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If anyone is missing their goldfinches I think I know where they are. Put the numbers together from the feeders shot and the shot of the ground beneath them together and it's still not half of the total goldfinches I have right now. goldfinch crazy town it be around here.

©williamwisephoto.com 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

Lifer!
I found this fellow in my garage which is not close to water at all and is very dry. I assume since it rained it wondered farther from the woodlands and ponds. If anyone knows the answer as to why let me know.

One thing for sure it was an unexpected surprise.

Used gloves to transport it outside since I read somewhere that you shouldn’t touch them. Is that true? Argh I need an expert

Drama. These guys all normally get along pretty well, but here a squirrel decided to start something and nearly got kicked in the head as reward. Moments later they were back to munching sunflower seeds side-by-side again.

Melanistic juvenile (likely male based on size relative to the Great-tailed Grackle it was feeding upon). Verified by William Clark, and Lance and Jill Morrow. First observed by M. Silvas with me, and I shouted "melanistic Cooper's Hawk, OMG" as I identified the bird preliminarily, before submitting it to experts for review.
N31.070728 W-97.369269
JPK-2925

I was sitting in my room watching the squirrels at my feeders when my Mom and Dad started calling "Owen get your camera, Quick!". I ran to see what they saw with my camera and right there on are street there was two White-Tailed Deer's! I ran outside in hopes of getting a photo but this was all a managed to get before they ran away. I stayed out for a little while and some people walked passed and said that they had seen another one on a different street. They guessed that they were looking for each other. I than ran back inside to put on my jacket and went looking but didn't find them again. I am guessing they went over to the Eastbridge Woodlot. I couldn't go to look for them because I was going to go to Bechtel Park to look for the Screech Owl (which I saw two of). I couldn't believe I had a deer right on my street!

Two males fought for control of my pool deck. The greener one ended up winning when it successfully shoved the other off the edge. Here's a short video of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDKqu1oqkjY

©williamwisephoto.com Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. October 26, 2022.

• Orange trail between Billy's Lake and Canal Run N30.83371° W82.31678°
• Cloudy early, then clearing with high near 83.
• Sunrise 7:40 AM; Sunset 6:46 PM
• Daylight Hours: 11 hours, 6 minutes (-1m 43s)
• Moon 1% Waxing Crescent

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

Four individuals, napping in the yard of a fine beach home. Interesting how much smaller the same species is than in my home state of WV. Also think it's very sad that they are not managed, as they are everywhere and look very hungry but not very healthy.

Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. October 25, 2022.

• Location: Suwannee River (brown canoe trail) N30.80999° W82.39594°
• Mostly sunny with high near 83.
• Sunrise 7:39 AM; Sunset 6:46 PM
• Daylight hours: 11 hours 7 minutes (-1m 44s)

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

'Not sure how this is best posted to iNat. Obviously a mule deer, but I'm posting it as evidence of a mountain lion/mountain lion feeding (possibly kill) site.

Photo of tracks at this kill site posted as a separate observation (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/138907514).

Location approximately .75 miles from mountain lion trail camera observations on 10.7.22 (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137941025) and 10.13.22 (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/138726512)

[see my 10.18.22 Comment on my changes to this observation; I'm leaving the original information]

Aphrastura subantarctica, Rayadito subantártico. En isla Gonzalo, isla más meridional del Parque Marino islas Diego Ramírez - Paso Drake.

Fotos de Roy Mackenzie, Juan Carlos Torres Mura, Sebastian Rosenfeld

My 1,000th alligator posted on iNat!

Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. Three-day paddling trip from Suwannee Canal to Round Top to Floyd's Island.

• Suwannee Canal (orange canoe trail) between mile markers 6 and 7; N30.77671° W82.23420°
• Clouds and rain, high near 69.
• Sunrise 6:44 am; sunset 6:34 pm
• Day length: 11 hours, 50 minutes (+1m 54s)

See and learn more about the incredible Okefenokee Swamp at www.okefenokee.photography
Help protect the Okefenokee at https://protectokefenokee.org/