As we paddle near Minnie’s Lake in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, the canoe run widens, the Cypress trees overhead … More
Author: William Wise
Tagged Alligators along the Suwannee River Sill
The Suwannee River Sill Recreation Area in the Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge is an accessible and convenient place to … More
Alligator along the Suwannee River
A late afternoon paddle up the Suwannee River in the Okefenokee. Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. April 15, 2023. ©williamwisephoto.com Location: Suwannee … More
Okefenokee Swamp Brown Watersnake
While enjoying a slow paddle up the Suwannee River Middle fork through the heart of the Okefenokee Swamp, somehow my … More
It Takes a Tag Team!
It takes a tag team of researchers to tag an alligator… Once upon the shore, one of the team sneaks … More
A Struggle to Shore
The first step in a capture-tag-release program is a big step: getting a gator to shore! After snagging the alligator … More
A Couple of Large Lurking Gators
Most of the big alligators concentrate on the larger, open lakes within the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. Some of the … More
Reading the Okefenokee Swamp
Have you ever read a swamp? Urbanites like me may have read much about the swamp, but don’t have the … More
Okefenokee Alligator Blue 202
During my spring 2023 Okefenokee trip, I had the pleasure of being invited to photograph the UGA Coastal Ecology Lab … More
Isn’t that Dangerous?
It never fails: whenever I show someone a close-up photo of an alligator that I shot while paddling the Okefenokee … More