The quiet here is not merely an absence of sound—it is something almost tangible. Sitting alone in the canoe, drifting…
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Basking Hour After Hour
The current becomes surprisingly powerful wherever the channel constricts. Even with assistance from the electric motor, I occasionally find myself…
The Okefenokee: Untouched By Time
An hour into my paddle, in an instant, almost as if someone had drawn back a curtain, the remaining morning…
Morning Fog on Billy’s Lake in the Okefenokee Swamp
A thick fog lies over the Okefenokee Swamp this morning. The far distance is nothing but a gray blanket that…
White Ibises on Billy’s Lake; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
Although ribbons of morning fog still linger over portions of the swamp, the view here along the Suwannee River has…
Morning in the Okefenokee’s Stephen C Foster Campground
My Okefenokee morning started off with a hot cup of coffee on the front porch in my cabin. Sure, most…
American Alligator Basking on Billy’s Lake
A fairly decent sized gator getting some sun on a floating peat bed. Photographed on October 14, 2025 while paddling…
Odd view of an Okefenokee Ibis
White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) photographed in a shady cove along the Suwannee River Sill in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge,…
Red-bellied Woodpecker in the Okefenokee Swamp
While walking along the Suwannee River Sill, I found this Red-bellied Woodpecker busily engaged in hammering trees. Okefenokee National Wildlife…
Sunset Paddle on Billy’s Lake; Okefenokee Swamp
After a few hours of hiking, I left Suwannee River Sill and finished the short drive to the Stephen C…
Okefenokee Photography Project by William Wise 