Latitude: 34.6026638
Longitude: -86.9724805
Elevation: 176 meters / 577 feet
Barometric Pressure 992KPa

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Beaverdam Creek water tupelos - Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge by VFR Photography, Water tupelos in the wetlands surrounding Beaverdam Creek at Wheeler NWR just north of the Tennessee
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Sunbeams Thru the Canopy by Tony Barber --The Jolly Swagman, Explore: Nov 19, 2010 #342

As I made my way to Limestone Bay hoping to catch some Snowy Egrets in t
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Decatur Sunset by Tony Barber --The Jolly Swagman
two water beetles by T Martin2010, Most likely Genus Dineutus. 11 species north of Mexico, they can form large rafts of immense numbers
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Vertical Lift Railroad Bridge - Decatur, AL by SeeMidTN.com (aka Brent), This is the railroad bridge crossing the Tennessee River at Decatur, AL.  CSX owns the bridge but NS
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Sunny Side Up by Tony Barber --The Jolly Swagman, Sun sets in rural Limestone County in North Alabama.sunset alabama north railroad tracks agriculture
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Sunlit Pink Something or Others by Tony Barber --The Jolly Swagman, Can someone please tell me what this is.

There's a bunch of them on the Joe Wheeler Wildlife Refuge
Sunlit Pink Something or Others by Tony Barber --The Jolly Swagman
Decatur, AL Passenger Depot (Pedestrian bridge view) by SeeMidTN.com (aka Brent), From Wikipedia:
The Southern Railway Depot is a historic building in Decatur, Alabama. The depot was
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Vertical Lift Railroad Bridge - Decatur, AL by SeeMidTN.com (aka Brent), This is the railroad bridge crossing the Tennessee River at Decatur, AL.  CSX owns the bridge but NS
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Bitternut Hickory - Carya cordiformis by T Martin2010, Bitternut Hickory, Bitternut, or Swamp Hickory is a fairly common large tree of bottomland forests,
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Steamboat Bill Bridge - Decatur, AL by SeeMidTN.com (aka Brent), Officially known as the Captain William J Hudson "Steamboat Bill" Memorial Bridge, this al
Steamboat Bill Bridge - Decatur, AL by SeeMidTN.com (aka Brent)
Bitternut Hickory - Carya cordiformis by T Martin2010, Bitternut Hickory, Bitternut, or Swamp Hickory is a fairly common large tree of bottomland forests,
Bitternut Hickory - Carya cordiformis by T Martin2010
Steamboat Bill Bridge - Decatur, AL by SeeMidTN.com (aka Brent), Officially known as the Captain William J Hudson "Steamboat Bill" Memorial Bridge, this al
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Green water by T Martin2010, forest swamp wetland bottomland
Green water by T Martin2010
Swampy reflections by T Martin2010, forest swamp wetland bottomland
Swampy reflections by T Martin2010
Vertical Lift Railroad Bridge - Decatur, AL by SeeMidTN.com (aka Brent), This is the railroad bridge crossing the Tennessee River at Decatur, AL.  CSX owns the bridge but NS
Vertical Lift Railroad Bridge - Decatur, AL by SeeMidTN.com (aka Brent)
BP-Amoco Environmental Trail, Decatur, Alabama by T Martin2010, One of the spots on the North Alabama Birding Trail, this was my first visit. Located in Decatur, Al
BP-Amoco Environmental Trail, Decatur, Alabama by T Martin2010
Lowland Loblolly Pine forest by T Martin2010, Pinus taeda seems to be a dominant tree here. I have seen also Water Oak - Quercus nigra - and Umbre
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u s mail by Reginald Watkins, <a href="http://bighugelabs.com/onblack.php?id=4599400047&bg=white&size=large" rel="nofollow
u s mail by Reginald Watkins
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Sweet Gum - Liquidambar styraciflua by T Martin2010
Fire Ant - Solenopsis invicta X richteri by T Martin2010, This is a hybrid of two species, the Red Imported Fire Ant - Solenopsis invicta - and the Black Impo
Fire Ant - Solenopsis invicta X richteri by T Martin2010
Road Through The Bog by Richard Melton, A farm road in The White Springs Dike section of the Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge near Decatur,
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Silver-spotted Skipper - Epargyreus clarus by T Martin2010
Boardwalk through bald cypress swamp by T Martin2010, No water that day. It is often dry there or at least there is often no standing or visible water. al
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Mom's Windmill by BKHagar *Kim*, Mom picked the photo we drew and painted from today. Something new for both of us, as we don't reall
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Red Swamp Crayfish - Procambarus clarkii by T Martin2010, This specimen was photographed in tupelo swamp. Though the area was partially flooded, this was is c
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Padlocked fence - v716 by SouthernBreeze, Thank you for viewing my photograph!

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Padlocked fence - v716 by SouthernBreeze
Baldcypress - Taxodium distichum by T Martin2010, As seen from the Atkeson Trail, named after Tom Atkeson, a long-time manager of Wheeler National Wil
Baldcypress - Taxodium distichum by T Martin2010
Kim's Windmill by BKHagar *Kim*, Mom picked the photo we drew and painted from today. Something new for both of us, as we don't reall
Kim's Windmill by BKHagar *Kim*
September Afternoon In The Refuge by Richard Melton, At The White Springs Dike hiking and birdwatching area in The Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge in Li
September Afternoon In The Refuge by Richard Melton
Lichen Grasshopper - Trimerotropis saxatilis by T Martin2010, Also called Rock-loving Locust. Small to medium sized, slender, shades of gray, light brown, reddish
Lichen Grasshopper - Trimerotropis saxatilis by T Martin2010
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Flash lily - Best if viewed LARGE by ALalto
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Kim's Little Church by BKHagar *Kim*, Mom & I had a great Art Day back in mid-August! 

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Kim's Little Church by BKHagar *Kim*
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A Secluded Fishing Spot by Richard Melton
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Eastern Black Carpenter Ant - Camponotus pennsylvanicus by T Martin2010, Often in the eastern and central U.S. simply called the black carpenter ant. 

Found in the eastern
Eastern Black Carpenter Ant - Camponotus pennsylvanicus by T Martin2010
Handsome Meadow Katydid - Orchelimum pulchellum by T Martin2010, Thanks to David J. Ferguson on BugGuide.Net for the ID. 


This is a female. The body length is 18-2
Handsome Meadow Katydid - Orchelimum pulchellum by T Martin2010
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Tennessee River Bridge by Robert Goodwin
Obscure Pygmy Grasshopper - Tetrix arenosa by T Martin2010, Also called the Sand Pygmy Grasshopper, this tiny insect ranges between 9-14 mm and is generally gra
Obscure Pygmy Grasshopper - Tetrix arenosa by T Martin2010
Late Afternoon on the Boardwalk by Dave Edens,
Late Afternoon on the Boardwalk by Dave Edens
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Fifty Friday Again by AGS_3299
The Beaverdam Swamp by ciscoaguilar, Beaverdam Swamp Nature Trail
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge
Limestone County, AL
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The Beaverdam Swamp by ciscoaguilar
Spring! by T Martin2010, Small Bluet (Houstonia pusilla), Common Blue Violet (Viola sororia), and Virginia Spring Beauty (Cla
Spring! by T Martin2010
Tupelo swamp, Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Alabama by T Martin2010,
Tupelo swamp, Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Alabama by T Martin2010