August Outing - Savannah NWR

[wetbelly]

Hope you all can join us for the August outing. It should be a good one!

Savannah Wildlife Refuge

Saturday, August 18, 7:00 am

Meeting Time and Location:
We will meet at the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge parking lot at 7:00 am. From the parking lot, we will travel around the refuge loop shooting whatever we may find along the way. We will caravan from the refuge parking lot to a Savannah restaurant at lunchtime.

Shoot Details:
SNWR has many photo opportunities. Near the entrance there are opportunities for flowers and dragonflies. As you move along the loop you can find alligators and many types of birds. I have photographed everything from the typical wading birds (herons, egrets, anhinga) to slightly less common birds like purple gallinules, soras, and least bitterns. You may also find ducks, common gallinules, osprey, and owls. You may even find a mammal such as a deer, feral pig, or bobcat (I have the photo evidence to prove it). The bottom line is that there is always something to shoot at the SNWR! If you would like to get more info, please check out the SWNR website http://www.fws.gov/savannah/ .

Directions:
Refuge is located in Chatham and Effingham Counties, GA and JasperCounty, SC.
The Laurel Hill Wildlife Drive is located on SC 170, six miles south of Hardeeville, SC via US 17 (Exit 5 off I-95), just follow the brown signs.

How to sign-up:
Attendance for this outing is not limited, but in order to plan for lunch please let me know if you plan to attend. Please sign up by sending an e-mail to treasurer@cnpa.org .

Outing Fee:
There is no fee for this outing.

[rpk717]

I'm looking forward to this outing, one of my very favorite places to go.:) :) :)

[jrosamond]

Is anyone planning on driving down to Hardeeville Friday afternoon to do some shooting that evening?

Jen

[wetbelly]

I'm only going on Saturday, so I'll be leaving very early in the morning. I've not had much luck in the afternoons in Savannah, but if the refuge is empty there is plenty of interesting opportunities in town. :D

[rpk717]

We had a great time at the outing, a total of 8 members attended. We had quite a few opportunities including the biggest grasshopper I've ever seen and a brand new bird for I think all of us, a King Rail. After it got hot we all went to Savannah and had lunch in a private room at the oldest building in Georgia, built in 1734. It's been converted into the Pirates House Restaurant, wonderful seafood and a really great buffet. The entertainment during lunch was not limited to us CNPA members.:)

I wanted to show an image from the outing, I think we all agreed that Lisel went beyond our expectations when she agreed to pose with one of the creatures from the refuge. :eek:

[mrsisu]

Oh my! Great shot. :D

[rhunter58]

Hi Robert,

I can't see Lisel's picture--what am I doing wrong.

[rpk717]

We had an issue with the website and during that fix I lost all of my images I had posted. I have fixed the recent image posts in the Image Critique forum, forgot to fix this one. It will be back up in a few minutes.:confused: