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Exciting stuff! Two adults and a subadult tightly rolled up in duff under a stone, all three of whom refused to uncoil for me. A nearby board yielded a third adult who was kind enough to move around a bit.

Egret far out in the salt marsh, unfortunately mostly obscured by heat haze. 2269 feet away from my position, measured in Google Maps. Based on the size, probably a Great Egret.

Shiny object in the foreground is a littered mylar balloon.

Didn't really get a good picture, so here's a "great" one instead

Edited: I cloned the observation, so this observation will be for the right grebe and https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/103672738 for the left grebe.

hunting from nearby tree, about 10:30am, looking intently down at snow, then landed and mantled for a couple of minutes, burying its head into the snow several times before flying off in the opposite direction

©williamwisephoto.com Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. October 25, 2022.

• Location: Suwannee River Sill
• Mostly sunny with high near 83.
• Sunrise 7:39 AM; Sunset 6:46 PM
• Daylight hours: 11 hours 7 minutes (-1m 44s)

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Photo 1:
Well Dang!
I'd been eagerly watching my owl box since an owl visited it for one day in mid October. Only squirrels had occupied it since. At dusk yesterday I got excited when I saw a face with white on it which would rule out a squirrel. Grabbed my camera, turned on the flash since it was so dark. Dang it, that is not an owl either. Has to be a pretty small possum to get in that opening.
Photo 2:
Taking The Slow Elevator Down
When the interloper saw me, it sank out of sight in slow motion, was hilarious to watch. I made all kinds of interesting and coaxing sounds but it refused to look out again. This morning no sign of it. Back to hoping that someday a screech owl couple will move in & raise babies.