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October 13, 2025</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2026-03-14T19:09:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2025/12/27/paddling-the-okefenokee-from-maul-hammock-to-big-water/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20240420_046ns-netted-chain-fern-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20240420_046ns-netted-chain-fern-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Netter Chain Fern; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, GA. Paddling from Maul Hammock to Big Water, April 20, 2024.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20240420_044ns-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20240420_044ns-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, GA. Paddling from Maul Hammock to Big Water, April 20, 2024.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20240420_043ns-jewelwing-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20240420_043ns-jewelwing-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Jewelwing; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, GA. Paddling from Maul Hammock to Big Water, April 20, 2024.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20240420_042ns-jewelwing-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20240420_042ns-jewelwing-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Jewelwing; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, GA. Paddling from Maul Hammock to Big Water, April 20, 2024.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20240420_041ns-arrow-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20240420_041ns-arrow-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Green Arrow Arum; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, GA. Paddling from Maul Hammock to Big Water, April 20, 2024.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20240420_039ns-southern-blue-flag-iris-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20240420_039ns-southern-blue-flag-iris-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Southern Blue Flag; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, GA. Paddling from Maul Hammock to Big Water, April 20, 2024.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20240420_040ns-spatterdock-bonnet-lily-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20240420_040ns-spatterdock-bonnet-lily-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Yellow Bonnet Lily; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, GA. Paddling from Maul Hammock to Big Water, April 20, 2024.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20240420_037ns-american-white-waterlily-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20240420_037ns-american-white-waterlily-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>American White Waterlily; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, GA. Paddling from Maul Hammock to Big Water, April 20, 2024.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20240420_038ns-american-white-waterlily-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20240420_038ns-american-white-waterlily-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20240420_036ns-southern-blue-flag-iris-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20240420_036ns-southern-blue-flag-iris-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Southern Blue Flag; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, GA. Paddling from Maul Hammock to Big Water, April 20, 2024.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-12-29T17:44:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2025/12/13/okefenokee-home-to-the-long-legged-wading-birds/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/202300416_091-white-ibis-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Juvenile White Ibis; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Juvenile White Ibis; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia.  Location: north of Minnie's Lake between canoe mile markers 23 and 24; N30.90193° W82.28598°. April 16, 2023. ©williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-12-13T23:42:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2026/03/07/okefenokee-swamp-white-ibis/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20230416_100.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20230416_100</image:title><image:caption>White Ibis; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. Location: north of Minnie's Lake between canoe mile markers 24 and 26; N30.88478° W82.29494°. Sunday, April 16, 2023 ©williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2026-03-07T19:24:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2025/12/06/hike-along-the-suwannee-river-sill-part-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/20251013_051-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-georgia.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20251013_051-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-georgia</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator photographed while hiking along the Suwannee River Sill in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia; October 13, 2025 ©williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-12-09T16:32:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2026/02/28/okefenokees-scars-of-human-exploitation/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20230415_081-logging-railroad-pylons-okefenokee-swamp-georgia.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20230415_081-logging-railroad-pylons-okefenokee-swamp-georgia</image:title><image:caption>Old logging railroad pylons in Mixon`s Hammock; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge Georgia</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20230415_082-logging-railroad-pylons-okefenokee-swamp-georgia.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20230415_082-logging-railroad-pylons-okefenokee-swamp-georgia</image:title><image:caption>Old logging railroad pylons in Mixon`s Hammock; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. April 15, 2023 ©williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-11-27T13:53:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2025/11/29/hike-along-the-suwannee-river-sill-part-1/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/20251013_021-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-georgia.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20251013_021-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-georgia</image:title><image:caption>Large American Alligator on the Suwannee River Sill; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. October 13, 2025</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-11-27T13:52:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2025/09/20/okefenokee-swamp-little-blue-heron-closeup/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20240420_028-little-blue-heron-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20240420_028-little-blue-heron-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Little Blue heron in the Okefenokee Swamp in front of an American White Water Lily flower. Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. April 20, 2024 ©williamwisephoto.com </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-09-27T20:33:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2026/02/21/re-capture-of-alligator-blue-98/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20230415_017-alligator-capture-tag-release-okefenokee-georgia.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20230415_017-alligator-capture-tag-release-okefenokee-georgia</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator capture tag release; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20230415_014-alligator-capture-tag-release-okefenokee-georgia.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20230415_014-alligator-capture-tag-release-okefenokee-georgia</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator capture tag release; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. April 15, 2023 ©williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20230415_012-alligator-capture-tag-release-okefenokee-georgia.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20230415_012-alligator-capture-tag-release-okefenokee-georgia</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator capture tag release; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. April 15, 2023 ©williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2026-02-22T12:40:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2026/02/14/upturned-yellow-bonnet-lilies-in-the-okefenokee-swamp/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20230417_007-yellow-bonnet-lily-pad-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20230417_007-yellow-bonnet-lily-pad-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Underside of a Spatterdock Yellow Bonnet Lily Pad in the Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. From Kingfisher Landing to Bluff Lake overnight camping shelter. April 17, 2023</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2026-02-15T18:01:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2026/01/17/the-ugly-swamp/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/20230417_014-hooded-pitcher-plant-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20230417_014-hooded-pitcher-plant-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Hooded Pitcher Plants in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. April 17, 2023 ©williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20230417_049ns-hooded-pitcher-plant-flower-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20230417_049ns-hooded-pitcher-plant-flower-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Hooded Pitcher Plant flower; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, GA. April 17, 2023</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20230417_048-southern-blue-flag-iris-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Southern Blue Flag swamp iris</image:title><image:caption>Southern Blue Flag Iris in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. April 17, 2023 ©williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2026-01-21T01:43:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2026/02/07/okefenokee-southeastern-five-lined-skink/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20230417_051ns-bluff-lake-overnight-shelter-okefenokee-swamp.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20230417_051ns-bluff-lake-overnight-shelter-okefenokee-swamp</image:title><image:caption>Campsite at the Bluff Lake overnight shelter in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. April 17, 2023.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20230417_026-skink-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20230417_026-skink-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Southeastern Five-lined Skink (Plestiodon inexpectatus) at the Bluff Lake overnight shelter in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. April 17, 2023.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2026-02-08T13:31:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2026/01/31/okefenokee-yellow-trumpet-pitcher-plants/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20230417_006ns-trumpet-pitcher-plant-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20230417_006ns-trumpet-pitcher-plant-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Yellow Pitcher Plant, or Golden Trumpet Pitcher, Sarracenia flava is a carnivorous plant found in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. April 17, 2023 ©williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2026-02-01T17:15:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2026/01/24/american-alligator-on-billys-lake-okefenokee-swamp/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20230416_157-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia.</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. April 16, 2023 ©williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2026-01-25T14:28:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2026/01/10/holding-hands-with-an-alligator/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20230415_031-alligator-foot-tag-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20230415_031-alligator-foot-tag-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Close up of a person holding an American Alligator's front foot showing the scales and claws; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. April 15, 2023 ©williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2026-01-10T19:50:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2026/01/03/alligator-blue-208/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20230415_022ns-alligator-capture-okefenokee.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20230415_022ns-alligator-capture-okefenokee</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator capture-tag-release; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20230415_020ns-american-alligator-capture-okefenokee-georgia.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20230415_020ns-american-alligator-capture-okefenokee-georgia</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator capture-tag-release; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20230415_021ns-american-alligator-capture-okefenokee-georgia.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20230415_021ns-american-alligator-capture-okefenokee-georgia</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator capture-tag-release; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20230415_018ns-american-alligator-okefenokee-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20230415_018ns-american-alligator-okefenokee-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator capture-tag-release; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20230415_019ns-sea-grant.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20230415_019ns-sea-grant</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator capture-tag-release; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20230415_028-alligator-tag-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20230415_028-alligator-tag-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator tail showing the cut caudal scutes and an identification tag; capture-tag-release research program in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. April 15, 2023 ©williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20230415_034-alligator-capture-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20230415_034-alligator-capture-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Blue 208, a ten-foot male American Alligator tagged in a research program at the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. April 15, 2023 ©williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2026-01-04T14:14:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2025/11/08/paddling-with-the-okefenokee-alligators/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20230416_116-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20230416_116-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. April 16, 2023 ©williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-11-09T14:27:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2025/10/18/alligator-on-minnies-lake-okefenokee-swamp/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20230416_095-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20230416_095-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, GA. April 16, 2023 ©williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-10-19T11:51:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2025/12/20/return-of-the-american-alligator/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20230416_088-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, GA. North of Minnie's Lake near mile marker 24.  April 16, 2023. ©williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-12-21T19:19:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2025/09/13/okefenokee-swamp-american-alligator/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20230416_092-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. April 16, 2023 ©williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-10-25T12:41:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2025/09/06/okefenokee-southern-blue-flag-iris-and-green-heron/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20240420_005ns-green-heron-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20240420_005ns-green-heron-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Green Heron at the Maul Hammock shelter; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, GA. April 20, 2024</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20240420_021-southern-blue-flag-irisokefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20240420_021-southern-blue-flag-irisokefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Southern Blue Flag Iris; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia USA. April 20, 2024. ©williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-09-06T19:36:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2025/11/22/few-animals-escape-the-jaws-of-an-alligator/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20230416_103-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20230416_103-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia; north of Minnie's Lake between canoe mile markers 24 and 26; N30.88366° W82.29548°. April 16, 2023 ©williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-08-29T10:03:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2025/11/15/okefenokee-swamp-pig-frog-lithobates-grylio/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20240420_018-pig-frog-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20240420_018-pig-frog-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-08-28T17:49:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2025/11/01/okefenokee-swamp-parrot-pitcher-plants/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20230417_018-parrot-pitcher-plant-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20230417_018-parrot-pitcher-plant-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20230417_019-parrot-pitcher-plant-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20230417_019-parrot-pitcher-plant-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Parrot Pitcher Plant; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. April 17, 2023 ©williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-11-01T23:52:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2025/10/25/okefenokee-canoe-trails-stay-on-the-path/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_3149.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3149</image:title><image:caption>Screenshot of my cellphone location while paddling the prairies of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. April 17, 2023.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20230417_012-canoe-trail-marker-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20230417_012-canoe-trail-marker-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Canoe trail mile marker along the green trail from Kingfisher Landing to Bluff Lake overnight camping shelter. Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. April 17, 2023 ©williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-10-25T23:14:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2025/10/11/camouflaged-okefenokee-brown-watersnake/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20230416_072-brown-watersnake-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20230416_072-brown-watersnake-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Brown Watersnake; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia wildlife photography by williamwisephoto</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20230416_073-brown-watersnake-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20230416_073-brown-watersnake-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Brown Watersnake; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. April 16, 2023 ©williamwisephoto</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-10-12T20:47:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2025/10/04/okefenokee-alligator-gps-tracker-study/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20230415_165-american-alligator-gps-tracker-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20230415_165-american-alligator-gps-tracker-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Close up of a GPS tracker; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20230415_164-american-alligator-gps-tracker-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20230415_164-american-alligator-gps-tracker-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator with GPS tracker; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-10-05T23:39:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2025/09/27/okefenokee-tagged-alligator-research/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20230414_031web-american-alligator-capture-tag-release-okefenokee-swamp.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge alliator capture tag and release</image:title><image:caption>Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge alligator capture tag and release</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20230414_027web-american-alligator-capture-tag-release-okefenokee-swamp.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge alliator capture tag and release</image:title><image:caption>Caudal scute tagging by the UGA Coastal Ecology Lab for identification. American Alligator, Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia; April 14, 2023.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-09-29T18:13:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2025/08/30/pig-frog-in-the-okefenokee-national-wildlife-refuge/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20240420_017-pig-frog-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20240420_017-pig-frog-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Pig Frog, Lithobates grylio, swimming in dark tannin blackwater of the Okefenokee Swamp at the Round Top Canoe Shelter on Chase Prairie. Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia, USA. April 20, 2024. ©williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-09-01T00:06:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2025/08/23/okefenokee-maul-hammock-overnight-canoe-shelter/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20240419_042ns-maul-hammock-okefenokee-swamp-refuge-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Camping at the Maul Hammock overnight canoe shelter in the Okefe</image:title><image:caption>Camping at the Maul Hammock overnight canoe shelter in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. April 19, 2024 ©williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20240419_046-maul-hammock-okefenokee-swamp-refuge-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20240419_046-maul-hammock-okefenokee-swamp-refuge-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Outhouse privy at Maul Hammock canoe kayak overnight camping shelter in Okefenokee Swamp. Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia, USA. April 2024 ©williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20240420_022-maul-hammock-shelter-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20240420_022-maul-hammock-shelter-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Maul Hammock Shelter canoe trail directional sign in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. ©williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-08-24T16:07:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2025/08/15/american-alligator-at-the-maul-hammock-shelter-in-the-okefenokee-swamp/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20240419_038-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-refuge-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20240419_038-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-refuge-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator at the Maul Hammock Shelter platform in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. April 19, 2024 ©williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-08-16T13:03:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2025/06/05/down-to-the-details/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20240420_013-dragonfly-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20240420_013-dragonfly-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis) Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. April 20, 2024.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-06-05T22:17:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2025/06/01/swollen-bladderwort-in-the-okefenokee-swamp/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20240420_008-bladderwort-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20240420_008-bladderwort-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Swollen Bladderwort photographed from the Maul Hammock Shelter; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-06-03T01:52:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2025/01/22/rainy-afternoon-along-the-sill/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/20210122_073ns-great-egret-okefenokee-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20210122_073ns-great-egret-okefenokee-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Great Egret along the Sill; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. January 22, 2021.