Okefenokee Black-crowned Night Heron

There are several year-round resident birds within the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. But some of those “common” birds are much…

Concentrations of Gators

From my October 2022 Okefenokee Journal… Seeing the extremely low waters of the Suwannee River Sill, I began to fear…

Although a work of fiction, the description of the Okefenokee Swamp in Louis Pendleton’s novel is quite accurate! An excerpt…

One of my goals as an aspiring conservation photographer is to capture as many different species as I can within…

Okefenokee Swamp journal, October 25, 2022… When I arrived in the Okefenokee on October 25, 2022, I knew the lack…

It has been eighty years since an Ivory-billed Woodpecker has been seen in the Okefenokee Swamp. Many have searched with…

Off the backside of the Chesser Homestead in the Okefenokee Swamp there is a dead-end trail named Ridley’s Island Trail.…

From naturalist Francis Harper’s journal during his first visit to the Okefenokee Swamp in May 1912: “In the late afternoon…

Some may wonder why I have made so many trips to the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. I’m in love. That’s…

The American Alligator is perfectly designed for the swamp habitats that they frequent. The eyes and nostrils protrude above the…