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Okefenokee Photography Project by William Wise

A photographic exploration of Georgia's Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge to highlight this habitat for continued future preservation.

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Category: Okefenokee Nature Journal

To go where one has not gone before…

To go where one has not gone before is the call of every adventurer’s heart. Many times my daughter and I … More

Bartram's Air Plant, Canoe, Georgia, iNaturalist, National Wildlife Refuge, Okefenokee Swamp, Wildlife Photography

Across Billy’s Lake

Excerpt from my Okefenokee Journal, October 26, 2022… Wednesday, 9:47 AM – The first leg of my journey to my … More

Billys Lake, Bird Photography, Birding, Canoe, Georgia, National Wildlife Refuge, Okefenokee Swamp, Wildlife Photography

Acclimated Okefenokee Egret

Some critters are more accustomed to the presence of people than others. But it always amazes me when I come … More

Bird Photography, Birding, Georgia, National Wildlife Refuge, Nature Journal, Okefenokee Swamp, Snowy Egret

Concentrations of Gators

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

Alligator, Georgia, National Wildlife Refuge, Nature Journal, Okefenokee Swamp, Suwannee River

Shadow of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker

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

Bird Photography, Birding, Bradford Torrey, Conservation Photography, Cypress Swamp, Endangered Species, Extinction, Florida Sketch Book, Georgia, Ivory-billed Woodpecker, National Wildlife Refuge, Nature Journal, Nature Photography, Okefenokee Swamp, Pileated Woodpecker, Wildlife Photography

A Dead End Trail?

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

Chesser Island, Cottonmouth, Georgia, Herping, iNaturalist, National Wildlife Refuge, Nature Journal, Okefenokee Swamp, Ridley's Island Trail, Viper, Wetlands Habitat

Okefenokee Fish Crow

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

Birding, Birding Photography, Canoe, Conservation Photography, Fish Crow, Georgia, iNaturalist, National Wildlife Refuge, Okefenokee Swamp

Low Waters on the Okefenokee Suwannee River Sill

My Okefenokee Swamp journal, October 25, 2022… A few weeks before my October 2022 trip, I was told by a … More

Georgia, National Wildlife Refuge, Nature Photography, Okefenokee Swamp, Suwannee River

Creepy Claws

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

Alligator, blackwater, Georgia, Herping, iNaturalist, National Wildlife Refuge, Okefenokee Swamp, Suwannee Canal, Suwannee Canal Recreation Area, Wildlife Photography

Deadly Serpent in a Dismal Wild

Excerpt from the 1875 Okefenokee Exploration by The Atlanta Constitution: “Now our knees began to feel weak, and tremble beneath … More

Atlanta Constitution, Cottonmouth, Cypress Swamp, Georgia, Herping, National Wildlife Refuge, Okefenokee Expedition 1875, Okefenokee Swamp, Viper

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