ButterflyA fritilary of some sort or another. Savannah National Wildlife Refuge is famous for birds and alligators. They're be more of those later.  The main driving loop is closed this time of year to let the native wildlife have time off, but the Tupelo walking trail is open. It is a bit of a birding mecca and later in the spring and summer will have spoonbills, ibises and cranes as well as ducks, coots, herons and more normal swamp birds. Even though this is the off season we counted: great blue hernon, little blue heron, tri-colored heron, cattle egret, mockingbird, red-winged black bird, boat-tailed grackle, cardinal, philidelphia vireo, coots, turkey vultures, and a hawk of some species (only could see the silhouette).  There were also ducks - again too far off for a good identification - and sparrows which dashed in and out of the brush making a solid ID difficult.   

Tri-colored Heron This tri-colored heron posed for us.

AlligatorKeeping an eye on us And of course there were alligators.