Concentrations of Gators

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

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

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

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

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

Creepy Claws

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

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

Upcoming Fall Okefenokee Excursion

It’s time for a fall trip to my favorite destination: the Okefenokee Swamp! It’s been a long, busy summer so … More

Fall in the Okefenokee

When most people think of fall foliage, they think of afternoon hikes in the Smokey Mountains or drives on winding … More

Okefenokee Cat Squirrels

Excerpt from Francis Harper’s Mammals of the Okefinokee Swamp, published March 1927 concerning the Eastern Gray Squirrel: “In the Okefinokee, as … More