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-01-22T13:31:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2024/11/29/the-okefenokee-is-gods-work/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/20240420_027-little-blue-heron-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Little Blue Heron; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Little Blue Heron near Maul Hammock; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia ©williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-11-30T00:03:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2024/11/24/sunset-at-camp-maul-hammock/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/20240419_040ns-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-refuge-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20240419_040ns-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-refuge-williamwisephoto</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/20240419_044ns-maul-hammock-okefenokee-swamp-refuge-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20240419_044ns-maul-hammock-okefenokee-swamp-refuge-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Camping at the Maul Hammock overnight canoe shelter in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. April 19, 2024 ©williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/20240419_043ns-maul-hammock-okefenokee-swamp-refuge-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20240419_043ns-maul-hammock-okefenokee-swamp-refuge-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Camping at the Maul Hammock overnight canoe shelter in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. April 19, 2024 ©williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/20240419_045-maul-hammock-okefenokee-swamp-refuge-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20240419_045-maul-hammock-okefenokee-swamp-refuge-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Sunset at Maul Hammock overnight shelter in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, GA. April 19, 2024 ©williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-11-26T20:01:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2024/11/14/okefenokee-swamper-talk/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/20240419_041-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-refuge-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20240419_041-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-refuge-williamwisephoto</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-11-15T17:44:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2024/10/29/okefenokee-otters/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/20221029_025ns-arrows-river-otter-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20221029_025ns-arrows-river-otter-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia birding wildlife and nature photography by William Wise Photography</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/20221029_027ns-river-otter-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20221029_027ns-river-otter-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia birding wildlife and nature photography by William Wise Photography</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-10-29T23:40:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2024/10/09/the-okefenokees-pig-frog/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/20240419_025-pig-frog-okefenokee-swamp-refuge-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20240419_025-pig-frog-okefenokee-swamp-refuge-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia nature birding photography by williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-10-10T14:30:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2024/10/05/curious-okefenokee-alligator/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/20240420_055-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20240420_055-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-10-05T14:07:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2024/09/29/okefenokee-common-ribbon-snake/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/20240419_014-ribbon-snake-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Common Ribbon Snake; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, GA</image:title><image:caption>Common Ribbon Snake; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, GA</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-09-29T13:04:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2024/05/29/attention-flower-hunters/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/20230416_065-southern-blue-flag-iris-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20230416_065-southern-blue-flag-iris-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia alligator photography by okefenokee.photography</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-05-30T23:24:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2024/05/19/minnies-lake-gathering-of-gators/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/20230416_049-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20230416_049-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator basking on a log in the Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-05-20T01:11:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2024/04/01/okefenokee-swamp-minnies-lake-alligator/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/20230416_039-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>American Alligator on Minnie's Lake; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, GA</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator on Minnie's Lake; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, GA</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-04-02T14:48:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2024/03/27/tagged-alligators-along-the-suwannee-river-sill/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/20230415_142-tagged-american-alligator-okefeokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tagged American Alligator, Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Tagged American Alligator, Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-03-27T20:27:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2024/03/18/alligator-along-the-suwannee-river/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/20230415_071-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-03-17T11:38:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2024/03/11/okefenokee-swamp-brown-watersnake-nerodia-taxispilota/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/20230416_037-brown-watersnake-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20230416_037-brown-watersnake-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Brown Watersnake, Nerodia taxispilota, basking in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. April 16, 2023  ©williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/20230416_038-brown-watersnake-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20230416_038-brown-watersnake-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Brown Watersnake, Nerodia taxispilota, basking in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. April 16, 2023  ©williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-03-15T02:12:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2024/03/04/it-takes-a-tag-team/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/20230414_022web-american-alligator-capture-tag-release-okefenokee-swamp.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge alliator capture tag and release</image:title><image:caption>Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge alliator capture tag and release</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/20230414_029web-american-alligator-capture-tag-release-okefenokee-swamp.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge alliator capture tag and release</image:title><image:caption>Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge alliator capture tag and release</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-02-19T19:06:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2024/02/26/okefenokee-alligator-research-struggle-to-shore/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/20230414_015-american-alligator-capture-tag-release-okefenokee-swamp.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge alliator capture tag and release</image:title><image:caption>Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge alliator capture tag and release</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/20230414_014-american-alligator-capture-okefenokee-swamp.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge alliator capture tag and release</image:title><image:caption>Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge alliator capture tag and release</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-02-27T13:00:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2024/02/19/a-couple-of-large-lurking-gators/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/20230416_033-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>American Alligator; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-02-20T19:04:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2023/11/20/reading-okefenokee-swamp/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20220415_002-spatterdock-yellow-waterlily-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20220415_002-spatterdock-yellow-waterlily-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Spatterdock Yellow Bonnet Lily at Stephen C Foster State Park; Okefenokee National Widlife Refuge, Georgia.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-11-14T18:13:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2023/11/13/okefenokee-alligator-blue-202/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20230414_006webns-blue202-american-alligator-okefenokee.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20230414_006webns-blue202-american-alligator-okefenokee</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator capture tag release, Blue 202, Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20230414_010webns-blue202-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20230414_010webns-blue202-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator capture tag release, Blue 202, Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2026-02-08T02:36:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2023/08/23/okefenokee-alligator-dangerous/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/20230415_071-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-08-24T20:44:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2023/08/07/beautiful-okefenokee-video/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/20230414_032web-american-alligator-capture-tag-release-okefenokee-swamp.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge alliator capture tag a</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge. April 14, 2023.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/beautiful-okefenokee-icon-video.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Beautiful Okefenokee Video</image:title><image:caption>YouTube video of The Beautiful Okefenokee Swamp, What is it? </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/201903104_raccoon-okefenokee-swamp-photography-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>201903104_Raccoon-okefenokee-swamp-photography-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Raccoon in a tree in the Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia. March, 2019. www.williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-08-07T20:30:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2023/06/28/alligator-abounds/</loc><lastmod>2023-06-28T21:24:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2023/05/04/birding-okefenokee-pileated-woodpecker/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/201903047_pileatedwoodpecker.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pileated Woodpecker; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Pileated Woodpecker; Okefenokee Swamp Georgia</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/binoculars-birding-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-photography-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Birding binoculars in Okefenokee Swamp Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Birding through binoculars in the Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-05-04T21:36:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2023/04/19/not-without-its-attractive-side-hc-jackson-in-the-okefenokee-1890/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/20201024_024-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Chesser Prairie, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia USA</image:title><image:caption>Chesser Prairie, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia USA</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/20201024_020-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Chesser Prairie, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia USA</image:title><image:caption>Chesser Prairie, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia USA</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/20201024_022-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Chesser Prairie, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia USA</image:title><image:caption>Chesser Prairie, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia USA</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-04-20T16:09:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2023/03/25/okefenokee-safe-solo-maps-and-gps/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20221026_115ns-canal-run-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20221026_115ns-canal-run-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20221026_027-american-alligator-okefnokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator swimming submerged in the dark blackwater. Billy`s Lake in the Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia USA.  October 26, 2022. ©www.williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-26T00:04:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2023/02/20/okefenokee-protection-alliance-ad-in-the-ajc/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/opa-ad.png</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee Protection Alliance Ad</image:title><image:caption>Paid advertisement by the Okefenokee Protection Alliance published in the Atlanta Journal and Constitution on February 18, 2023.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-02-21T00:47:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2023/03/02/okefenokee_alligators_moccasins_lizards/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/20221025_037-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20221025_037-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator basking along the Suwannee River Sill; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. October 25, 2022 ©www.williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-03T02:22:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2023/02/22/assailed-by-alligators/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20221025_117ns-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20221025_117ns-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator laying on bank of Suwannee River Sill in the Okefenokee Swamp. Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia, USA. October 25, 2022. ©www.williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-02-23T15:56:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2023/03/18/hawk-billys-lake-okefenokee-swamp-georgia/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20221026_013-red-shouldered-hawk-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Red-shouldered Hawk; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Red-shouldered Hawk; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-19T14:08:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2023/04/11/to-go-where-one-has-not-gone-before/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20221026_068ns-airplant-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20221026_068ns-airplant-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20221026_034-permit-only-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20221026_034-permit-only-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Camping by permit only sign; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia birding and wildlife photography by williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-04-12T17:00:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2023/02/14/acclimated-okefenokee-egret/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20221025_079-snowy-egret-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20221025_079-snowy-egret-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Snowy Egret; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia birding and wildlife photography by williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-02-15T12:56:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2023/02/06/sinister-swamp-personalities/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/20210121_015-brown-watersnake-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20210121_015-brown-watersnake-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Brown Watersnake, Nerodia taxispilota; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. Wildlife photography by williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-02-06T20:28:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2023/01/21/okefenokee-black-crowned-night-heron/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20221025_057ns-black-crowned-night-heron-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20221025_057ns-black-crowned-night-heron-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Black-crowned Night Heron; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia birding and wildlife photography by williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/black-crowned-night-heron.jpg</image:loc><image:title>black-crowned-night-heron</image:title><image:caption>eBird frequency chart for Black-crowned Night Heron in the Okfenokee NWR</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20221025_044-night-heron-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20221025_044-night-heron-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Juvenile Black Crowned Night Heron; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia wildlife and birding photography by www.okefenokee.photography</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-01-23T02:44:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2023/01/13/concentrations-of-gators/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20221025_125-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee Alligator basking in a fall sunset</image:title><image:caption>Okefenokee Alligator basking in a fall sunset</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-01-13T21:56:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2023/01/29/morning-hike-in-okefenokees-stephen-c-foster-state-park/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20221026_002ns-white-tailed-deer-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Stephen C Foster State Park; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Stephen C Foster State Park; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-11-27T12:12:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2023/03/10/sunset-stroll-along-the-suwannee-river-sill/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20221025_111-sunset-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20221025_111-sunset-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator fall colors; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia birding and wildlife photography by williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20221025_088-white-ibis-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20221025_088-white-ibis-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>White Ibis foraging along the Suwannee River Sill; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. October 25, 2022 ©williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-12T21:15:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/11/13/happy-90th-birthday-mr-dick-flood-the-great-okefenokee-joe/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/okefenokee-joe.jpg</image:loc><image:title>okefenokee-joe</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-11-14T21:07:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/11/18/low-waters-on-the-okefenokee-suwannee-river-sill/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20221025_024ns-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20221025_024ns-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>The low waters in the Okefenokee Swamp reveal the old pylons of the logging railroads that ran through the swamp in the early 1900's.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20221025_025ns-white-tailed-deer-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20221025_025ns-white-tailed-deer-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>White-tailed Deer crosses the low waters of The Sill; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia.
</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-11-12T16:29:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/12/30/wood-stork-okefenokee-wildlife-refuge/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20221025_082-wood-stork-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20221025_082-wood-stork-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Wood Stork, Mycteria americana, along the Suwannee River in the Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia, USA. October 25, 2022. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-01-02T02:55:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/12/24/up-the-suwannee-river/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20221025_038-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20221025_038-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Large American Alligator basking in the sun along the Suwannee River in the Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia, USA.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20221025_029-snowy-egret-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20221025_029-snowy-egret-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Snowy Egret, Egretta thula, and three American White Ibis, Eudocimus albus, water birds foraging on the Suwannee River in the Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia, USA. October 25, 2022.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-01-16T19:37:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/williamwise/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/201903112a.jpg</image:loc><image:title>201903112a</image:title><image:caption>Wildlife Photography on Billy's Lake in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-11-11T20:10:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/about-the-okefenokee/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/completed-trails.jpg</image:loc><image:title>completed-trails</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-11-11T20:06:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/12/12/a-dead-end-trail/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220309_039-cottonmouth-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cottonmouth; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Large Cottonmouth coiled alongside the Ridley's Island Trail; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 9, 2022 ©www.williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-12-19T10:39:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2023/01/05/okefenokee-impassible-dense-jungle/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/20201023_057-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>An American Alligator lurking in the swamp water along the Suwannee River Middle Fork; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. October 23, 2020 ©www.williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-01-06T01:48:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/10/22/upcoming-fall-okefenokee-excursion/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/oct-2022-plan.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Oct 2022 Plan</image:title><image:caption>My Okefenokee canoe trail map. Areas paddled are highlighted in red. Yellow arrows point to trails I plan to paddle this October. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20220312_064-canal-run-canoe-trail-sign-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20220312_064-canal-run-canoe-trail-sign-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Canoe trail directional sign pointing to the Canal Run Shelter for overnight camping by permit. Along the Suwannee Canal orange trail in the Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia USA. March 12, 2022.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-10-22T16:51:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/05/01/okefenokee-photography-gear-tips-and-precautions/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/my-camera-gear.jpg</image:loc><image:title>My-Camera-Gear</image:title><image:caption>My photo gear packing into a watertight case. