The White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) if often found in smaller groups throughout the Okefenokee. They are typically foraging with their…
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Okefenokee’s Scars of Human Exploitation
Paddling the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge is a genuine wilderness experience. Nature has inherited a designated Refuge that is relatively…
Re-capture of Alligator Blue 98
“Blue 98” was a re-capture of a previously tagged American Alligator in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia. I’m…
Upturned Yellow Bonnet Lilies in the Okefenokee Swamp
According naturalist Francis Harper, when “a boat or a bear passes over a watery Prairie, the bonnet leaves in the…
Okefenokee Southeastern Five-lined Skink
It was a bit of a surprise to find this skink at the Bluff Lake overnight shelter platform in the…
Okefenokee Yellow Trumpet Pitcher Plants
While paddling the green trail from Kingfisher Landing to the Bluff Lake shelter on April 17, 2023, we found several…
American Alligator on Billy’s Lake, Okefenokee Swamp
American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. Sunday, April 16, 2023. Location: Billy’s Lake; N30.83204° W82.35892° Cloudy…
The Ugly Swamp
My wife has never accompanied my daughter and me on an Okefenokee excursion. She isn’t really one for roughing it…
Holding Hands with an Alligator
Have you ever held hands with an alligator? If you have, you’d know that the American Alligator has five toes…
Alligator Blue 208
“Alligator Blue 208″… No, that isn’t a play called out by a college football quarterback. It is the identification given…
Okefenokee Photography Project by William Wise 