User:Ospr3yy/Phinizy Swamp Nature Park

Phinizy Swamp Nature Park is a 1,100 acre nature park in Augusta, Georgia. The park contains wetlands and woodlands and has a campus for education on wildlife, 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, Pygmy Rattlesnake, and Copperhead; beavers and muskrat; turtles; and dragonflies. Fishing and hunting are not permitted within the park.