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/20220310_183-round-top-canoe-shelter-sign-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20220310_183-round-top-canoe-shelter-sign-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Round Top Shelter; Chase Prairie, Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia photography by williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-04-16T18:34:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/04/19/okefenokee-overnight-packing/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/20220312_028ns-floyds-island-canoe-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20220312_028ns-floyds-island-canoe-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Floyd's Island iNaturalist observations; Okefenokee National Widlife Refuge, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/20220312_064-canal-run-canoe-trail-sign-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20220312_064-canal-run-canoe-trail-sign-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Canal Run Shelter canoe trail directional sign; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-04-13T20:00:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/04/25/okefenokee-swamp-tagged-alligator-research/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/20220309_067-tagged-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20220309_067-tagged-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Tagged American Alligator; Suwannee Canal, Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia photography by williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/199604014web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>alligator capture tag release</image:title><image:caption>Blog author William Wise assisting in capture-tag-release on Bear Island WMA, South Carolina in 1996.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/20220309_068-tagged-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20220309_068-tagged-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Tagged American Alligator; Suwannee Canal, Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia photography by williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-04-13T19:59:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/10/28/deadly-serpent-dismal-wild-okefenokee-cottonmouth-viper/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/20220309_040-cottonmouth-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cottonmouth; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Cottonmouth; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-04-13T19:45:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/04/13/okefenokee-overnight-permit-process/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/20220310_186-permit-only-canoe-trail-sign-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20220310_186-permit-only-canoe-trail-sign-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Permit Only Sign; Chase Prairie, Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia photography by williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-04-14T11:33:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/11/30/okefenokee-fish-crow/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220309_063-fish-crow-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20220309_063-fish-crow-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Fish Crow perched on a pole at the Suwannee Canal boat launch in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 10, 2022 ©www.williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-11-30T21:26:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/04/01/okefenokee-swamp-launch-day/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220309_062.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20220309_062</image:title><image:caption>My daughter and I enter the Okefenokee Swamp. March 10, 2022.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220309_085-spanish-moss-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20220309_085-spanish-moss-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator and curtains of Spanish Moss overhanging the blackwater swamp of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. Paddling the Suwannee Canal near mile 2 on March 10,  2022. ©williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-04-01T16:37:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/03/29/okefenokee-pastimes-camper-cabin/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220309_056ns-okefenokee-pastimes-cabin-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20220309_056ns-okefenokee-pastimes-cabin-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Okefenokee Pastimes camper cabin</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220309_004-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia USA</image:title><image:caption>Juvenile American Alligator along the Swamp Island Wildlife Drive; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia USA. March 9, 2022 ©www.williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-03-29T20:19:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/11/24/amazing-alligator-designs-nostril-valves/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/20211114_009-alligator-nostrils-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20211114_009-alligator-nostrils-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>An American Alligator laying alongside the Chesser Island Boardwalk allowed ample opportunity for some close-up study. Alligator's have upward facing nostrils at the end of the snout that allow it to breath while the body is underwater. The nostrils have flaps which close when the alligator is submerged. Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia, USA.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-03-29T16:32:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/04/16/it-is-spring-in-the-okefenokee/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/201703034-immature-little-blue-heron-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Immature white Little Blue Heron, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge</image:title><image:caption>Immature white Little Blue Heron, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-03-29T16:24:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/10/31/creepy-claws/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220309_014-american-alligator-claw.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20220309_014-american-alligator-claw</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator foot with scales and claws; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia USA. March 9, 2022 ©williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-10-31T22:11:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/04/07/okefenokee-swamp-island-drive/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220309_003-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia USA</image:title><image:caption>A young juvenile American Alligator laying on peat and lily pads along Swamp Island Drive in the Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 9 2022.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-03-17T23:46:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/03/08/leaving-tomorrow-for-the-okefenokee/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/okefenokee-map.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee-Map</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/oke-stats.jpg</image:loc><image:title>oke-stats</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20210304_112a-big-water-floyds-island-canoe-trail-directional-sign-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20210304_112a-big-water-floyds-island-canoe-trail-directional-sign-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Big Water and Floyd's Island canoe trail directional sign; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 4, 2021 ©www.williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-03-09T01:59:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/07/24/the-okefenokee-an-uninhabited-wilderness/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/201703013-large-american-alligator-laying-swamp.jpg</image:loc><image:title>201703013-large-american-alligator-laying-swamp</image:title><image:caption>Large American Alligator laying in the swamp surrounded by bonnet lily pads. Billy's Lake, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 4, 2017. ©www.williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-03-06T12:51:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/09/22/an-alluring-attraction/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/201703140-okefenokee-swamp-alligator-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator peering out from Spatterdock lily pads and Maidencane grass, Canoe Kayak Trail in Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 6, 2017 ©www.williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-03-05T18:30:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/05/28/clean-and-pristine-okefenokee/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/20210304_207ns-dark-sky-park-okefenokee-swamp-national-wildlife-refuge-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Big Water canoe shelter platform; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Stars over our tent at the Big Water canoe shelter platform; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 4, 2021</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/20200503_054-white-water-lily-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200503_054-white-water-lily-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>American White Water Lily flower blooming on Billy's Lake in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. Nymphaea odorata, also known as fragrant water-lily, beaver root, sweet-scented water lily, is an aquatic plant commonly found in shallow lakes, ponds, bog, swamp and permanent slow moving waters in North America. May 5, 2020 ©www.williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-05-30T23:18:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/08/29/okefenokee-species-spotlight-double-crested-cormorant/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/dc-cormorant.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DC-Cormorant</image:title><image:caption>eBird frequency chart for the Double-crested Cormorant in the Okefenokee NWR.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/201703009_dt88577587-double-crested-cormorant-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-birding-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Double-crested Cormorant; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Double-crested Cormorant; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-11-06T19:37:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/01/07/okefenokee-butter-butts/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/20211112_048ns-yellow-rumped-warbler-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20211112_048ns-yellow-rumped-warbler-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Yellow-rumped Warbler; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. November 12, 2021.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/20211112_001-yellow-rumped-warbler-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Yellow-rumped Warbler; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Yellow-rumped Warbler songbird, Setophaga coronata, perched in the sunlight on a Titi Bush branch, Cyrilla racemiflora, in the Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia, USA. Birding photography near Kingfisher Landing canoe launch.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-02-15T15:13:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/09/10/gray-catbirds-of-the-okefenokee-swamp/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/201703017-gray-catbird-okefenokee-swamp-national-wildlife-refuge.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Gray Catbird, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge</image:title><image:caption>Grey Catbird, Dumetella carolinensis, Spatterdock, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Stephen C Foster State Park, Georgia. March 4, 2017. ©www.williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-01-11T19:59:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/08/11/were-in-a-gator-hole/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/201703047-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-national-wildlife-refuge-half-submerged-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>American Alligator, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator submerged in a 'gator hole, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 5, 20217 ©www.williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-08-13T03:33:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/07/12/overwhelming-okefenokee/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/201703007-large-bull-american-alligator-basking-spatterdock-okefenokee-swamp.jpg</image:loc><image:title>201703007-large-bull-american-alligator-basking-spatterdock-okefenokee-swamp</image:title><image:caption>Large Bull American Alligator basking on Spatterdock in Billy's Lake, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Stephen C Foster State Park, Georgia. March 4, 2017 ©www.williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-08-24T13:32:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/01/04/top-21-okefenokee-stock-photos-for-2021/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/20210121_048ns-common-yellowthroat-okefenokee-georgia-birding-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20210121_048ns-common-yellowthroat-okefenokee-georgia-birding-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Common Yellowthroat; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia birding by williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-01-07T16:02:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/09/28/alligator-nests-and-eggs/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/201703054-alligator-sunning-okefenokee-swamp-national-wildlife-refuge-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>American Alligator sunning, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator basking on floating peat mat; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 5, 2017. ©www.williamwisephoto.com.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-01-02T20:12:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/08/23/floating-peat-islands-the-land-of-trembling-earth/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/20201024_029-floating-peat-mat-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Peat island wildflowers; wetland habitat, Okefenokee Trembling Earth</image:title><image:caption>Methane gas under decomposed organic peat causes peat blowups, forming mud peat batteries where herbs and grasses grow. Okefenokee means trembling earth, because of these peat islands. Photographed on Grand Prairie; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia, USA. October 24, 2020 ©www.williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-08-23T18:24:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/12/20/jean-harper-okefenokee-letter-to-president-roosevelt/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/201703098-okefenokee-swamp-alligator-swimming.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Alligator swimming in the Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Alligator swimming in the Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-12-21T22:48:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/07/30/nauseous-effluvium-musk/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/201503129_okefenokeealligator.jpg</image:loc><image:title>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Large American Alligator basking on a Cypress Log on Minnie's Lake in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 12, 2015 ©www.williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-12-19T02:00:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/06/30/like-logs-of-wood/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/201703050-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-wildlife-refuge-submerged-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator swimming in Billy's Lake; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 5, 2017 ©www.williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-07-01T13:38:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/06/24/alligator-osteoderm-armor/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/20201023_061-alligator-armor-transverse-epidermal-scutes-osteoderms-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>An American Alligator`s body hide is covered in hard, boney watertight scales. Alligators have bony plates inside the skin, called osteoderms or scutes, make the skin very tough and hard. American Alligator photographed in the Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia USA. October 23, 2020 ©www.williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-27T22:17:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/06/12/whats-behind-the-glass/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/20201023_074-cypress-buttress-reflection-tannin-blackwater-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Reflections in a blackwater swamp.  Photographed on the Middle Fork Suwannee River canoe trail in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia USA. October 23, 2020 ©www.williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-14T09:32:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/05/22/okefenokee-getaway/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/20210123_055-chesser-island-homestead-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20210123_055-chesser-island-homestead-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Chesser Family homestead cabin in the Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia.  The Chessers were pioneer swamp settlers in the 1800`s. January 23, 2021 ©www.williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-05-22T22:23:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/05/10/okefenokee-swamp-a-great-rain-basin/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/201703041-lake-minnie-okefenokee-swamp-landscape-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge</image:title><image:caption>Okefenokee Swamp canoe paddling trek up to Minnies Lake; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 5, 2017 ©www.williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-05-10T22:36:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/03/17/okefenokees-double-crested-cormorant/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/20211114_107ns-double-crested-cormorant-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20211114_107ns-double-crested-cormorant-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Double-crested Cormorant; Suwannee River Sill; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia wildlife and birding photography by williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/20211114_105-double-crested-cormorant-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20211114_105-double-crested-cormorant-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Double-crested Cormorant standing on driftwood in the Okefenokee Swamp. November 14, 2021; Suwannee River Sill Recreation Area Dam in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia ©williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-03-17T22:20:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/03/11/snowy-egret-the-plume-bird/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/20211114_065-snowy-egret-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-birding-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20211114_065-snowy-egret-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-birding-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Snowy Egret near the Sill dam; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. November 14, 2021 ©williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-03-12T08:12:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/03/05/a-stroll-down-chesser-island-boardwalk-trail/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/20211113_008-video-title2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20211113_008-video-title2</image:title><image:caption>Wildlife photographer walking along the Chesser Island Boardwalk Trail in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia, USA</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-03-06T01:15:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/02/27/francis-harpers-okefenokee-turkey-vulture/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/20211114_067-turkey-vulture-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-birding-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20211114_067-turkey-vulture-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-birding-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Turkey Vulture; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia wildlife and birding photography by williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-02-27T21:19:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/04/28/okefenokee-curlew/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/20211114_051ns-white-ibis-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20211114_051ns-white-ibis-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>White Ibis foraging along the Suwannee River Sill; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. November 14, 2021 ©www.williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-04-28T17:11:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/04/22/okefenokee-swamp-sandhill-cranes/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/20211114_036-sandhill-crane-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-birding-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20211114_036-sandhill-crane-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-birding-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Sandhill Crane; Okefenokee Swamp National Widlife Refuge, Georgia wildlife photography by williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-04-25T14:53:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/04/10/okefenokee-options/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/20201024_018-boat-trail-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20201024_018-boat-trail-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Suwannee Canal Recreation Area; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia USA</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-04-10T18:21:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/12/11/techno-gators/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/20211113_044ns2-alligator-gps-tracker-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20211113_044ns2-alligator-gps-tracker-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator with satellite GPS tracker; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. November 13, 2021.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/201703049-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-wildlife-refuge-submerged-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 2017 @www.williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-04-16T15:36:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/02/21/hawks-and-baby-alligators/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/201703181ns-web2-red-shouldered-hawk-nest-okefenokee-swamp-georgia.jpg</image:loc><image:title>201703181ns-web2-red-shouldered-hawk-nest-okefenokee-swamp-georgia</image:title><image:caption>Red-shouldered Hawk in a nest. If you enlarge the photo, you can see the tip of its tail feathers poking over the edge of the nest on the right, and its head, eye and beak just above the nest on the left, right next to the limb. Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/201703180-baby-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-lily-pad-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-02-23T23:29:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/04/03/okefenokee-swamp-restoration-prophecy/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/201503068-okefenokee-swamp-prairie-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>201503068-okefenokee-swamp-prairie-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Flooded swamp prairie with dead cypress trees and burned stumps from wildlfire. Okefenokee Swamp Park National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia, USA. Stephen C Foster State Park boardwalk. March 11, 2015.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-12-11T12:17:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/04/01/when-a-little-blue-is-a-lot-of-white/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/201703033-white-juvenile-litle-blue-heron-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-birding-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Immature white Little Blue Heron, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge</image:title><image:caption>Immature white Little Blue Heron, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-12-11T12:14:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/04/12/bradford-torreys-water-turkey-contortionist/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/201703164-anhinga-darter-male-breeding-plumage-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Anhinga Darter male breeding plumage, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge</image:title><image:caption>Anhinga Darter male breeding plumage, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-12-11T12:11:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/05/03/stephen-c-foster-canoe-rentals/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/201703148-okefenokee-swamp-alligator-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-12-11T12:09:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/05/15/song-of-the-okefenokee/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/201903096-squirrel-tree-frog-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>201903096-squirrel-tree-frog-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Squirrel Tree Frog; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 16, 2019.