Phinizy Swamp Nature Park

Phinizy Swamp Nature Park
Phinizy Swamp Floodplain
Location within Georgia
Location	Augusta, Georgia
Coordinates	33°23′25″N 81°57′31″W
Area	1,100 acres (450 ha)
Governing body	Phinizy Center for Water Sciences
phinizycenter.org

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 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

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  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
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  Male yellow-rumped warbler by the Equalization Pond
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  Constructed Wetland Trail
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  The entrance sign at Phinizy Swamp Nature Park
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  Sunrise over Cell 10 by the Distribution Canal
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  Male Rambur's forktail perched by the Equalization Pond
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  Yellow-crowned night heron taking flight from Cell 10
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  Zebra swallowtail by Cell 2