Wood storks, egrets, and herons build their nests every spring in the trees of Woody Pond at the Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge. Located in Georgia just a few miles from I 95 in between Savannah and Brunswick, it is a great day trip from our home.
Wood storks were placed on the Endangered Species list in 1984. After almost 30 years of conservation efforts to increase the wood stork population, their status was upgraded to Threatened in June, 2014.
A path along the dike beside Woody Pond provides a great place to view the birds. The wood storks and egrets shared the trees.
Many of the wood storks were working on their nests. None of their eggs had hatched yet.
As I took photos, Henry used the spotting scope and pointed out a mother egret with chicks that I would have never seen. The nests were a long way from where we were so the picture isn’t the best but it gives you an idea of the size of the baby egret.
In the shallow water at the edge of the pond a tri-colored heron entertained us as he searched for food.
After leaving the refuge we stopped at the Smallest Church in America to take a look and do a little geocaching.
An arsonist burned this church in November, 2015. The church is being rebuilt through the efforts of volunteers and the work is almost complete.
After finding the geocache hidden near the church we headed for home.
Wandering Dawgs 
I love the photo of the Great Egret with chicks, Beth! Very nice! 🙂
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Thank you!
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Gorgeous birds and photos. We will have to check this place out next time we are in Georgia.
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Thank you. It’s close enough to I95 to make a side trip and continue on down the road. We usually go in the spring to see the nesting birds.
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I love you bird photos. The Tri-colored Heron is colorful. I’m glad he found dinner. 🙂
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What an absolutely marvelous day. The birds are beautiful, and the church is lovely. And, of course, I’m still jealous that you can successfully geocache and I’m a failure at it. 🙂
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Those birds are just amazing! Thank you for sharing them.What a nice day trip indeed!
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Don’t you just love the Storks and for that matter all birds. Gorgeous photos Beth! Enjoying seeing them!
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Sheila, thank you. The wood storks were fun to watch as they landed on the trees with sticks in their beak to build their nest. It was interesting to see the egrets and storks together.
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