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-12-11T12:08:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/06/08/one-large-specimen/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/201503046_okefenokee-swamp-georgia-alligator-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-12-11T12:07:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/06/20/william-bartrams-cypress/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/201703117-cypress-knees-okefenokee-swamp-national-wildlife-refuge-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cypress Knees, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge. Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Cypress Tree knees along the Suwannee River Middle Fork kayak trail; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 6, 2017. ©www.williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-12-11T12:06:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/06/26/deep-booming-roar/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/20210121_040-alligator-black-white-okefenokee-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20210121_040-alligator-black-white-okefenokee-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Black and white monochrome photography of a large American Alligator swimming in the blackwater of the Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia  USA. Large epidermal scutes line the back. January 21  2021.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-12-11T12:05:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/07/02/okefenokee-bird-roost-quite-a-stir/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/201703218-great-egret-okefenokee-swamp-birding-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Great Egret; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-12-11T12:04:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/07/08/weird-hobgoblin-world/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/20201023_047-cypress-knees-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cypress Knees; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Cone shaped Bald Cypress tree knees covered in green moss in a dark swamp. Taxodium distichum and Taxodium ascendens have knees from the roots for stability in wetland habitats. Photographed on the Middle Fork Suwannee River red canoe trail in the Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia USA.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-12-11T12:03:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/07/14/where-the-wandering-seminole-lives/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/201703189-okefenokee-swamp-lake-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Minnie's Lake in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. Cypress Trees, Spanish Moss, Spatterdock Lily Pads, canoe kayak trail. March 7, 2017. ©www.williamwisephoto.com.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-12-11T12:02:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/07/23/beautiful-leaf-green-lizard/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20200505_014-green-anole-lizard-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Green Carolina Anole lizard; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia.</image:title><image:caption>Green Carolina Anole lizard; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-12-11T12:02:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/07/29/swamp-citizens-drought-relief/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/201503057_okefenokee-swamp-alligator-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator in a "gator hole" in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 11, 2015. ©www.williamwisephoto.com. Please don't steal my images. Download and use legally at Dreamstime.com. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-12-11T12:00:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/08/01/well-trained-bear-hounds/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/3253_rose1-coonhound-dog-rescue-waltonpets-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Coonhound dog rescue pet adoption photography</image:title><image:caption>Coonhound dog rescue pet adoption photography</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-12-11T12:00:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/08/07/birthplace-of-the-suwannee/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/20201023_029-cypress-buttress-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tall Cypress tree buttress; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Bald Cypress tree buttress with Spanish Moss in blackwater swamp with lily pads. Nature photography from the Middle Fork Suwannee River (red trail), Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia USA. October 23, 2020. ©www.williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-12-11T11:59:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/08/13/his-rival-champion/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/201703006-large-bull-american-alligator-basking-spatterdock-okefenokee-swamp.jpg</image:loc><image:title>201703006-large-bull-american-alligator-basking-spatterdock-okefenokee-swamp</image:title><image:caption>Large bull American Alligator basking on Spatterdock in Billys Lake, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 4, 2017. ©www.williamwisephoto.com.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-12-11T11:58:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/08/31/distant-heavy-thunder/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/201503042_okefenokeealligator.jpg</image:loc><image:title>201503042_OkefenokeeAlligator</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator in the marsh grasses on Billy's Lake; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 11, 2015.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-12-11T11:57:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/09/03/okefenokee-stephen-c-foster-georgia-state-park/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/20200503_057-stephen-c-foster-state-park-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200503_057-stephen-c-foster-state-park-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Stephen C Foster State Park International Dark Sky Park refuge main entrance sign, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia, USA.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-12-11T11:56:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/09/09/little-houses-on-the-prairies/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/20201024_019-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Chesser Prairie, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia USA</image:title><image:caption>Okefenokee Swamp landscape panorama of Chesser Prairie. Blue sky and clouds over Neverwet Golden Club plants and water lily pads. Cypress houses and hammocks on the horizon. Canoe paddling trail through the National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia, USA.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-12-11T11:55:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/09/15/walk-across-on-their-heads/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/201703125-large-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Two Large American Alligators in the Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 6, 2017. ©www.williamwisephoto.com.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-12-11T11:54:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/10/06/exceptionally-good-bearhounds/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/20201023_023ns-black-bear-stephen-c-foster-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Stephen C Foster State Park; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Stephen C Foster State Park; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/20201023_092ns-black-bear-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>American Black Bear; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>American Black Bear; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/3402_denver_1-hound-mix-dog-rescue-adoption-waltonpets-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hound Black Mouth Cur mix breed dog with red bandana outside on</image:title><image:caption>Hound Black Mouth Cur mix breed dog with red bandana outside on leash. Dog rescue pet adoption photography for animal shelter humane society. Stock sales support pet adoption website.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-12-11T11:52:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/10/15/clouds-of-vapour-from-their-nostrils/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/201703060-swimming-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-blowing-mist-nostrils-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>201703060-swimming-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-blowing-mist-nostrils-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Swimming alligator, blowing mist from nostrils , Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 5, 2017. ©www.williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-12-11T11:49:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/11/02/nests-of-the-crocodile/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/201903033_okefenokeealligator.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Alligator Okefenokee Swamp Georgia</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator on floating peat mat; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 13, 2019. ©www.williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-12-11T11:48:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/11/14/e-pluribus-unum-anhinga/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/201703020-anhinga-lily-pad-okefenokee-swamp-national-wildlife-refuge-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>201703020-anhinga-lily-pad-okefenokee-swamp-national-wildlife-refuge-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Anhinga with wings spread, on Spatterdock hammock, Spanish moss background, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 4, 2017. ©www.williamwisephoto.com. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-12-11T11:46:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/11/17/canoe-trail-blaze/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/20200503_039ns-whitewash-lichen-okefenokee-national-wildlife-refuge.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Whitewash Lichen</image:title><image:caption>Not my area of expertise, but I believe this is Whitewash Lichen, Phlyctis argena. Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. May 4, 2020. ©www.williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/20200502_061-okefenokee-swamp-red-lichen-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200502_061-okefenokee-swamp-red-lichen-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Red Pyrenula lichen along a canoe kayak trail in the Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-12-11T11:38:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/11/20/ready-made-raccoon-homes/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/201703174-raccoon-tree-cavity-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Raccoon in tree cavity, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge</image:title><image:caption>Raccoon in tree cavity, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-12-11T11:36:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/11/23/okefenokees-remarkable-landscapes/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/201703191-okefenokee-swamp-water-cypress-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-12-11T11:35:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/11/26/great-gloomy-swamp/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/201503130-gloomy-okefenokee-swamp-alligator.jpg</image:loc><image:title>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator reflected in the Okefenokee blackwater swamp. March 11, 2015. Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 11, 2015. ©www.williamwisephoto.com. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-12-11T11:34:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/03/26/amazing-alligator-design-the-eyes/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/20211112_040-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20211112_040-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia wildlife photography by williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-03-27T13:47:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/02/15/south-georgia-pine-flat-woods/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/201503028-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-pine-flat-woods-williamwisephoto-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>South Georgia Pine Flatwoods; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>South Georgia Pine Flatwoods; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-12-09T10:47:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/03/20/okefenokee-pine-and-palmetto-uplands/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/20211114_002ns-pileated-woodpecker-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20211114_002ns-pileated-woodpecker-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Pileated Woodpecker; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/20211114_004-pine-palmetto-upland-okefenokee-swamp.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20211114_004-pine-palmetto-upland-okefenokee-swamp</image:title><image:caption>Slash Pine and an understory of Saw Palmetto in the pine uplands of the Okefenokee Swamp. Swamp Island Drive on Chesser Island; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia, USA. ©www.williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-03-22T00:04:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/02/14/okefenokee-swamp-sunset-boat-tour/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/20211113_049_video-title2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20211113_049_video-title2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/20211113_049-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-sunset-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20211113_049-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-sunset-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Sunset over Grand Prairie; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. November 13, 2021 ©williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-02-15T23:14:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/10/10/fall-in-the-okefenokee/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/20211113_031-fall-cypress-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20211113_031-fall-cypress-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Fall colors on Cypress Trees; Suwannee Cana Recreation Area, Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. November 13, 2021.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/20211113_026-eastern-phoebe-fall-photography-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20211113_026-eastern-phoebe-fall-photography-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Eastern Phoebe bird, &lt;i&gt;Sayornis phoebe&lt;/i&gt;, perched on a branch with background of fall colors in the Okefenokee Swamp. Chesser Island Boardwalk trail in Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia, USA. November 13, 2021</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-12-07T16:46:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/03/08/okefenokee-prairies-and-fire/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/20211113_021-wildfire-burned-cypress-stump-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee Swamp Prairie Fire; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Burned stump from wildfire on an Okefenokee Swamp Prairie; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. November 13, 2021 ©www.williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/20211113_030-prairie-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee Swamp Prairie habitat; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Okefenokee Swamp prairie habitat along the Chesser Island Boardwalk Trail; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. November 13, 2021 ©www.williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-12-07T16:44:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/02/24/the-sill-never-lets-me-down/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/20211114_070-alligator-egret-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20211114_070-alligator-egret-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>A Snowy Egret watches a large American Alligator basking in the sun on cypress driftwood at The Sill Recreation Area Dam in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia, USA. November 14, 2021.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-02-25T14:47:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/02/12/okefenokee-photography-workshop-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/20211113_008web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Suwannee Cana Recreation Area, Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>William Wise walks along the Chesser Island Boardwalk; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. November 2021. Photo by Dan LaVorgna.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-12-04T12:01:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/12/05/my-first-okefenokee-eagles/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/20211114_049ns-bald-eagle-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20211114_049ns-bald-eagle-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Juvenile Bald Eagle; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. November 14, 2021.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/20211114_033ns-bald-eagle-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20211114_033ns-bald-eagle-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Bald Eagle; Okefenokee Swamp National Widlife Refuge, Georgia November 14, 2021.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/20211114_032-bald-eagle-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20211114_032-bald-eagle-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Bald Eagle bird with wings spread flying in clear blue sky over the Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia. Haliaeetus leucocephalus is a large raptor bird of prey found in North America. Photographed from the Chesser Island Boardwalk Observation tower in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia on November 14, 2021.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-12-06T12:55:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/12/08/the-appearance-of-a-snake/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/201703027-anhinga-pond-cypress-okefenokee-swamp-national-wildlife-refuge-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Anhinga in Pond Cypress, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge.</image:title><image:caption>Anhinga "snake bird" perched in a Cypress; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 4, 2017. ©www.williamwisephoto.com.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-12-03T20:47:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/02/06/okefenokee-puking-cormorant/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/201703073web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/201703072web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/201703071web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/201703070web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/201703078-double-crested-cormorant-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Double-crested Cormorant, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge</image:title><image:caption>Double-crested Cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus, perched on branch against a blue sky evening; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 5, 2017.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-02-07T02:14:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/01/31/watch-the-roadsides/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/20211113_006-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20211113_006-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Juvenile American Alligator peering out from lily pads in a roadside borrow ditch on Chesser Island; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. November 13, 2021.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-02-01T19:34:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/01/28/tolerant-alligator/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/20211112_013ns-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20211112_013ns-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Close up photography of an American Alligator; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/20211112_011-american-alligator-foot-scales-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20211112_011-american-alligator-foot-scales-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Close up photography of an American Alligator foot and scales in the Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia, USA. November 12, 2021.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/20211112_010-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20211112_010-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Close up photography of an American Alligator head in the Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia, USA. November 12, 2021.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-01-29T05:20:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/01/25/okefenokee-details/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/20211112_025-swamp-spreadwings-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20211112_025-swamp-spreadwings-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Swamp Spreadwing, &lt;i&gt;Lestes vigilax&lt;/i&gt;,  in the Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia, USA. Paddling from Kingfisher Landing, November 12, 2021 ©williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-01-25T22:24:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/12/02/back-in-the-okefenokee/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/20211112_041-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20211112_041-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator along the Kingfisher Landing canoe trails; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. November 12, 2021 ©williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/20211112_004-gulf-fritillary-butterfly-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20211112_004-gulf-fritillary-butterfly-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Gulf Fritillary Butterfly; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. November 12, 2021.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-11-29T21:23:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/01/19/delicate-designs/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/20200503_011-spider-web-okefenokee-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Spider Web Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Spider Web in woven in morning grasses. Found on nature hike along the Upland Pine Trail in the Stephen C Foster State Park. Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia, USA. Photographed May 3, 2020.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-01-22T06:03:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/01/16/kingfisher-landing-just-you-and-the-okefenokee/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/20211112_007ns-anhinga-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20211112_007ns-anhinga-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Anhinga; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia wildlife photography by williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/20211112_006-anhinga-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20211112_006-anhinga-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Anhinga; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia wildlife photography by williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-01-16T21:53:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/01/10/the-pitcher-plants-of-kingfisher-landing/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/20211112_015-hooded-pitcher-plant-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20211112_015-hooded-pitcher-plant-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Hooded Pitcher Plant; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia wildlife photography by williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/20211112_016ns-hooded-pitcher-plant-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20211112_016ns-hooded-pitcher-plant-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>A fellow naturalist photographs Hooded Pitcher Plants from the bow of our canoe. Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. November 12, 2021.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/20211112_018ns-trumpet-pitcher-plant-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20211112_018ns-trumpet-pitcher-plant-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Trumpet Pitcher Plant; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. November 12, 2021.