Saturday - Part 2

My first stop back in Arkansas was at the White River National Wildlife Refuge. I drove 15 miles down a dirt road into the refuge and found myself in the middle of the swamps. It really was like being in the middle of nowhere. It's so remote in some areas, that scientists think they recently found an Ivory-billed Woodpecker. Something thought to have been extinct for over 40 years. I was hoping to take a picture of one and claim a $10k reward from the Nature Conservancy. Unfortunately, no woodpeckers. Just a lot of water and cypress trees.

I left the refuge and was on my way down a small road when I saw the largest gathering of waterfowl I have ever seen. There must have been 20,000 birds in this one flooded field.

I spent the night in Pine Buff, Arkansas at a Holiday Inn Express.