Of all the wonderful natural places within driving distance of my home, why do I find myself making repeated five-hour…
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A Drive Down Swamp Island Drive
From our home in Athens, Georgia, the drive to the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge is about five hours. Even if…
Swallowed at One Gulp
An excerpt from E. A. McIlhenny’s 1935 book, The Alligator’s Life History: “When an alligator catches food that is too large…
Okefenokee Swamp Launch Day!
An excerpt from my March 2022 Okefenokee Journal… Obtaining permits to paddle the interior of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge…
Okefenokee Pastimes Camper Cabin
The trails, wildlife drive and guided boat tours at the Suwannee Canal entrance (on the eastern side) of the Okefenokee…
Amazing Alligator Design: The Eyes
While we are inspired by an alligator basking in full glory on the bank of a canal or atop a…
The ‘gator had the boy by the head
An old Okefenokee Swamper story as told by Owen Smith in the journals of naturalist Francis Harper, 1929: “Henry Bennett…
Okefenokee Pine and Palmetto Uplands
Not all of the Okefenokee is swamped with water. There are some sandy islands within the refuge and plenty of…
Okefenokee’s Double-crested Cormorant
The Double-crested Cormorant is a strange looking bird. Cornell’s website http://www.allaboutbirds.org states, “They look like a combination of a goose…
Bellowing like a Bull
Excerpt from the 1926 History of the Okefenokee Swamp by AS McQueen and Hamp Mizell: “The alligators, especially at mating season, keep…
Okefenokee Photography Project by William Wise 