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-01-10T19:46:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/01/01/okefenokee-eastern-base-camp-laura-s-walker-state-park/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/20211111_011-eastern-fence-lizard-laura-walker-state-park-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Eastern Fence Lizard at Laura S Walker State Park, Georgia USA</image:title><image:caption>Tiny brown Eastern Fence Swift Lizard, Sceloporus undulatus, in the pine needles at Laura S Walker State Park near Waycross, Georgia USA and the Okefenokee Swamp. The park features hiking trails, camping and hiking.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/20211111_001-american-alligator-laura-s-walker-state-park-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Fall Alligator at Laura S Walker State Park, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Large American Alligator laying in the water at Laura S Walker State Park near Waycross, Georgia USA and the Okefenokee Swamp. November 11, 2021.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/20211111_046ns-laura-walker-state-park-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Laura S Walker State Park, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Laura S Walker State Park, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-01-01T15:45:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/12/25/okefenokee-swamp-cottonmouth-video/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/20210305_195ns-florida-cottonmouth-snake-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Florida Cottonmouth; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Florida Cottonmouth; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-06-25T18:07:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/12/23/imagine-the-pristine-beauty-of-the-okefenokee/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/20210304_138-cypress-logging-stumps-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20210304_138-cypress-logging-stumps-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Stumps of Cypress trees remain throughout the Okefenokee Swamp from extensive logging operations and clearcuts from the Hebard Logging Company in the 1920s. Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. Paddling north on the Suwannee River Middle Fork red trail.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-12-24T00:11:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/03/23/the-gator-had-the-boy-by-the-head/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/201503080_okefenokee-swamp-alligator-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator on Billy's Lake in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 11, 2015. ©www.williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-03-27T18:36:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/02/09/disquieted-by-dropping-snakes/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/20210121_016-nerodia-taxispilota-watersnake-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20210121_016-nerodia-taxispilota-watersnake-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Brown Watersnake, Nerodia taxispilota; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. Wildlife photography by williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-02-09T22:24:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/12/06/great-saurian-of-the-swamp/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/20210305_056-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-national-wildlife-refuge-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>American Alligator; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-12-13T19:25:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/11/06/luxuriant-blades-of-never-wet/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/201903051_goldenclub.jpg</image:loc><image:title>201903051_GoldenClub</image:title><image:caption>Golden Club, Floating Arum, Never Wet plant relection in blackwater tannin swamp. Okefenokee swamp National Wildlife Refuge. Stephen C Foster Georgia State Park.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-06-17T17:19:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/10/04/sights-in-bygone-days/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/20200311_019-alligator-hiding-swamp-behind-blackgum-cypress-trees-okefenokee-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200311_019-alligator-hiding-swamp-behind-blackgum-cypress-trees-okefenokee-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>and Cypress Trees. Photographed in the Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 2020.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-10-04T19:27:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/01/13/the-okefenokee-hunter/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/201703196-okefenokee-swamp-cypress-spanish-moss-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-06-16T18:19:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/12/17/okefenokee-coppice-growth/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/20200502_019-blackgum-tupelo-coppice-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200502_019-blackgum-tupelo-coppice-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Nyssa aquatica, called water tupelo, cottongum, wild olive, tupelo gum, or water-gum, is a large tree that grows in swamps and floodplains in the Southeastern United States. Stephen C Foster State Park, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia, USA.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-06-16T17:39:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/09/04/okefenokee-cat-squirrels/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/201903094_easterngraysquirrel.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Eastern Gray Squirrel; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Eastern Gray Squirrel; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-09-04T17:27:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/08/05/uncanny-notes-of-the-barred-owl/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/20201024_054-barred-owl-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Barred Owl; Okefenokee Swamp, Suwannee Canal Recreation Area, Georgia USA</image:title><image:caption>Barred Owl; Okefenokee Swamp, Suwannee Canal Recreation Area, Georgia USA</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-06-16T14:26:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/07/06/okefenokee-prairies-like-nowhere-else-in-the-world/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/20201024_038-chesser-prairie-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Chesser Prairie, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia USA</image:title><image:caption>Chesser Prairie, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia USA</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-07-07T13:15:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/06/14/scarlet-snake-at-donnelley-wma/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/20210605_118-scarlet-snake-donnelley-wma-south-carolina-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20210605_118-scarlet-snake-donnelley-wma-south-carolina-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Scarlet Snake; Donnelley Wildlife Management Area (WMA), Colleton County, South Carolina wildlife and birding photography by williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/20210605_120-scarlet-snake-donnelley-wma-south-carolina-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20210605_120-scarlet-snake-donnelley-wma-south-carolina-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Scarlet Snake; Donnelley Wildlife Management Area (WMA), Colleton County, South Carolina wildlife and birding photography by williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/20210605_121-scarlet-snake-donnelley-wma-south-carolina-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20210605_121-scarlet-snake-donnelley-wma-south-carolina-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Scarlet Snake; Donnelley Wildlife Management Area (WMA), Colleton County, South Carolina wildlife and birding photography by williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-06-20T14:09:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/06/06/long-time-mythical-land/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/201703195-okefenokee-swamp-big-water-lake-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Minnies Lake in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. Cypress Trees, Spanish Moss, Spatterdock Lily Pads, canoe kayak trails. March 7, 2017. ©www.williamwisephoto.com. Download and use this image legally at Dreamstime.com.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-06-13T11:40:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/07/26/hot-okefenokee-afternoon-sun/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/201503092ns-fishing-cormorant-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>201503092ns-fishing-cormorant-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Double-crested Cormorant fishing in the cool waters of Billy's Lake. Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 11, 2015.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/201503090_okefenokee-swamp-georgia-alligator-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-07-27T15:36:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/11/29/alligator-tapetum-lucidum/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/201503038_okefenokeealligator.jpg</image:loc><image:title>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator swimming at dusk; red glow from the tapedum lucidum in the eyes reflecting the camera flash. Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 10, 2015. ©www.williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-05-20T17:29:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/05/09/rock-star-alligator-paparazzi/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20210304_186-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-national-wildlife-refuge-georgia-williamwisephoto-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20210304_186-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-national-wildlife-refuge-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. Middle Fork between mile mark 22 and Big Water.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-05-08T19:53:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/04/22/earth-day-celebrating-diversity-of-gods-creation/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/20201024_045-gulf-frittilary-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20201024_045-gulf-frittilary-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Gulf Frittilary Butterfly; Hooded Pitcher Plants; Chesser Prairie, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia USA</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-04-22T16:50:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/03/16/alligator-fishing-tackle-injuries/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/20210303_133-alligator-fish-hook-eye-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Alligator with fish hook stuck in eye</image:title><image:caption>Alligator with fish hook stuck in eye</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-22T20:17:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/11/11/boney-hide-of-an-alligator/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/20201023_034-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator swimming submerged showing eyes, nostrils and transverse row of epidermal scutes above the water. American Alligator photographed in the Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia USA. October 23, 2020. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-12T14:16:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/10/29/okefenokee-swamper-daniel-lee-on-billys-island/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/201503084-grave-tombstone-oskar-cribbs-billys-island-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>grave tombstone on Billy's Island in the Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>grave tombstone on Billy's Island in the Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/201503085-grave-tombstone-daniel-lee-billys-island-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Daniel Lee grave tombstone on Billy's Island in the Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Daniel Lee grave tombstone on Billy's Island in the Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-11-24T21:41:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/11/08/baby-alligator-refuge/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/201503112-baby-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-11-08T23:20:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/11/05/okefenokee-birding-double-crested-cormorant/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/201503077-cormorant-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-birding-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Double Crested Cormorant; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Double Crested Cormorant; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-25T20:33:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/10/27/moss-covered-cove/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/20201023_069-cypress-knees-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-10-27T18:48:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/10/24/okefenokees-water-snakes/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/201503071-plain-bellied-watersnake-okefenokee-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Plain-bellied Watersnake; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Red-bellied, or Plain Bellied Watersnake, Nerodia erythrogaster, in Okefenokee Swamp Park National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. Stephen C Foster State Park's Trembling Earth Nature Trail.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-10-28T04:05:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/10/18/now-you-see-it-now-you-dont/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/201503020-green-heron-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Green Heron; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Green Heron along the Trembling Earth Nature Trail boardwalk in the Stephen C Foster State Park; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-10-20T00:16:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/05/04/scream-of-the-red-shouldered-hawk/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/201503150-red-shouldered-hawk-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-birding-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Red-shouldered Hawk; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-05-04T16:53:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/10/12/okefenokee-for-the-birds/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/201503137-juvenile-white-ibis-okefenokee-swamp-birding-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>White Ibis; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Juvenile White Ibis foraging in the Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-10-12T21:58:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/12/18/shadow-of-the-ivory-billed-woodpecker/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/20200504_014_pileated-woodpecker-silhouette-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200504_014_pileated-woodpecker-silhouette-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto-2</image:title><image:caption>Early morning silhouette of a Pileated Woodpecker hammering a branch. Dryocopus pileatus is a woodpecker native to North America. Birding in Stephen C Foster campground, Trembling Earth Nature Trail; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia, USA.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-12-19T10:40:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/06/18/vigorous-prairie-sawgrass/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/20201024_039-chesser-prairie-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Chesser Prairie, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia USA</image:title><image:caption>Chesser Prairie, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia USA</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-17T15:29:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/03/04/okefenokee-tiger-moth-caterpillar/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20200504_025-tiger-moth-caterpillar-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200504_025-tiger-moth-caterpillar-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Tiger Moth Caterpillar eating Golden Club leaves in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-05T00:31:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/10/16/floating-islands-of-trembling-earth/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/20201024_031-pitcher-plant-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20201024_031-pitcher-plant-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Hooded Pitcher Plants; Chesser Prairie, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia USA</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-10-16T19:41:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/10/31/blood-curdling-swamp-sounds/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/201503098_okefenokee-swamp-alligator-night-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-11-01T02:04:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/08/17/okefenokees-exceedingly-rich-hammock-land/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/20201024_040-chesser-prairie-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Chesser Prairie, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia USA</image:title><image:caption>Chesser Prairie, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia USA</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-16T19:49:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/05/16/ahead-was-a-dark-dense-swamp/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/20201023_048-cypress-knees-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-05-17T10:41:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/09/16/blinkers/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/201503039-alligator-dark-swamp-okefenokee-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-09-17T14:17:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/07/18/an-alligators-quick-snapping-jaws/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/201903109_young-alligator-sharp-teeth-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Juvenile Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Juvenile Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-07-18T21:11:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/03/10/thats-the-last-time-i-saw-that-hog-alive/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/201503059_okefenokee-swamp-georgia-alligator-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-10T21:15:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/03/14/bellowing-like-a-bull/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/201703015-large-american-alligator-laying-swamp-showing-teeth.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Large American Alligator laying in the swamp showing teeth</image:title><image:caption>Large American Alligator laying in the swamp showing teeth</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-16T16:50:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/04/04/swallowed-at-one-gulp/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/201503115_okefenokee-swamp-georiga-alligator-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-04-07T23:55:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/10/09/until-next-time/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/201503124_okefenokeealligator.jpg</image:loc><image:title>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-10-09T15:00:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/02/26/alligators-diverse-diet/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/20210121_084-okefenokee-do-not-feed-alligators-sign.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20210121_084-okefenokee-do-not-feed-alligators-sign</image:title><image:caption>Caution Do Not Feed Alligators Warning sign in the Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge. State and Federal laws prohibit the feeding and harrassment in National Parks and Wildlife Refuges.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-27T00:36:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/12/29/power-of-an-alligators-jaws/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/20200504_044-alligator-portrait-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>American Alligator in Stephen C Foster State Park campground, Georgia.</image:title><image:caption>Profile portrait close up of an American Alligator laying in the grass in the Stephen C Foster State Park campground. Showing teeth, scales and details. Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. May 2020.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-01-01T22:29:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/03/02/watch-your-step/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/20210121_024-juvenile-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-wildlife-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20210121_024-juvenile-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-wildlife-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Young American Alligator swimming in the blackwater of the Suwannee River Sill Recreation area in Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia USA. Eyes and nose peering above the water line. January 21  2021.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-11T16:43:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/01/30/snowy-okefenokee/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/20210121_052ns-snowy-egret-okefenokee-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia birding by williamwisephoto.com</image:title><image:caption>Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia birding by williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/20210121_053-snowy-egret-okefenokee-georgia-birding-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20210121_053-snowy-egret-okefenokee-georgia-birding-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>A white Snowy Egret walks along the banks of the Suwannee River Sill Recreation Area in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. Egretta thula is a small white heron whose feather plumes were once hunted for the fashion industry  but now protected under the Migratory Bird Act. Wildlife birding photography January 21  2021.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-01-30T19:46:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/02/02/okefenokee-gold-mine/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/20200502_018-bur-marigold-bidens-wildflower-okefenokee-swamp-georgia.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200502_018-bur-marigold-bidens-wildflower-okefenokee-swamp-georgia</image:title><image:caption>Yellow Bidens bur marigold wildflowers growing along Mixon`s Hammock canoe kayak trail in the Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia, USA.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-02T17:44:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/02/05/okefenokee-brown-watersnake-fight/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/20210121_018-brown-watersnake-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20210121_018-brown-watersnake-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Brown Watersnake, Nerodia taxispilota; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. Wildlife photography by williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/20210121_017-brown-watersnake-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20210121_017-brown-watersnake-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Brown Watersnake, Nerodia taxispilota; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. Wildlife photography by williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-12T02:05:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/10/03/time-moves-slowly/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/201703008-anhinga-okefenokee-swamp-national-wildlife-refuge-stephen-c-foster-state-park-georgia.jpg</image:loc><image:title>201703008-anhinga-okefenokee-swamp-national-wildlife-refuge-stephen-c-foster-state-park-georgia</image:title><image:caption>Anhinga perched in a cypress tree on Billy's Lake; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 4, 2017. ©www.williamwisephoto.com.