Phinizy Swamp Nature Park

Phinizy Swamp Nature Park
284px Phinizy Swamp Floodplain
Location within Georgia
Location	Augusta, Georgia
Coordinates
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, 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 Duck family.jpg

  Black-bellied whistling ducks breeding in the park

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  American alligator in cell 1 on the Constructed Wetland Trail

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  Copperhead on Beaver Dam Trail

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  Female Four-spotted Pennant by the Equalization Pond

• Myrtle Warbler, Phinizy Swamp Nature Park.jpg

  Male yellow-rumped warbler by the Equalization Pond

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  Constructed Wetland Trail

• Phinizy Swamp Nature Park Entrance.jpg

  The entrance sign at Phinizy Swamp Nature Park

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  Sunrise over Cell 10 by the Distribution Canal

• Rambur's Forktail, male, Phinizy Swamp Nature Park.jpg

  Male Rambur's forktail perched by the Equalization Pond

• Yellow-crowned Night Heron, Phinizy Swamp Nature Park.jpg

  Yellow-crowned night heron taking flight from Cell 10

• Zebra Swallowtail, Phinizy Swamp Nature Park.jpg

  Zebra swallowtail by Cell 2

External links

• http://www.naturalsciencesacademy.org/