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My 1,000th alligator posted on iNat!

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

• Suwannee Canal (orange canoe trail) between mile markers 6 and 7; N30.77671° W82.23420°
• Clouds and rain, high near 69.
• Sunrise 6:44 am; sunset 6:34 pm
• Day length: 11 hours, 50 minutes (+1m 54s)

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

Six baby skunks were meandering around on our driveway! They were so adorable! But they were very bold! They just walked right up to us! My dad and I sat down, and the skunks began to climb on my dad’s legs. It was a little bit unnerving! But they were super cute! They even made of strange noise. Notice that there is only one primarily black skunk with stripes. The rest are mostly white. Also they seemed to find refuge by hiding behind this tree.

"Violet, wake up. There's a deer in the field and I think it has a fawn," Margaret said, bending over me.
I turned over groggily in bed, not really caring, just wanting those last five minutes of sleep.
"Oh."
"Don't you want to see?"
"Not really."
Margaret left, and, after those five minutes, I got out of bed and went downstairs. No one else was up yet, and, mildly interested in the deer, I went outside to see if it could still be there.
Indeed, there was a deer in the field, and I thought I saw a fawn under it. So I got the camera and approached the fence. It bounded away (previous observation), and, where it had been standing, I discovered two tiny twin fawns! The grass was all flattened down, and I saw no sign of the placentas. I'm guessing the mother had already eaten it. (Do they do that to hide it from predators?) The last photo is probably my favorite.

Phinizy Swamp Nature Park; Augusta, GA. ©williamwisephoto.com

• Morning fog, then mostly sunny, with a high near 85.
• Sunrise 6:28 am; Sunset 8:20 pm
• Daylight Hours: 13 hours, 52 minutes (+1m 28s)
• Moon: 96.4% Waxing Gibbous

First time posting one of my drawings here, this time of a marsh wren I saw the other day.

Reference photo: https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/64161791#_ga=2.266224143.1668601576.1652200025-1419510477.1643920310

I didn't even noticed the gar in its talons when photographing in the field. It was raining, so I only pulled my camera out quickly. I only noticed the gar when back from the trip and editing photos!

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

• Suwannee Canal between mile markers 5 and 6; N30.75876° W82.21984°
• 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/

Note the bright red bill; orange cheeks; brown back; maroon red rump. This species is native to western Africa but has been introduced to Saipan. This was one of about two dozen that were feeding on seeds in a thicket.