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-01-27T16:45:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/09/30/i-long-to-see-you/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/20210121_008-white-marked-tree-red-cockaded-woodpecker-cavity-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20210121_008-white-marked-tree-red-cockaded-woodpecker-cavity-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Red-cockaded Woodpecker nesting cavity; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia photography by williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/20210121_007-red-cockaded-woodpecker-nest-cavity-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20210121_007-red-cockaded-woodpecker-nest-cavity-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Red-cockaded Woodpecker nesting cavity; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia photography by williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-10-09T14:54:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/09/24/okefenokee-west-entry-road/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/20210121_004-white-tailed-deer-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20210121_004-white-tailed-deer-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>White-tailed Deer; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia by williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/20210121_006-wild-turkey-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20210121_006-wild-turkey-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Wild Turkey; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia birding photography by williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-09-25T12:40:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/09/21/alligator-tail/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/20201023_062-alligator-tail-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Alligator Tail; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Alligator tail showing tall epidermal scutes scales. Alligators have a powerful laterally compressed tail that helps them swim. Some people eat alligator meat. American Alligator photographed in the Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia USA.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-01-03T12:36:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/01/03/raptor-feast/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/20201222_011-red-tailed-hawk-raptor-prey-georgia-birding-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20201222_011-red-tailed-hawk-raptor-prey-georgia-birding-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Red-tailed Hawk bird of prey raptor eating Eastern Gray Squirrel; Walton County, Georgia birding</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-01-03T23:09:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/09/18/prairies-lakes-islands-and-hammocks/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/201503120-okefenokee-swamp-prairie-alligator-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator basking on a fallen cypress in an Okefenokee Swamp Prairie habitat. Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 12, 2015. ©www.williamwisephoto.com.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/201503119ns-okefenokee-minnie-lake.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee Swamp Minnie Lake</image:title><image:caption>Okefenokee Swamp Minnie Lake</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-09-18T15:50:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/06/26/mcilhennys-mother-alligator/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/201503131-mother-baby-alligator-pod-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-12-07T21:26:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/09/12/the-same-baby-gators/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/201703108a-baby-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Baby American Alligator on Spatterdock lily pad bed; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 6, 2017.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-12-07T21:26:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/09/06/do-not-feed-the-alligators/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/20200505_026ns-horsefly-okefenokee-swamp.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Horse Fly Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge park</image:title><image:caption>Horse Fly Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge park</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/20200504_036-stephen-c-foster-park-alligator-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia.</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/20200503_029-wildlife-feeding-prohibited-sign-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200503_029-wildlife-feeding-prohibited-sign-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Wildlife Feeding Strictly Prohibited sign. Stephen C Foster State Park campground. Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia, USA. Feeding wildlife can lead to a number of serious problems. Animals accustomed to people often lose their fear of people and can become aggressive.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-09-06T22:07:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/12/03/rena-ann-peck-save-the-okefenokee-swamp/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/20201024_036-pitcher-plant-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee Hooded Pitcher Plant and Bidens gold wildflowers on peat hammock</image:title><image:caption>Okefenokee Hooded Pitcher Plant and Bidens gold wildflowers on peat hammock</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-12-03T17:44:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/02/18/not-a-pleasure-excursion/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/20201022_013-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20201022_013-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator; Billy's Lake, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-02-18T21:40:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/01/22/whang-hoo-of-an-old-owl/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/20201024_053-barred-owl-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Barred Owl; Okefenokee Swamp, Suwannee Canal Recreation Area, Georgia USA</image:title><image:caption>Barred Owl; Okefenokee Swamp, Suwannee Canal Recreation Area, Georgia USA</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-01-23T00:53:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/08/28/the-chirp/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/199701024.jpg</image:loc><image:title>199701024</image:title><image:caption>January 1997, My first encounter with a mother Alligator and a pod of babies. Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/199701026.jpg</image:loc><image:title>199701026</image:title><image:caption>January 1997, My first encounter with a mother Alligator and a pod of babies. Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/201503134-mother-baby-alligator-pod-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Mother Alligator with baby alligators on her back in Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 12, 2015. ©www.williamwisephoto.com. Download and use legally at Dreamstime.com. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-08-28T15:06:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/12/14/bottomless-muck/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/20201024_037-peat-blowup-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20201024_037-peat-blowup-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Exposed peat blowup in swamp wetland habitat, Okefenokee Trembling Earth; Chesser Prairie, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia USA</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-12-15T02:01:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/11/04/outside-the-okefenokee-greenfield-lake-park/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20201016_028-white-ibis-greenfield-lake-park-wilmington-nc.jpg</image:loc><image:title>White Ibis; Greenfield Lake Park, Wilmington, North Carolina</image:title><image:caption>White Ibis; Greenfield Lake Park, Wilmington, North Carolina</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20201016_016-american-alligator-greenfield-lake-park-wilmington-nc.jpg</image:loc><image:title>American Alligator; Greenfield Lake Park, Wilmington, North Carolina</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator; Greenfield Lake Park, Wilmington, North Carolina</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-11-18T16:55:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/08/22/where-are-the-birds/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/201503043-double-crested-cormorant-okefenokee-georgia-birding-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Double-crested Cormorant; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Double-crested Cormorant; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-10-20T19:18:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/10/12/alligators-of-the-okefenokee-video/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20200311_018-large-alligator-portrait-showing-teeth-scales-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Geogia</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Geogia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-10-12T23:03:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/08/16/a-change-of-plans-okefenokee-journal-march-2015/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/201503088-billys-island-boat-dock-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-10-08T18:48:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/08/11/okefenokee-farewell/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/201703216-baby-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Baby Alligator in the Stephen C Foster State Park; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 7, 2017. ©www.williamwisephoto.com. Download and use this image legally at Dreamstime.com. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-10-08T16:45:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/10/21/not-a-good-day-for-gators/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/201503114-okefenokee-swamp-alligator-swimming-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Large American Alligator swimming alongside our Canoe on the Suwannee Middle Fork (red trail); Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 2015. ©www.williamwisephoto.com.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-10-22T01:28:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/09/27/by-assistance-of-the-red-bird/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20200309_015-northern-cardinal-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Northern Cardinal; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Northern Cardinal; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 9, 2020. ©www.williamwisehpoto. Download and use legally at Dreamstime.com.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-10-08T15:21:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/08/25/okefenokee-alligator-farm/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/201503053_okefenokeealligator.jpg</image:loc><image:title>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator swimming submerged in Billy's Lake; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 11, 2015. ©www.williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-08-27T02:08:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/08/04/when-the-okefenokee-swamp-burns/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/20200502_005-burnt-cypress-stump-fire-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200502_005-burnt-cypress-stump-fire-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Burned cypress tree stump in the Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. May, 2020. Fire is an important part of swamp habitat ecology. Okefenokee wildfires are typically caused by lightning strikes and burn thousands of acres of dry peat during drought. Fire sets back hardwood succession and keep open prairies.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-10-07T19:56:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/10/20/gator-danger-here/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/201903043_alligatorokefenokee.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Large Alligator with mouth open showing teeth; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. ©www.williamwisephoto.com. Please don't steal my images. Download and use legally at Dreamstime.com.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-10-20T23:56:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/11/30/gator-boys/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/201703192-alligator-lily-pads-okefenokee-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator hiding in Yellow Bonnet Lily pads on Billy's Lake; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 7, 2017.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-12-01T01:31:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2022/02/03/borders-of-a-new-world/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/201703205-billys-lake-okefenokee-swamp-national-wildlife-refuge-panorama-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Billys Lake, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge</image:title><image:caption>Panorama of Billy's Lake in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 7, 2017. ©www.williamwisephoto.com. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-02-04T02:28:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/07/17/navigating-the-narrows/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/201703040-river-narrows-canoe-trail-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>River Narrows Canoe Trail, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge</image:title><image:caption>River Narrows Canoe Trail, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/201703075-canoe-trail-sign-river-narrows-suwannee-sill-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>201703075-canoe-trail-sign-river-narrows-suwannee-sill-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Canoe Trail sign, River Narrows Suwannee Sill, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-07-18T13:07:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/07/11/take-it-slowly/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/201703126-okefenokee-alligator-heron-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>A brave Little Blue Heron feeds near two large alligators on Minnie's Lake; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 6, 2017. ©www.williamwisephoto.com. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/201703128-canoe-kayak-trail-minnies-lake-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Canoe Kayak Trail Minnies Lake, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge</image:title><image:caption>Canoe trail entering Minnies Lake in the Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 6, 2017</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-07-12T16:07:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/07/05/guardian-mother-gator/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/201503136-mother-baby-alligator-pod-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>A guardian mother American Alligator and her pod of babies in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 12, 2015. ©www.williamwisephoto.com.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-10-03T21:06:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/06/29/up-the-suwannee-middle-fork/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/201503109-okefenokee-swamp-alligator.jpg</image:loc><image:title>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Juvenile American Alligator on a floating log along the Middle Fork canoe trail; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. ©www.williamwisephoto.com.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/201503106-okefenokee-middle-fork-big-water-minnies-lake.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Kayak trail sign pointing up the Suwannee Middle Fork; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 12, 2015. ©www.williamwisephoto.com. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-06-29T20:54:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/06/17/colorful-baby-alligators/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/201503108_baby-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Baby American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Baby American Alligator laying on a cypress log in the Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. Middle Fork red canoe trail of the Suwannee River. March 12, 2015.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-06-17T22:05:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/06/11/a-place-of-memories/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/201703043-white-ibis-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>White Ibis; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge</image:title><image:caption>White Ibis; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/201703042-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-national-wildlife-refuge-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/201703044-pied-billed-grebe-okefenokee-swamp-national-wildlife-refuge-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pied-billed Grebe, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge</image:title><image:caption>Pied-billed Grebe, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-06-11T19:03:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/06/05/little-blue-heron-leap-frog/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/201703103-little-blue-heron-birding-okefeonokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>201703103-little-blue-heron-birding-okefeonokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Little Blue Heron on lily pads; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-06-07T19:26:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/06/02/okefenokee-trolling-motor/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/201703018ns-okefenokee-canoe.jpg</image:loc><image:title>201703018ns-okefenokee-canoe</image:title><image:caption>My daughter, the captain of our canoe! </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/201703014-large-american-alligator-laying-swamp-showing-teeth.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Large American Alligator laying in the Okefenokee swamp showing teeth</image:title><image:caption>Large American Alligator laying in the Okefenokee swamp showing teeth</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-06-07T19:04:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/05/27/cypress-knee-bend/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/201703146ns-cypress-tree-butress-knees-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Passing north beyond Minnie’s Lake along the Suwannee River Middle Fork trail, the kayak channel constricts through a more mature Cypress forest. Here the dense, towering trees cast their shadows and darken the swamp below. One gets a feel for what it was like throughout the entire Okefenokee before the saws and lumber mills of the 1920’s.
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In a dark cove where the channel turns, groups of Cypress knees stand out from the dark soil on the banks of the water. I remembered this exact spot from our first trip  up the red trail and had affectionately named it “Cypress Knee Bend.” This was true swamp: shadow, Spanish Moss, green hues of growth and algae among the browns of tree and stump. How I’d love to linger in this scene, perhaps camp overnight. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/201703116-cypress-knees-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cypress Knees, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge</image:title><image:caption>Cypress knees along the Middle Fork canoe trail; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 6, 2017. ©www.williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-10-03T20:58:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/05/30/trees-so-lofty/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/20200502_008-mixons-hammock-narrows-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mixons Hammock canoe kayak trail, Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Mixons Hammock canoe kayak trail, Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-06-07T18:38:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/05/21/gentlemen-plume-hunters/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/201503074-great-egret-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-birding-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Great Egret; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Great Egret; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-05-27T18:27:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/05/18/swamp-sentinels/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/201503041_okefenokee-alligator.jpg</image:loc><image:title>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-05-19T20:29:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/05/12/okefenokee-wood-duck-pursuit/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/201703119-wood-duck-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Wood Duck bird, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge</image:title><image:caption>A pair of elusive Wood Ducks hiding in Bonnet Lilies and Spanish Moss; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 6, 2017. ©www.williamwisephoto.com. Please don't steal my images. Download and use legally at Dreamstime.com. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-05-12T19:59:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/05/06/sophies-yawn/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/201703087-double-crested-cormorant-okefenokee-swamp-national-wildlife-refuge-phalacrocorax-auritus-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Double-crested Cormorant, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge</image:title><image:caption>Double-crested Cormorants perched high above Billy's Lake in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 5, 2017.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/201703094ns-sophie-alligator-open-mouth-teeth-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Sophie resident alligator; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-05-07T00:57:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/04/30/alligator-appetite-for-hound-dogs/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/201503122_okefenokeealligator.jpg</image:loc><image:title>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator on Minnie's Lake; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 12, 2015. ©www.williamwisephoto.com.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-10-03T20:47:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/04/27/struggle-through-mixons-hammock/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/201703048-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-national-wildlife-refuge-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>American Alligator, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator half submerged in Maidencane along Mixon's Hammock; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 5, 2017.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-04-27T23:56:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/04/24/lost-in-the-okefenokee/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/201703139ns-spatterdock-yellow-bonnet-lily-pad-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>201703139ns-spatterdock-yellow-bonnet-lily-pad-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Spatterdock Yellow Bonnet Lily; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge Georgia</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/201703127-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>An American Alligator hides in lily pads near our turn-around spot on the Middle Fork canoe trail; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 6, 2017.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-05-10T05:53:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/04/21/william-bartram-snake-bird/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/201703204-anhinga-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Anhinga "snake bird"; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 7, 2017. ©www.williamwisephoto.com.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-04-22T12:32:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/04/18/the-monsters-of-the-sill/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/201703046-alligator-splash-okefenokee-swamp-the-sill-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge</image:title><image:caption>American Alligators diving from the shore into the canal. The Sill Recreation Area; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 5, 2017.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/201703053-alligator-sunning-okefenokee-swamp-national-wildlife-refuge-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>American Alligator sunning, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator basking along the shore of The Sill Recreation Area; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 5, 2017.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/201703062-huge-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Huge American Alligator, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge</image:title><image:caption>Huge American Alligator laying on the canal bank the The Sill Recreation Area, probably one of the biggest I've seen in the Okefenokee. March 5, 2017.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-04-18T23:48:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/04/15/okefenokee-snake-hunting-competition/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/201503069-plain-bellied-watersnake-okefenokee-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Plain-bellied Watersnake; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Plain-bellied Watersnake along the Trembling Earth Nature Trail; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 11, 2015. ©www.williamwisephoto.com. Please don't steal my images. Download and use legally from Dreamstime.com. