swamp Archives – Mike Schaffner Photography

Bald Cypress Swamp

ByMichael Schaffner May 2, 2023May 1, 2023

Bald Cypress Swamp is my favorite part of Mercer Botanic Gardens. As you might expect in a botanic garden, they have wide array flowers and plants. All of them are carefully tended and presented in a most beautiful way. Bald Cypress Swamp on the other hand is to a large extent completely different. It’s natural….

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“The Swamp” – St. Catherine Creek NWR

ByMichael Schaffner March 29, 2021December 5, 2021

After visiting Vicksburg National Military Park and the Vicksburg National Cemetery (my wife’s great-great-grandfather who died in the Civil War is buried there) we took an indirect route back home. Along the way we stopped at St. Catherine Creek National Wildlife Refuge near Natchez. My wife is a bit of a “birder” and I like…