The trails, wildlife drive and guided boat tours at the Suwannee Canal entrance (on the eastern side) of the Okefenokee…
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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…
Snowy Egret: The ‘Plume Bird’
The eBird frequency chart shows the Snowy Egret, Egretta thula, is a year-round inhabitant of the Okefenokee Swamp, but perhaps not…
Leaving Tomorrow for the Okefenokee!
Another Okefenokee photography excursion has finally arrived! My daughter and I leave at 6 AM tomorrow morning and head south…
Okefenokee Prairies and Fire
Like the wide open prairies of the Midwest, the Okefenokee prairies are large, open spaces that are composed of grasses,…
Okefenokee Video: A Stroll Down Chesser Island Boardwalk Trail
A stroll to enjoy and photograph nature along the Chesser Island Boardwalk trail in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia.…
Okefenokee Photography Project by William Wise 