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-04-15T21:41:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/04/09/okefenokee-squirrels-and-hawks/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/201703036-red-shouldered-hawk-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Red-shouldered Hawk; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Red-shouldered Hawk; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/201703035-eastern-gray-squirrel-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Eastern Gray Squirrel; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Eastern Gray Squirrel; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-10-03T20:40:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/04/06/the-narrows/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/20200504_002ns-golden-silk-spider-okefenokee-swamp.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Golden Silk Spider; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. May 4, 2020.</image:title><image:caption>Golden Silk Spider; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. May 4, 2020.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/20200502_025ns-watersnake-okefenokee.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Brown Watersnake; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>A Brown Watersnake overhangs the canoe trail through The Narrows; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. May 2, 2020.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/20200502_038-river-narrows-suwannee-sill-canoe-trail-sign-okefenokee-swamp.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200502_038-river-narrows-suwannee-sill-canoe-trail-sign-okefenokee-swamp</image:title><image:caption>River Narrows Suwannee Sill canoe trail directional sign; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. May 2, 2020.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-04-07T23:15:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/03/28/meeting-sophie-the-stephen-c-foster-resident-alligator/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/201503027-softshell-turtle-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Softshell Turtle Turtle Okefenokee Swamp Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Softshell Turtle Turtle Okefenokee Swamp Georgia</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/201503036-okefenokee-alligator-sophie.jpg</image:loc><image:title>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-28T20:27:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/03/22/long-leaf-pine-bottle-brush/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/20200503_020-longleaf-pine-tree-okefenokee-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200503_020-longleaf-pine-tree-okefenokee-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Longleaf pine, Pinus palustris, is a pine tree native to the coastal plain of the Southeastern United States. Seen here in bottle brush sapling stage. The red-cockaded woodpecker is dependent on mature Long leaf pine forests. Nature hike along the Upland Pine Trail in the Stephen C Foster State Park. Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia, USA. Photographed May 3, 2020.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-23T03:29:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/03/25/some-sovereign-alligator-william-bartram/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/201503118-large-okefenokee-swamp-alligator-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Large American Alligator basking on a log in a swamp prairie; Minnie's Lake, Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 12, 2015.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-26T15:38:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/03/19/the-finest-of-embroidery/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/201703019-anhinga-lily-pad-okefenokee-swamp-national-wildlife-refuge-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>201703019-anhinga-lily-pad-okefenokee-swamp-national-wildlife-refuge-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Anhinga on Lily Pad Spatterdock Hammock, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-20T01:21:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/03/13/alligator-right-of-way/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/201503117_okefenokeealligator.jpg</image:loc><image:title>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Passing by a large American Alligator in a canoe; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 12, 2015. ©www.williamwisephoto.com.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-13T20:34:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/03/07/okefenokee-southern-blue-flag-iris/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/20200311_005-swamp-iris-southern-blue-flag-southern-blue-flag-okefenokee-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200311_005-swamp-iris-southern-blue-flag-southern-blue-flag-okefenokee-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Southern Blue Flag Iris virginica Swamp Iris is a spring wildflower native to the southeastern United States. Light blue to violet flower. Photographed in the Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-25T07:19:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/03/01/assiduous-and-courageous-alligator/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/201503135-mother-baby-alligator-pod-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-02T15:52:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/02/23/okefenokee-coastal-plain-cooter-turtles/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/20200311_039-coastal-plain-cooter-turtle-spatterdock-stem-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200311_039-coastal-plain-cooter-turtle-spatterdock-stem-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Coastal Plain Cooter Turtle, Pseudemys concinna ssp. floridana, on spatterdock stem called a `gator tator`. Photographed in March 2020 in the Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia, USA.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-25T23:32:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/02/17/okefenokee-odonata-dragonfly/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/20200503_019-bar-winged-skimmer-dragonfly-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200503_019-bar-winged-skimmer-dragonfly-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Close up of Bar Winged Skimmer, Libellula axilena, dragonfly. It is found in North America, dragonflies are abundant throughout the warm season in the swamp. They have large compound eyes and intricately veined wings. Photographed on the Trembling Earth Nature Trail in Stephen C Foster State Park; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-18T03:15:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/02/14/okefenokee-photography-practice-run/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/201703010-little-blue-heron-okefenokee-swamp-national-wildlife-refuge-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>201703010-little-blue-heron-okefenokee-swamp-national-wildlife-refuge-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Little Blue Heron among green Spatterdock lily pads; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 4, 2017. ©www.williamwisephoto.com.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-14T18:22:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/02/08/i-love-you-too-dad/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/201503017d-okefenokee-swamp-prairie-sunset-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sunset on an Okefenokee Swamp prairie, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Sunset on an Okefenokee Swamp prairie, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-09T14:28:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/02/11/bugaboo-island-deer/</loc><lastmod>2021-02-12T13:15:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/01/27/every-feathered-creature/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/201703207ns-white-ibis-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Flock of White Ibis passing overhead in the Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge,  Georgia. March 7, 2017. ©www.williamwisephoto.com.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/201703220-white-ibis-okefenokee-swamp-birding-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>White Ibis foraging in the; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 7, 2017. ©www.williamwisephoto.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-01-28T02:10:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/01/24/okefenokee-gator-taters/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/20200505_007-yellow-bonnet-lily-spatterdock-flower-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200505_007-yellow-bonnet-lily-spatterdock-flower-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Yellow Water Lily spatterdock flower and lily pads. Nuphar advena is native throughout the eastern United States and at some parts of Canada. Spatterdock was long used in traditional medicine, with the root applied to the skin and/or both the root and seeds eaten for a variety of conditions. The seeds are edible, and can be ground into flour. The root is edible too, but can prove to be incredibly bitter in some plants. Stephen C Foster State Park. Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. May 2020.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/20200504_029-yellow-water-lily-spatterdock-okefenokee-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Stages of Yellow Water Lily spatterdock flower and fruit</image:title><image:caption>Stages of Yellow Water Lily spatterdock flower and fruit</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/20200504_021-spatterdock-yellow-water-lily-root-stem-gator-tater-okefenokee-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Spatterdock root stem called Gator Tater</image:title><image:caption>Spatterdock root stem called Gator Tater</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-01-24T21:43:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/01/21/okefenokee-baby-alligator-pod/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/201503113-baby-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Pod of baby American Alligators hiding under yellow bonnet lily pads in the Okefenokee Swamp. Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia USA. March 12, 2015. ©www.williamwisephoto.com. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-01-22T14:37:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/01/18/the-long-moss/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/201703037-cypress-swamp-spanish-moss-okefenokee-swamp-national-wildlife-refuge.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge</image:title><image:caption>Curtains of Spanish Moss on Cypress; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 5, 2017. ©www.williamwisephoto.com. Please don't steal my images. Download and use legally from Dreamstime.com. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/201503051-okefenokee-swamp-cypress-spanish-moss-alligator-park-national-wildlife-refuge-georgia-stephen-c-foster-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cypress and Spanish Moss; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Cypress and Spanish Moss; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-01-20T16:41:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/01/15/okefenokee-golden-club-fruit/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20200504_022-golden-club-neverwet-fruit-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200504_022-golden-club-neverwet-fruit-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Green fruit of the Golden Club, Orontium aquaticum, plant. Neverwet fruits are 1 seeded. Raw fruits cause burning sensation but Indians ate them by boiling or drying. Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia, USA. May 2020.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/201703159-neverwet-golden-club-okefenokee-swamp-national-wildlife-refuge-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Neverwet Golden Club, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge</image:title><image:caption>Neverwet Golden Club, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-01-15T23:15:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/01/12/how-to-pee-in-the-okefenokee/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/201703187-okefenokee-swamp-canoe-dock-platform-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Outhouse rest dock in Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-01-13T02:50:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/01/09/okefenokee-alligator-trails/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/201503045_okefenokee-swamp-georgia-alligator-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>201503045_Okefenokee-swamp-georgia-alligator-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator in the marsh grasses of Billy's Lake; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-10-03T19:43:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/01/06/paddle-to-billys-island/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/201503073-american-bittern-okefeokee-swamp-birding-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>American Bittern; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>American Bittern in the prairie grasses along Billy's Lake; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 11, 2015. ©www.williamwisephoto.com. Please don't steal my images. Download and use legally from Dreamstime.com.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-10-03T19:42:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/05/07/okefenokee-golden-club/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/20200310_017-golden-club-orontium-aquaticum-flowering-spike-color-blooms-above-tannin-black-water-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200310_017-golden-club-orontium-aquaticum-flowering-spike-color-blooms-above-tannin-black-water-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Golden Club Orontium aquaticum is a flowering spike of color that that blooms above the tannin black water of the Okefenokee Swamp. A pink and white stem with gold flower spikes, like golden clubs, and dark green leaves that are waxy and water repellent, giving it the name Never-wet. It is a floating arum endemic to the eastern United States. Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 2020.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-10-02T21:58:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/10/02/okefenokee-zale-moth-caterpillar/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/20200504_018-okefenokee-zale-moth-caterpillar-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200504_018-okefenokee-zale-moth-caterpillar-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Okefenokee Zale Moth caterpillar. Species of owlet moth. Conservation status imperiled. Photographed on the Suwannee River Middle Fork canoe trail in Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. May 2020.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/20200504_017-okefenokee-zale-moth-caterpillar-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200504_017-okefenokee-zale-moth-caterpillar-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Okefenokee Zale Moth caterpillar. Species of owlet moth. Conservation status imperiled. Photographed on the Suwannee River Middle Fork canoe trail in Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. May 4, 2020.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-10-03T14:43:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/09/23/outside-the-okefenokee-joro-spider-invasion/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/20200912_007-male-female-joro-spider-georgia-wildlife-photography-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200912_007-male-female-joro-spider-georgia-wildlife-photography-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Large female and small male Joro Spider hanging in a web. Long black and yellow legs. Nephila clavata, the East Asian Joro spider has been introduced to the United States. First found in Georgia in 2014. Photographed in Athens, Clarke County, Georgia.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/20200912_005-yellow-garden-spider-georgia-wildlife-photography-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Yellow Garden Spider, Clarke County, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>The native Yellow Garden Spider, Argiope aurantia, spinning prey in a web. Large spider with long legs, black and yellow abdomen. Common in the United States. Photographed in Athens, Clarke County, Georgia.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/20200911_001-joro-spider-georia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Joro Spider introduced Georgia wildlife blog williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Joro Spider introduced Georgia wildlife blog williamwisephoto</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/20200911_003-joro-spider-georia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Joro Spider introduced Georgia wildlife blog williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Joro Spider introduced Georgia wildlife blog williamwisephoto</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-05-10T05:50:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/09/11/okefenokee-bonnet-lakes/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/201703137-okefenokee-swamp-alligator-hiding-lily-pads-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>An Alligator hides among the Bonnet Lilies in the Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 6, 2017.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-09-13T21:18:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/12/30/an-old-champion/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/201503058_okefenokeealligator.jpg</image:loc><image:title>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Large American Alligator in the; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 11, 2015. ©www.williamwisephoto.com.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-08-10T14:25:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/08/11/youngun-screaming-bloody-mercy/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/201503123_okefenokeealligator.jpg</image:loc><image:title>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator basking on a burned cypress log on Minnie's Lake; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 12, 2015. ©www.williamwisephoto.com.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-08-11T22:07:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/02/20/its-the-poisonousest-snake-there-is/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/201503070-plain-bellied-watersnake-okefenokee-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>201503070-plain-bellied-watersnake-okefenokee-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Plain-bellied Watersnake along the Trembling Earth Nature Trail; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 11, 2015.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-20T22:33:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/12/12/anhingas-on-a-chilly-okefenokee-morning/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/201703100-anhinga-birding-okefeonokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Anghina; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Pair of roosting Anhingas on a chilly Okefenokee spring morning; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 6, 2017.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-01-09T10:37:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/10/26/he-has-come-here-to-die/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/201703106-canoe-kayak-trail-okefenokee-cypress-swamp-national-wildlife-refuge-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Canoe Kayak trail Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Canoe Kayak trail Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/201703038-turkey-vulture-perched-cypress-spanish-moss-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>201703038-turkey-vulture-perched-cypress-spanish-moss-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Turkey Vulture on Cypress with Spanish Moss, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-31T12:20:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2021/01/01/hope-seen-in-a-young-cypress/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20200504_030-cypress-tree-cones-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200504_030-cypress-tree-cones-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Young Pond Cypress leaves and cones. Cypress is found in blackwater ponds, rivers and swamps. Native to the southeastern United States, from southeastern Virginia to southeastern Louisiana and south into Florida. Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. May 2020.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/20200502_006-pond-cypress-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200502_006-pond-cypress-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Young Pond Cypress Tree, Taxodium ascendens, in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. Photographed in Mixons Hammock prairie swamp. Native to southeastern United States and grows in still blackwater rivers, swamps and ponds. Cypress knees and large buttress are common features.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-01-01T17:15:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/07/31/graceful-genius/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/20200505_006ns-turkey-vulture-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-birding-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Turkey Vulture; Okefeonokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Turkey Vulture; Okefeonokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/20200503_021-turkey-vulture-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-birding-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Turkey Vulture; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Turkey Vulture; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-31T15:45:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/11/16/one-live-alligator-is-worth-a-dozen-dead/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/201503055-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>201503055-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator in the swamp prairie grasses along Billy's Lake; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 11, 2015. ©www.williamwisephoto.com.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-11-16T16:54:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/09/02/okefenokee-obliging-alligators/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/201503102-okefenokee-swamp-alligator-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Large American Alligator laying on a log along Billy's Lake in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 12, 2015. ©www.williamwisephoto.com. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-29T14:37:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/10/05/francis-harpers-okefenokee-florida-barred-owl/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/20200504_035-barred-owl-okefenokee-national-wildlife-refuge-georgia-birding-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Barred Owl; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Barred Owl; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-10-06T17:07:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/10/08/the-heron-is-at-home/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/201503019-green-heron-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Green Heron; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Green Heron along the Trembling Earth Nature Trail; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 10, 2015. ©www.williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-29T10:02:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/08/08/okefenokee-anticipation/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/201703012-large-american-alligator-laying-swamp.jpg</image:loc><image:title>201703012-large-american-alligator-laying-swamp</image:title><image:caption>Large American Alligator laying in the swamp surrounded by lily pads. Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-08-08T19:33:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/08/17/virtual-okefenokee-exploration-through-inaturalist/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/20200503_008-feather-okefenokee-geogia-birding-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200503_008-feather-okefenokee-geogia-birding-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Bird feather laying in dew covered grass trail. Found hiking along the Upland Pine Trail in the Stephen C Foster State Park. Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia, USA. Photographed May 2020.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/20200504_022-golden-club-neverwet-fruit-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200504_022-golden-club-neverwet-fruit-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Green fruit of the Golden Club, Orontium aquaticum, plant. Neverwet fruits are 1 seeded. Raw fruits cause burning sensation but Indians ate them by boiling or drying. Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia, USA. May 2020.