Phinizy Swamp Nature Park
| Phinizy Swamp Nature Park | |
|---|---|
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Phinizy Swamp Floodplain | |
  Location within Georgia | |
| Location | Augusta, Georgia |
| Coordinates | 33°23′25″N 81°57′31″W / 33.3902°N 81.9587°WCoordinates: 33°23′25″N 81°57′31″W / 33.3902°N 81.9587°W |
| Area | 1,100 acres (450 ha) |
| Governing body |
Southeastern Natural Sciences Academy City of Augusta |
| http://www.naturalsciencesacademy.org/PhinizySwamp.htm | |
Phinizy Swamp Nature Park is a 1,100-acre (450 ha) nature park in Augusta, Georgia. The park contains wetlands and woodlands and has a campus for water research and environmental education, which includes a visitor center. It has many bald cypresses draped in Spanish moss and forests of loblolly and longleaf pine trees. Birds commonly found at Phinizy Swamp include: red-shouldered hawks, great blue herons, sora, wood ducks and bald eagles. Sometimes the park yields rarities for Georgia, including black-bellied whistling ducks,[1] and a cave swallow, in 2004. Other wildlife commonly found in the park include frogs and toads; snakes, including water moccasin, pigmy rattlesnake, and copperhead; beavers and muskrat; turtles; and dragonflies. Fishing and hunting are not permitted within the park. Phinizy Swamp Nature Park is managed by Phinizy Center for Water Sciences.
Gallery
Black-bellied whistling ducks breeding in the park
American alligator in cell 1 on the Constructed Wetland Trail
Copperhead on Beaver Dam Trail
Female Four-spotted Pennant by the Equalization Pond
Male yellow-rumped warbler by the Equalization Pond
Constructed Wetland Trail
The entrance sign at Phinizy Swamp Nature Park
Sunrise over Cell 10 by the Distribution Canal
Male Rambur's forktail perched by the Equalization Pond
Yellow-crowned night heron taking flight from Cell 10
Zebra swallowtail by Cell 2
References
- ↑ Whistling ducks appear to be nesting in Augusta Black-Bellied Whistling-Ducks nest in GA.