| Phinizy Swamp Nature Park | |
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Phinizy Swamp Floodplain |
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| Location | Augusta, Georgia |
| Area | 1,100 acres (450 ha) |
| Governing body | Southeastern Natural Sciences Academy City of Augusta |
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Phinizy Swamp Nature Park is a 1,100-acre (450 ha) nature park in Augusta, Georgia. The park contains wetlands and woodlands and has a campus for education on wildlife, which includes a visitor center. It has many bald cypresses draped in Spanish moss and forests of Loblolly and Longleaf Pine trees. Birds commonly found at Phinizy Swamp include: Red-Shouldered Hawks, Great Blue Herons, Sora, Wood Ducks and Bald Eagles. Sometimes the park yields rarities for Georgia, including Black-Bellied Whistling Ducks,[1], and a Cave Swallow, in 2004. Other wildlife commonly found in the park include frogs and toads; snakes, including Water moccasin, Pygmy Rattlesnake, and Copperhead; beavers and muskrat; turtles; and dragonflies. Fishing and hunting are not permitted within the park.