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October 28, 2022. Paddling from Suwannee Canal Recreation area, south down the pink canoe trail through Chesser Prairie and Grand Prairie to Monkey Lake and Buzzards Roost Lake.

• Location: pink canoe trail, mile 0-1, N30.72960° W82.17748°
• Partly sunny with a high near 80.
• Sunrise 7:41 AM; Sunset 6:44 PM
• Daylight hours: 11 hours, 2 minutes (-1m 42s)

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Paddling up the Middle Fork Suwannee River (red trail); Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia.
• Sunrise 7:04 AM, sunset 5:27 PM
• Day length: 10 hours 20 minutes (-1 hr 8 min)
• Temperature - high 84; low 65
• Journal entry: http://williamwisephoto.com/photographyblog/paddling-the-okefenokee-red-trail

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Morning walk at Fish Haul/Mitchellville Beach Park; Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
-Mostly sunny, with a high near 64. Northeast wind around 9 mph.
-Sunrise Today:7:22 am; Sunset Today: 5:24 pm
-Daylight Hours: 10 hours, 3 minutes (+11s)
-Moon: 0.4% Waxing Crescent
-Tide: H 08:00 AM; L 02:17 PM

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

Two-day camping in Cades Cove in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park; July, 2015. This mother Black Bear shot me a suspicious and warning glare as she crossed my path heading back to her two cubs waiting for her behind a tree. See the full nature journal and photos at http://williamwisephoto.com/cades-cove-gsmnp.html.

Two-day camping in Cades Cove in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park; July, 2015. This young Black Bear was busily hunting for grubs and bugs in downed timber ; scratching off bark and ripping apart the rotten logs. See the full nature journal and photos at http://williamwisephoto.com/cades-cove-gsmnp.html.

I've seen black bears a number of times, but this was by far my most exciting observation of one. Initially, it was pretty far away, but myself and several other hikers watched it from a trail, and it actually wandered quite close to us, including on the trail! Way way closer than I would have gotten intentionally, but fortunately it was focused on hoovering up crowberries and was not interested in us. In this video, at one point the bear looks directly towards me, I believe this was when a nearby hiker for some reason decided to make noise by unzipping his backpack. On the other hand, I was watching in complete silence because I didn't want the bear to focus on me!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqms_cCG4o0