EA: In the Field - Eastern US

Sunny Walter's Nature Photography Locations

In the Field - Eastern US

Reports from Photographers for Photographers:
Where and When to Go for Spectacular Photo Ops

Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi
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External Links (each opens in a new window) Note: Wildlife Watcher is gone due to the death of Bill Silliker, Jr. I am saving these titles in case it is resurrected
Wildlife Locations (primarily) Alabama WildlifeWatcher.com Alabama Coastal Birding Trail -- Robert Falls Guntersville SP -- Robert Falls Wheeler NWR -- Robert Falls Nature Photographer Magazine Gaillard Islands Seabird Haven -- Jeffrey C. Howe [May, 2004] Outdoor Photographer Lake Martin Rookery -- Joe Todd [2008]	Scenic Locations (primarily)
Georgia WildlifeWatcher.com Piedmont NWR -- Robert Falls
Louisiana WildlifeWatcher.com Sabine NWR -- Robert Falls Naturescapes.net Lake Martin Bird Rookery -- Charles Bush [July, 2004]	Go To Top

Florida
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Wildlife Locations (primarily) Florida in February -- Gary Luhm [Feb, 2000] Gary Luhm Florida Bird PHotography [Feb, 2000] Greg Downing Burrowing Owls of Cape Corral [Spring, 2003 -- PDF format] Everglades NP - Birds at Echo Pond -- Kaz Takahashi Chris Nicholson Big Cypress National Preserve Ding Darling NWR Everglades NP Birds of SW Florida -- Rick Hobbs Boca Grande Wildlife Photo Tour [pelicans] Peter May Esmeralda Marsh Conservation Area Lisbon (Lake Co) Lake Woodruff NWR - Delano Springs Scott Squires South Florida [2000] SW Florida Wildlife Photography Guide - Terry Boyer [PDF format] Apogee Photo Magazine Sanibel Island by Kayak -- James Austin [Jun, 2003] "Probably the most well-known viewing areas are the Venice Rookery as well as the rookery near St. Augustine, both of which are in Florida." "If you want a little variey in your great blue heron images, you can venture a little south to Ding Darling in southern Florida and head to the Florida Keys. Here, you can find an all-white morph of the great blue." Andy Long [Oct, 2001] Naturescapes.net Anhinga Trail - Everglades Natinal Park -- A.R. Forns [2004] Burrowing Owls of Cape Coral -- Heather Forcier [Feb, 2004] Florida's West Coast -- A Bird Photographer's Meca -- E.J. Peiker [Feb, 2004] Wakodahatchee Wetlands -- Heather Forcier Snail Kites in Central Florida -- Jim Neiger [May, 2006] Nature Photographer Magazine Big Cypress National Preserve -- Ann C. and Robert B. Anderson [Jan, 2004] Loxahatchee NWR -- Marvin R. Hyett, MD [Aug, 2004] Nature Photographers Online Magazine Coquina Bay Walk -- Donna Bollenbach [Dec, 2000] Sanibel Island -- Jim Urbach [Jul, 2002] Outdoor Photographer Florida's Wild Side -- Michael Turco Uniquely Southern Landscape -- Brian Miller [Jun, 2003 -- Louisiana, Texas Coast, Mississippi to Florida] Loxahatchee NWR -- Rick Sheremeta [Jun, 2003] Dry Tortugas NP -- Ryan Taylor [Jun, 2003] PhotoFocus Venice Rookery -- Carol Wright [Oct, 2004] Alligator Farm -- Carol Wright [2005] WildlifeWatcher.com Crystal River Area -- Chris Crowley Ding Darling NWR -- Jim Boutin Gulf Islands N. Seashore -- Robert Falls St Marks NWR -- Robert Falls Merritt Island NWR -- Jim Boutin	Scenic Locations (primarily) Key West -- Chris Nicholson Outdoor Photographer Blowing Rocks Preserve -- David Terk [2008] Photo.net Nature Photography Forums - Florida So. Florida Burrowing Owls [Feb, 1999] St. Augustine Alligator Farm [Dec, 1998] Florida Keys [Feb, 1997] (many more forums - mostly wildlife locations) Go To Top More Wildlife Locations (primarily) GORP St. Marks NWR Monarch butterfly migration -- October (perhaps Nov) Wakulla Spring SP (alligators, deer, tutrtle, birds) Homosassa Springs SP (manatees, fish, birds) Orlando Wetlands (birds, deer, fox, otter) Marinelife Center of Juno Beach (loggerhead turtles -- June, July) Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary (nesting work storks -- Feb; birds, otters, alligators -- all year) 6-mile Cypress Slough Preserve (birds best in Oct-June) Shark Valley (birds best in Jan-Feb; alligators year around) Lignumvitae Key State Botanical Site (snails, trees, birds) National Key Deer Refuge (Key deer, birds, gators, turtle) Orlando Wetlands (birds
To See Other Nature Location Recommendations, Go to Eastern Nature Weekends

