Corkscrew Swamp

 Corkscrew Swamp is possibly the premier Audubon sanctuary.  It is east of Ft Myers, Florida and is one of the only remaining refuges for uncut Bald Cypress trees.  Above, young Pond Cypress trees (Taxodium ascendens), a smaller cypress that is found in ponds rather than swamps.  Link here:  http://corkscrew.audubon.org

Snowy Egret (I think).

Barred Owl.

In the background above, the luminous, looming Pond Cypress hammock has not yet leafed out.  The Wet Prairie grassland in the foreground:  "Slightly lower in elevation than the Pine Flatwoods, a combination of nutrient-poor soils , fire, and flooding help keep this grass-dominated prairie from becoming a Pine Flatwood or a cypress swamp."