It takes a tag team of researchers to tag an alligator… Once upon the shore, one of the team sneaks…
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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…
The Beautiful Okefenokee… what is it?
A four-day video and photography exploration of the beautiful Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia, USA.
The Alligator Abounds…
The dreaded and formidable rattlesnake is yet too common, and a variety of other serpents abound, particularly that admirable creature,…
Birding the Okefenokee: Pileated Woodpecker
A loud call breaks the warm, still afternoon air. “Are there monkeys in the Okefenokee Swamp?”, my young daughter asks.…
Not Without its Attractive Side – HC Jackson in the Okefenokee 1890
An excerpt from the journal of Howell C. Jackson describing the beautiful Okefenokee Prairies as he surveyed the Okefenokee Swamp…