Labor Day at Phinizy Swamp, Georgia

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American White Ibis, Eudocimus albus, foraging in shallow water. Birding wildlife photography at Phinizy Swamp Nature Park, Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia.

A day off!!!! I made a morning trip to Phinizy Swamp Nature Center in Richmond County for some birding and wildlife photography. I knew it would be unbearably hot and humid, but I couldn't resist a short drive to Augusta to get away. I brought my mountain bike this time to cover the ground around the water impounds more quickly. 

Richmond County, Georgia.
 - Mostly sunny, high near 92.
 - Sunrise 7:05 AM; Sunset 7:46 PM
 - Daylight hours: 12 hrs, 41 min (-2m)
 - New Moon

Common Gallinule moorhen, Gallinula galeata, water bird swimming in Phinizy Swamp Nature Center, Augusta, Georgia. Phinizy Swamp is an environmental education center and water science lab with wetlands, marsh and ponds in Richmond County.

Tricolored Heron, Egretta tricolor, long legged swamp and coastal wading bird in a marsh. Birding photography in Phinizy Swamp Nature Center, Augusta, Georgia. Phinizy Swamp is an environmental education center and water science lab with wetlands, marsh and ponds in Richmond County.

Tricolored Heron, Egretta tricolor, long legged swamp and coastal wading bird in a marsh. Birding photography in Phinizy Swamp Nature Center, Augusta, Georgia. Phinizy Swamp is an environmental education center and water science lab with wetlands, marsh and ponds in Richmond County.

Large Yellow Garden Spider, Argiope aurantia, in web. Birding wildlife photography at Phinizy Swamp Nature Park, Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia.

These giant Golden Silk Spider orbweavers were EVERYWHERE throughout the park. Most were up high above the trails, but I still had to keep a keen eye as I rode through the paths on my bicycle. wildlife photography at Phinizy Swamp Nature Park, Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia.

Orange Gulf Fritillary Passion Butterfly, Agraulis vanillae, at Phinizy Swamp Nature Center, Augusta, Georgia. Phinizy Swamp is an environmental education center and water science lab with wetlands, marsh and ponds in Richmond County.

Southern Black Racer snake, Coluber constrictor, slithering in the grass at Phinizy Swamp Nature Trail Center, Augusta, Georgia. Phinizy Swamp is an environmental education center and water science lab with wetlands, marsh and ponds in Richmond County.

Little Blue Heron, Egretta caerulea, long legged swamp and coastal wading bird in a marsh. Birding photography in Phinizy Swamp Nature Center, Augusta, Georgia. Phinizy Swamp is an environmental education center and water science lab with wetlands, marsh and ponds in Richmond County.

Seven Black-bellied Whistling Ducks, Dendrocygna autumnalis, on a wood fence around a pond at Phinizy Swamp Nature Center, Augusta, Georgia. Phinizy Swamp is an environmental education center and water science lab with wetlands, marsh and ponds in Richmond County.

Coastal Plain Cooter Turtle, Pseudemys concinna subspecies floridana basking on a log at Phinizy Swamp Nature Park, Georgia. A freshwater turtle found in the southeastern United States.