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Rescued this Redhead today. It had a fishhook in its bill / face, and the fishing line it was attached to was frozen into the ice and the bird was trapped. Captured the bird, broke the fishing line, and then, with a friend, cut the fishhook in half and removed it from the duck's bill / face. It seemed vigorous and healthy. When we released it, it flew away strong and fast. Good deed done.

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

• Suwannee Canal between mile markers 8 and 9; N30.79682° W82.24604°
• Cloudy with occasional light rain, high near 75, low around 63.
• Sunrise 6:43 am; sunset 6:32 pm
• Day length: 11 hours, 48 minutes (+1m 52s)
• First quarter moon

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

March, 2017 nature journal entry; Walton County, Georgia. A flurry of back and forth flights directed my eye to a tree stump leaning over the water’s edge. Brown-headed Nuthatches (Sitta pusilla) were making runs to a small opening in the stump and disappearing in the shadowy hole. Zooming in, I saw the incoming flights carried small pieces of... http://williamwisephoto.com/photographyblog/nuthatch-nest

~William Wise Photo Nature Notes is a wildlife, birding and nature photography blog documenting the beauty, design and wonder of God’s creation. -- "What a wildly wonderful world, God! You made it all, with Wisdom at Your side, made earth overflow with your wonderful creations." Psalms 104 The Message

©www.williamwisephoto.com Phinizy Swamp Nature Park; Richmond County, Georgia.

• Clouds and sun, high near 81. Southwest wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.
• Sunrise 7:32 am; Sunset 5:31 pm
• Daylight Hours: 9 hours, 59 minutes (+31s)
• Moon: 1.8% Waning Crescent
• Journal: http://williamwisephoto.com/photographyblog/herping-phinizy-swamp-nature-park-georgia-on-january-first

Phinizy Swamp Nature Park; Richmond County, Georgia. January 1, 2022.

• Clouds and sun, high near 81. Southwest wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.
• Sunrise 7:32 am; Sunset 5:31 pm
• Daylight Hours: 9 hours, 59 minutes (+31s)
• Moon: 1.8% Waning Crescent

Removed from the front grill of a vehicle after being struck by a car. Photographed before releasing to a wildlife rehabilitator the next morning. See the photo journal at http://williamwisephoto.com/photographyblog/eastern-screech-owl.