Straddling the Georgia/South Carolina border, the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge covers almost 30,000 acres where the Savannah River starts to break into the multiple channels of the delta. For a rather quick visit the Laurel Hill Wildlife Drive provides a great loop covering most of the habitat areas. The dikes of the old rice plantation are mostly open as trails but February was just a little too brisk for us to stray too far from the truck.
One the major highlights was a chance for Lori to see a real live armadillo.
Mostly wildlife refuge really means bird refuge and this is a major stop on the Atlantic Flyway.
All this warm water and free food also means alligators are plentiful and although they are rather sluggish in the Frebruary cold the guy hiding in the bushes had an eye partially open to watch me zoom in for the closer shot.
I'm not the greatest with bird id but I think from left to right is a blue heron, a red tail hawk, and finally an osprey. At some point in our travels I plan to spend time in a refuge and really get some good quality pictures of flying birds. I now have the lenses, I just need to make time.