As we paddle near Minnie’s Lake in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, the canoe run widens, the Cypress trees overhead…
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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…
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…
Okefenokee Swamp Brown Watersnake
While enjoying a slow paddle up the Suwannee River Middle fork through the heart of the Okefenokee Swamp, somehow my…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Okefenokee Alligator Blue 202
During my spring 2023 Okefenokee trip, I had the pleasure of being invited to photograph the UGA Coastal Ecology Lab…
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…