Kentucky, Carolinas, Tennessee, Virginia
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Wildlife Locations (primarily) North Carolina Cataloochee Valley, Great Smoky Mtns NP -- Chris Nicholson Naturescapes.net Pocosin Lakes NWR -- Juan A Pons [Jan, 2004 -- may have to log in] Tennessee WildlifeWatcher.com Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge -- Robert Falls Great Smoky Mountains NP -- Robert Falls Virginia Naturescapes.net Chincoteague NWR -- Bob Boner Huntley Meadows Park -- Richard Hogg WildlifeWatcher.com Chincoteague NWR -- Bill Silliker, Jr Go To Top	Scenic Locations (primarily) Kentucky Outdoor Photographer Red River Gorge -- John W. Snell [June, 2005] Great Smoky Mountains -- Tom Bol [2008] North Carolina Nature Photographer Magazine Dupont State Forest -- Norman Nokleby [Feb, 2003] South Carolina Ashley River Road, Charleston -- Chris Nicholson Tennessee Great Smoky Mountains NP -- Chris Nicholson Cades Cove -- Chris Nicholson Outdoor Photographer Arches - Cumberland Plaateau -- Clint Farlinger [November, 2008] Solitude and Wildflowers in the Smokies - Bill Taylor [April, 2004] [excerpted from Outdoor Photography] Virginia Naturescapes.net Shenandoah NP -- Chris Earle [March, 2004]

Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island
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Wildlife Locations (primarily) Massachusetts WildlifeWatcher.com Parker River NWR -- Jim Boutin	Scenic Locations (primarily) Connecticut Chatfield Hollow SP -- Chris Nicholson Mountain Laurel Sanctuary -- Chris Nicholson Outdoor Photographer Indian Lake -- Michael Robichaud [Nov, 2008]

Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont
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Wildlife Locations (primarily) Maine Visit to Machias Seal Island -- Mark and Lisa Graf [multi-page] WildlifeWatcher.com Acadia NP -- Jerry and Marcy Monkman Katahdin Region -- Bill Silliker, Jr Puffins of Machias Seal Island -- Jerry and Marcy Monkman Moosehorn NWR -- Bill Silliker, Jr Swan Island WMA -- Bill Silliker, Jr Nature Photographers Online Magazine Maine, From the Coast to Katadin -- Gary Melnysyn [Nov, 2007] New Hampshire WildlifeWatcher.com Connecticut Lake's Regions -- Jim Boutin Umbagog NWR -- Tim Bouchard Vermont Dead Creek WMA -- Heather Forcier	Scenic Locations (primarily) Maine Acadia NP -- Chris Nicholson Vermont Autumn in Vermont -- Heather Forcier [Aug, 2003] Apogee Photo Magazine Autumn in Vermont -- Michael Goldstein [Oct, 2000]

New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware
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Wildlife Locations (primarily) Delaware Bombay Hook NWR -- Sue Alden [2003] New Jersey Nature Photographer Brigantine (Edwin B. Forsythe NWR) -- Dennis Nagy [Apr, 2003]	Scenic Locations (primarily) Pennsylvania Jordan Creek, Allentown -- Chris Nicholson New Jersey Outdoor Photographer Great Swamp NWR -- Jay Goodrich [June, 2004] Nature Photographer Scherman-Hoffman Sanctuaries -- Manny Lekkas [Oct, 2003] New York Apogee Photo Magazine Up the Hudson River -- Robert Hitchman [Aug, 2000

Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Wildlife Locations (primarily) James Ownby Churchill Birds [June, 2003] Naturescapes.net Churchill's Polar Bears -- Cindy Marple [June, 2004]	Scenic Locations (primarily)

Eastern States in General
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Wildlife Locations (primarily) Go To Top	Scenic Locations (primarily) Great American Photography Workshops Southern Apalachian Autumn -- Jim Clark [March, 2005] An Autumn Journey through the South and Mid-Atlantic States -- Jim Clark [December, 2004] Outdoor Photographer Autumn Odyssey -- Jim Clark Apogee Photo Magazine Autumn Color Update -- Robert Hitchman [Oct-Nov, 1997]
To See Other Nature Location Recommendations, Go to Eastern Nature Weekends

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