Okefenokee Alligator Blue 202

During my spring 2023 Okefenokee trip, I had the pleasure of being invited to photograph the UGA Coastal Ecology Lab … More

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 … More

The Alligator Abounds…

The dreaded and formidable rattlesnake is yet too common, and a variety of other serpents abound, particularly that admirable creature, … More

And everywhere alligators, moccasins, lizards and other reptiles…

An excerpt from the journal of Howell C. Jackson describing the beautiful Suwannee River and its reptile inhabitants as he … More

Concentrations of Gators

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

Okefenokee Impassible Dense Jungle

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

Great Saurian of the Swamp

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

Amazing Alligator Designs: Nostril Valves

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

Creepy Claws

What lurks beneath those waters? That question rolls in the mind as one attempts to peer through the blackwater of the … More

Sights in Bygone Days

Excerpt from Francis Harper’s Mammals of the Okefinokee Swamp, published March 1927: “Long field experience and rare powers of observation have … More