Photos from our trip to Georgia. To read about the trip, check out Georgia Birding Part 1 and Part 2.

The colonies of Red-cockaded Woodpeckers in Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge, as in many locations, are marked with white rings.

The woodpeckers dig holes in live trees (this one has been protected with a metal guard) and drill sap wells to cover the trunk with sticky pine sap, possibly to deter predators.

We rarely splurge on lodging, but this time we treated ourselves to a night in a historic downtown inn.

The Savannah Riverfront.

Savannah National Wildlife Refuge.

A typical pond at SNWR. Full of Green-winged Teal, Northern Shovelers, Ring-necked Ducks, and in this case, a singe hen Canvasback.

An armada of Ring-necked Ducks.

A flock of White Ibis.

Wood Stork at Youman's Pond.

Fort Pulaski National Monument.

Where the Union breached the fort's walls with artillery fire, helping to bring the age of the brick fort to an end.

Forster's Tern.

Eurasian Collared-Dove on Tybee Island.

Female Boat-tailed Grackle.

Tempest a'brewin on Tybee.

Calliope Hummingbird in Savannah, the world's most cooperative vagrant hummer.

If only all vagrant hummers would spread their tail like this! (Some of the tougher ID quandaries need to use the tail feather pattern to confirm ID).