Originally posted on Okefenokee Photography Project by William Wise:
American Bittern; Okefenokee Swamp Georgia. March 13, 2019. ©http://www.williamwisephoto.com My daughter and I were only ten minutes into a four-day canoe trip through the Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia and already we had missed something! As we were paddling up the channel to Billy’s Lake from the Stephen C. Foster State Park boat ramp, we pulled to… Continue reading Okefenokee Bittern: Hidden in Plain Sight

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Pileated Woodpecker; Okefenokee Swamp Georgia. March 13, 2019. Please don’t steal my work. Legally use my photo by downloading at Dreamstime.com. A loud call breaks the warm, still afternoon air. “Are there monkeys in the Okefenokee Swamp?”, my young daughter asks. “No. That’s a bird”, I tell her. “Watch over there.” In a moment, a flaming… Continue reading Birding the Okefenokee: Pileated Woodpecker

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Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. Morning on Billy’s Lake. ©http://www.williamwisephoto.com. Use this photo legally by downloading at Dreamstime.com. Thursday, March 12, 2015 – After a breakfast of freeze-dried biscuits and gravy, we loaded the cooler and our packs for a full day of paddling. We were going to press further up the Suwanee River than… Continue reading The Okefenokee Swamp – Morning on Billy’s Lake

Bay Photos by Donna There are several established Osprey nests in Everglades City.  Incubating is in full swing at each of them. Near one of the nests, I found the incubating Osprey’s mate perched nearby on guard duty and air-drying. Someone got a bath or hopefully had just caught and delivered a fish to it’s mate in the nest! Osprey Drying A little flapping to … Continue reading Osprey Hanging Out To Dry

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American Robin. January 21, 2020. Glance over shoulder say Good-bye, January brighter days ahead Continue reading Friday Haiku

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Mourning Dove. February 14, 2020 A mourning dove’s beauty is an understated one: the colors of its feathers ranging through various shades of gray and drab violet, often with a striking splash of turquoise around the eyes.                                ~ Jonathan Miles HA! As I looked through… Continue reading Understated beauty

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I took these photos on Valentine’s Day, but can neither confirm nor deny these two finches are partnered. All I know for sure is they are energetic birds that make me smile. ? ? Other bird species come and go, but there isn’t a day that goes by without a House Finch or two (or twenty) paying a visit to… Continue reading Twofer Tuesday: House Finch edition