Taylor creek swamp

[Tim Abbott]

First time I have been to this area since July last year before hurricane Irma.  It is at the south end of Tosohatchee South WMA.  I didn't go through the forest trail, but all the pines, oaks & palms I saw looked unfazed by the hurricane.  The cypress swamp had lots of trees down.  You can see high water mark in first photo.

[Ira Runyan]

Nice set of photos, Tim. You seem to have spent a lot of thim there over the years.........

[Tim Abbott]

Thanks Ira. It is a neet place to me. I never see many birds, I guess I am too noisy.

[frank]

Your photos really give a good sense of the damage done due to Irma.
I really love that place. It is a hidden jem!! We were out there last weekend and found that
most of the hand ferns along the swamp spur were gone. This was proboably due to the hurricane.
If we get a chance we will be out there looking for other sites with those ferns.

[Tim Abbott]

Hi Frank. I took maintenance road to the Mormon fence line & walked a ways east. Word must be getting out, there were 4 cars parked when I cam back. I like the path thru the woods, but didn't want to take the time. I saw debris pushed up a long ways from the channel. There were a couple of trees that had fallen down last year, but most were since the hurricane.