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A lightning-fast snake: no more than, at most, 2 greased split seconds elapsed between photos 13-14, 4' male found in rock crevice; same snake, place, and time, cf. inaturalist.org/observations/222920208

Bird in center. Phinizy Swamp Nature Park; Richmond County, Georgia. March 29, 2024.

• Sunny, with a high near 75
• Sunrise 7:18 AM; Sunset 7:46 PM
• Daylight hours: 12 hours, 28 minutes (+2m 4s)
• Moon 82% Waxing Gibbous
• eBird checklist: S167504447

Phinizy Swamp Nature Park; Richmond County, Georgia. March 29, 2024.

• Sunny, with a high near 75
• Sunrise 7:18 AM; Sunset 7:46 PM
• Daylight hours: 12 hours, 28 minutes (+2m 4s)
• Moon 82% Waxing Gibbous
• eBird checklist: S167504447

Night cruising in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. April 15, 2023.

• Location: Suwannee River Sill
• Mostly sunny, with a high 85.
• Sunrise 7:01 AM; Sunset 7:57 PM
• Daylight hours: 12 hours 56 minute (+1m 48s)

See and learn more about the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge on my blog at www.okefenokee.photography

OBSERVATION IS FOR THE PREY FROG.

October 28, 2022. Paddling from Suwannee Canal Recreation area, south down the pink canoe trail through Chesser Prairie and Grand Prairie to Monkey Lake and Buzzards Roost Lake and back.

• Location: N30.73538° W82.15448°
• Partly sunny with a high near 80.
• Sunrise 7:41 AM; Sunset 6:44 PM
• Daylight hours: 11 hours, 2 minutes (-1m 42s)

See and learn more about the incredible Okefenokee at www.okefenokee.photography

October Big Day birding at Phinizy Swamp Nature Park, Richmond County, Georgia. October 8, 2022.

• Mostly sunny, with a high near 80.
• Sunrise 7:27 am; Sunset 7:03 pm
• Daylight Hours: 11 hours, 36 minutes (-2m 1s)
• Moon: 98.1% Waxing Gibbous
• Fifty-two bird species in one location! https://ebird.org/checklist/S120404524

A truly amazing encounter with one of the world's most enigmatic ungulates. When I first saw this Pygmy Hippo, it was resting on the ground a few meters off the trail, covered with sweat droplets. After about an hour of waiting, it got up and slowly walked through the forest. It did not appear to mind my presence.

Bartram Trail, Franklin, North Carolina

The brilliant gold rippled edge attracted my eye to this little lichen, itself fallen from the forest canopy where it then bejeweled the forest floor like a Nudibranch on a coral reef.

Paddling with @djlavor between Kingfisher Landing and Double Lakes; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. ©williamwisephoto.com

• Sunny, high 75 F, low 46 F.
• Sunrise 6:54 AM; Sunset 5:32 PM

To learn more about the Okefenokee Swamp, follow the blog at www.okefenokee.photography