: Birds of the Air -Blue Heron Hunting

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    Blue Heron in pond, Swamp Island Drive, Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Folkston, Georgia.

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    Bird Weekly Challenge: Week #47 Birds with a color in their name.

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  • Wildlife: Birds of the Air – Startled Egret in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge

    Wildlife: Birds of the Air – Startled Egret in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge

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    Great Egret at Stephen C. Foster State Park.

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