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Tag: 2015 South East US

  • Reflections on Swamps

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    Reflections on Swamps

    The combination of trees and water leads to only one thing: reflections. The first shot shows both the trees and their reflections in the Suwannee River.  The second is just the reflection.  The gentle currents of the Suwannee River imparted little deviation in the image.

  • Congaree

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    Congaree

    Congaree National Park in South Carolina is the northern-most swamp we visited.  It claims to be one of the last remaining old growth swamps in America.  In the visitor’s centre is a map that shows how swamp land once extended all across the south east from the Carolinas to Louisiana. By this time we had…

  • Okefenokee

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    Okefenokee

    As noted in an earlier post, we visited the Okefenokee Swamp in south eastern Georgia.  This swamp offered a little more diversity in trees and other plant life.  The swamp suffered a major forest fire a number of years ago and the damage is still visible.   The shots below were taken in Stephen C.…

  • Cypress Trees

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    Cypress Trees

    My second objective was to see some swamps.  In the south a swamp is defined as treed wetlands, in contrast to a marsh which is grassed wetlands.  My dictionary doesn’t make this distinction.  January/February is the time to go if the objective is to avoid the bugs and the heat.  The guide in Congaree National…

  • White Ibis

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    White Ibis

    The White Ibis ranges in size from 24 – 80cm.  The shots below were taken in Okefenokee (West Entrance), the first as we took an early morning walk along the boardwalk. The second, late afternoon, while on a boat tour into the swamp area.    There are three entrances into Okefenokee, one on the East side,…