This is a great place for birds of all kinds, from the big to the little. Just a partial list that I have seen personally: various terns, great blue heron, little blue heron, white ibis, black ibis, little green heron, yellow crested and black crested night heron, eagle, osprey, red-shouldered hawk, red-tailed hawk, grebes, coots, rails, teals, woodies, galinules, marsh hens, northern shovelers, ring-neck ducks, mallards, great white egret, snowy egret, cattle egret, tricolored heron, belted kingfisher, pileated woodpecker, anhinga, cormorant, red wing blackbird, bobolink, mourning dove, cardinals, mockingbirds,warblers, shrikes—the list goes on and on. We get many migratory birds in season, but the duck migration is spectacular, as we are on the flyway.
There are also alligators, turtles and deer, wildflowers and aquatic flowers, varieties of butterflies. To someone who is persistent, it is a nature photographer's paradise!
The refuge has many canals and levees, being mostly old rice plantation. The FWS maintains and manages for wildlife, principally but not exclusively avian. The photo is of a great blue heron poised for takeoff from an old piling in one of the main canals, leading down to the Savannah River.
Posted by Joyce Dumas on October 5, 2008 at 10:05 AM
Thanks for the great heads-up. I have to be in Savannah later this fall so I'll definitely check this out.
Posted by Lance Warley on October 5, 2008 at 11:08 AM
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4 repliesThere are also alligators, turtles and deer, wildflowers and aquatic flowers, varieties of butterflies. To someone who is persistent, it is a nature photographer's paradise!
The refuge has many canals and levees, being mostly old rice plantation. The FWS maintains and manages for wildlife, principally but not exclusively avian. The photo is of a great blue heron poised for takeoff from an old piling in one of the main canals, leading down to the Savannah River.