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-08-17T20:37:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/08/05/great-egret-the-handsomest-heron/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/201503105-great-egret-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Great Egret; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Great Egret; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-28T20:06:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/08/14/outside-the-okefenokee-timber-rattler/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/20200508_003-timber-rattlesnake-canebrake-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Canebrake Timber Rattlesnake coiled rattling and ready to strike</image:title><image:caption>Canebrake Timber Rattlesnake coiled rattling and ready to strike</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-08-14T18:49:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/12/06/okefenokee-pileated-woodpecker-designs/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/20200504_014_dt183665242-leesbird-piliated-woodpecker-silhouette-okefenokee-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200504_014_DT183665242-leesbird-piliated-woodpecker-silhouette-okefenokee-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-12-08T04:14:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/11/22/home-away-from-home/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/201503094-sunset-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>201503094-sunset-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Sunset over Saw Palmetto in Stephen C Foster State Park; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 11, 2015.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-11-22T20:05:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/11/28/juvenile-alligator-pod-on-okefenokee-minnies-lake/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/20200310_035-three-young-alligators-large-dead-burned-cypress-stump-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200310_035-three-young-alligators-large-dead-burned-cypress-stump-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Three young alligators basking on a large burned cypress tree fallen in the Okefenokee Swamp Georgia. Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge NWR Preserve, Georgia. March 10, 2020. Okefenokee Photography by William Wise. A photo journal exploration of Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp, The Land of Trembling Earth, one of the largest blackwater swamps in North America. The alligators, birds, snakes and wildlife of Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge and Stephen C Foster State Park. ©www.williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-11-28T20:29:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/10/17/okefenokee-brown-water-snake/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/201503066-brown-watersnake-okefenokee-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Brown Watersnake; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Brown Watersnake along the Trembling Earth Nature Trail; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 11, 2015. ©www.williamwisephoto.com. Please don't steal my images. Download and use legally from Dreamstime.com. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-10-21T00:01:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/07/27/six-foot-ratsnake/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/20200718_003-eastern-ratsnake-pantherophis-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Six foot long Black Ratsnake with squirrel lump in belly; Georgia USA</image:title><image:caption>Six foot long Black Ratsnake with squirrel lump in belly; Georgia USA</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/20200718_002-eastern-ratsnake-pantherophis-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Six foot long Black Ratsnake with squirrel lump in belly; Georgia USA</image:title><image:caption>Six foot long Black Ratsnake with squirrel lump in belly; Georgia USA</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-27T18:53:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/09/29/courage-my-daughter/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/201503049_okefenokeealligator.jpg</image:loc><image:title>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-09-29T18:49:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/12/27/okefenokee-primeval-prairies/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/201503017c-okefenokee-swamp-prairie-sunset-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>201503017C-okefenokee-swamp-prairie-sunset-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Okefenokee Swamp prairie at sunset, Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-22T15:27:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/08/23/be-aware-alligators-present/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/201503034ns-alligator-okefenokee-swamp.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee Swamp Georgia Alligator</image:title><image:caption>Okefenokee Swamp Georgia Alligator</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/201503097-alligators-warning-sign-okefenokee-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Caution Alligators Present warning sign in the Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Caution Alligators Present warning sign in the Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-08-23T15:14:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/12/21/okefenokee-journal-banded-watersnake/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/201503023-banded-watersnake-okefenokee-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Southern Banded Watersnake; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Southern Banded Watersnake; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-21T20:30:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/08/29/okefenokee-green-heron/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/201503021-green-heron-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Green Heron; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Green Heron; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-08-29T20:37:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/09/05/here-lived-and-loved-another-race-of-beings/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/201703069-cypress-swamp-spanish-moss-okefenokee-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>201703069-cypress-swamp-spanish-moss-okefenokee-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Cypress and Spanish Moss in The Narrows; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-09-05T19:14:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/12/18/billys-beautiful-lake-and-island/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/201703077-billys-lake-okefenokee-swamp-landscape-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Billy's Lake in the Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Billy's Lake in the Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-12-18T23:07:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/10/23/okefenokee-dragonfly-cannibal-carnivore/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20200505_018-giant-lichen-orbweaver-spider-eating-dragonfly-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200505_018-giant-lichen-orbweaver-spider-eating-dragonfly-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Giant Lichen Orbweaver, Araneus bicentenarius, trapped and eating a dasher dragonfly in a web. Found on the Trembling Earth Nature Trail in Stephen C Foster State Park, Georgia. Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. May 2020.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/20200503_018-common-green-darner-dragonfly-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200503_018-common-green-darner-dragonfly-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Common Green Darner, Anax junius, dragonfly. One of the most common and abundant species throughout North America, dragonflies are abundant throughout the warm season in the swamp. They have large compound eyes and intricately veined wings. Photographed on the Trembling Earth Nature Trail in Stephen C Foster State Park; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-10-23T22:03:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/04/05/okefenokee-alligator-armor/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/20200310_016-okefenokee-swamp-american-alligator-exoskeleton-scales-scutes-armor-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200310_016-okefenokee-swamp-american-alligator-exoskeleton-scales-scutes-armor-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>An alligator’s body is covered by a dermal exoskeleton of massive, thick, tough scales and scutes which protect it like armor. Some are touch sensitive integumentary sensory organs for sensing and locating prey in dark blackwater swamps. Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 2020.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-15T17:00:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/03/30/thank-okefenokee-nwr-ranger/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/20200310_012-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-billys-lake-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200310_012-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-billys-lake-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Large alligator basking in the Okefenokee Swamp Billy`s Lake, Georgia. Laying on a log near spatterdock lily pads. March 2020.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/20200310_014-canoe-kayak-trail-directional-sign-okefenokee-swamp-national-wildlife-refuge-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200310_014-canoe-kayak-trail-directional-sign-okefenokee-swamp-national-wildlife-refuge-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>White juvenile Little Blue Heron by canoe kayak trail directional sign in Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. Blackwater, spatterdock lily pads, cypress trees. Billy`s Island, Canal Run, Minnie`s Lake, Floyd`s Island, Big Water, Mile Marker 30.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-15T16:57:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/03/27/okefenokee-alligator-battles/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/201903070_okefenokeealligator.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Alligator with deformed snout; Okefenokee Swamp</image:title><image:caption>Alligator with deformed snout; Okefenokee Swamp</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/201903069ns_alligatordeform.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Alligator with deformed snout; Okefenokee Swamp</image:title><image:caption>Alligator with deformed snout; Okefenokee Swamp</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/201903068-okefenokee-alligator-deformed-snout-american-alligator-.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Alligator with deformed snout; Okefenokee Swamp</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator with an injured deformed nose, missing nostrils and teeth. Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge. Stephen C Foster State Park, Georgia. March 2019. (c)www.williamwisephoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-15T16:57:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/03/25/springtime-in-the-okefenokee-swamp/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/20200309_009close-up-american-alligator-basking-cypress-stump-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200309_009close-up-american-alligator-basking-cypress-stump-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Close up of an American Alligator basking by a Cypress stump in the Okefenokee Swamp</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/20200309_008-american-alligator-basking-cypress-stump-okefenokee-swamp-billys-lake-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>American Alligator basking by a Cypress stump in the Okefenokee Swamp</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator basking by a Cypress stump in the Okefenokee Swamp</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-15T16:56:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/03/16/cautious-alligator-eye-in-the-okefenokee/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/20200309_001-american-alligator-eye-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee Swamp Alligator eye hiding in swamp lily pads</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator close up eye peering cautiously from behind Spatterdock lily pad in the Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia. March 9, 2020 canoe trek.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-15T16:55:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/03/12/okefenokee-gutter-gator/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/201903108_okefenokee-swamp-alligator-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Juvenile Alligator; Okfenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Juvenile Alligator; Okfenokee Swamp, Georgia. March 16, 2019</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-15T16:54:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/02/26/okefenokee-birding-bittern/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/201903029-american-bittern-okefenokee-swamp-birding-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>American Bittern; Okefenokee Swamp Georgia</image:title><image:caption>American Bittern; Okefenokee Swamp Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-15T16:53:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/02/16/dragons-in-the-deep/</loc><lastmod>2020-07-15T16:49:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/05/01/okefenokee-alligators-tolerant-not-tame/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/20200310_019-american-alligator-close-up-stretched-out-long-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200310_019-american-alligator-close-up-stretched-out-long-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Alligator stretched out on a long. Middle Fork Suwannee River, red canoe trail. Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 2020. Stephen C Foster Georgia State Park.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/20200310_020-american-alligator-close-up-stretched-out-long-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200310_020-american-alligator-close-up-stretched-out-long-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Alligator stretched out on a long. Middle Fork Suwannee River, red canoe trail. Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 2020. Stephen C Foster Georgia State Park.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/20200310_018-alligator-stretched-out-long-sun-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200310_018-alligator-stretched-out-long-sun-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Alligator stretched out on a long in the sun; holly branch with red flag lichen in foreground. Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 2020. Stephen C Foster Georgia State Park.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-15T16:39:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/04/29/okefenokee-cottonmouth-video/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/201903081ns_cottonmouth.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Venomous Cottonmouth snake; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Venomous Cottonmouth snake; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-15T16:36:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/04/26/okefenokee-blackwater-river/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/201703144-alligator-eye-swimming-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator, Alligator mississippiensis, swiming in tanin stained black water swamp of Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia, USA.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/201703114-cypress-swamp-spanish-moss-okefenokee-swamp-national-wildlife-refuge-canoe-trail-trees-blackwater-tannin-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>201703114-cypress-swamp-spanish-moss-okefenokee-swamp-national-wildlife-refuge-canoe-trail-trees-blackwater-tannin-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Okefenokee canoe trail, Cypress trees and Spanish Moss, blackwater tannin, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-15T16:35:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/04/23/okefenokee-gators-galore/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/201903061-giant-alligator-camouflaged-behind-cypress-tree-okefenokee-swamp-national-wildlife-refuge-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>201903061-giant-alligator-camouflaged-behind-cypress-tree-okefenokee-swamp-national-wildlife-refuge-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Giant alligator camouflaged behind a cypress tree in the Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge. Billy`s Lake in Stephen C Foster State Park, Georgia.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-15T16:34:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/04/20/okefenokee-birding-binoculars/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/201903045-looking-pair-binoculars-birding-lake-okefenokee-swamp-stephen-c-foster-state-park-georgia-zeiss-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>201903045-looking-pair-binoculars-birding-lake-okefenokee-swamp-stephen-c-foster-state-park-georgia-zeiss-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Looking through a pair of binoculars while birding on a lake in the Okefenokee Swamp Stephen C Foster State Park in Georgia. Zeiss Conquest HD binoculars. Photo taken with iPhone 7. Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/201903060-northern-parula-birding-singing-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>201903060-northern-parula-birding-singing-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>The northern parula, Setophaga americana, is a small warbler. It breeds in eastern North America. Okefenokee swamp National Wildlife Refuge between Minnie Lake and Big Water.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-15T16:33:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/04/17/okefenokee-alligator-splash/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/201903052_large-alligator-close-up-profile-billys-lake-okefenokee-swamp-national-wildlife-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>201903052_large-alligator-close-up-profile--billys-lake-okefenokee-swamp-national-wildlife-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>A large American Alligator on Billy`s Lake in the Okefenokee swamp National Wildlife Refuge. Stephen C Foster Georgia State Park.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-15T16:32:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/06/15/okefenokee-fetterbush-will-make-you-stagger-and-shout-hurrah/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/20200311_008-hurrah-bush-shrub-pink-bell-shaped-flowers-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200311_008-hurrah-bush-shrub-pink-bell-shaped-flowers-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Hurrah Bush, Lyonia lucida, is a woody shrub with pink bell shaped flowers. Also known as fetterbush or staggerbush, It grows in bogs, savannas and cypress swamps in the southeastern United States. Photographed in spring in the Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia, USA.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-15T16:00:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/05/19/okefenokee-alligator-pike-pole/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/20200310_021-alligator-stretched-out-long-middle-fork-suwannee-river-red-canoe-trail-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200310_021-alligator-stretched-out-long-middle-fork-suwannee-river-red-canoe-trail-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Alligator stretched out on a long. Middle Fork Suwannee River, red canoe trail. Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 2020. Stephen C Foster Georgia State Park.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-15T16:00:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/05/13/okefenokee-friends/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/20200310_023ns-okefenokee-friends.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee Swamp Friends</image:title><image:caption>Okefenokee Swamp Friends</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/20200309_025-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-15T15:59:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/05/04/focus-stacking-an-okefenokee-gator-stack/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/20200310_032b-four-alligators-laying-log-okefenokee-cypress-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200310_032b-four-alligators-laying-log-okefenokee-cypress-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Four young juvenile American Alligators laying on logs in the blackwater cyrpess swamp. Note the claw marks and wildfire burn marks on the fallen cypress tree. Minnie`s Lake, Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 10, 2020.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/20200310_032-focus-stacked-four-alligators-laying-log-okefenokee-cypress-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200310_032-focus-stacked-four-alligators-laying-log-okefenokee-cypress-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Four young juvenile American Alligators laying on logs in the blackwater cyrpess swamp. Note the claw marks and wildfire burn marks on the fallen cypress tree. Minnie`s Lake, Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 10, 2020.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-15T15:59:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/09/17/okefenokee-magnificent-white-bonnet-lily-blooms/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/20200503_053-white-water-lily-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200503_053-white-water-lily-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>American White Water Lily flower blooming on a lily pad in the Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-09-17T16:22:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/09/14/world-record-alligators/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/20200311_036-huge-american-alligator-lily-pad-peat-hammock-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200311_036-huge-american-alligator-lily-pad-peat-hammock-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Huge American Alligator on lily pad peat hammock. Photographed in March 2020 on Billy`s Lake in the Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia, USA.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-15T15:58:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/09/08/okefenokee-florida-red-bellied-cooter-turtle/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/20200311_032-florida-red-bellied-cooter-turtle-lily-pads-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200311_032-florida-red-bellied-cooter-turtle-lily-pads-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Florida Red-bellied Turtle, Pseudemys nelsoni, on spatterdock yellow lily pads. Photographed in March 2020 in the Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia, USA.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-09-08T16:31:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/08/26/pitcher-plant-william-bartram/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/20200505_028-hooded-pitcher-plants-sarracenia-minor-okefenokee-national-wildlife-refuge-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200505_028-hooded-pitcher-plants-sarracenia-minor-okefenokee-national-wildlife-refuge-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Hooded Pitcher Plant, Sarracenia minor. Carnivorous plant that grows in the marshes at the border between Georgia and Florida. Flowering occurs late March to mid-May. Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. May 2020.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-08-26T18:25:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/08/20/okefenokee-alligators-no-laughing-matter/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/201503040_okefenokee-alligator-night-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-08-20T18:26:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/08/02/okefenokee-alligator-a-log-with-eyes/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/20200311_029-alligator-swimming-submerged-dark-blackwater-cypress-swamp-okefenokee-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200311_029-alligator-swimming-submerged-dark-blackwater-cypress-swamp-okefenokee-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator swimming submerged in dark blackwater cypress swamp with spatterdock lily pads and Spanish Moss. Photographed in March 2020 in the Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia, USA.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-08-02T17:06:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/07/30/okefenokee-el-legarto/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/20200310_058-close-up-alligator-laying-log-alligator-portrait-showing-detail-scales-teeth-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200310_058-close-up-alligator-laying-log-alligator-portrait-showing-detail-scales-teeth-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Alligator portrait showing detail of scales and teeth. Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 2020.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-30T14:00:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/07/24/okefenokee-deer-chase-prairie/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/20200311_025-white-tailed-deer-hiding-billys-island-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200311_025-white-tailed-deer-hiding-billys-island-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>White-tailed Deer hiding on Billy`s Island in the Okefenokee Swamp behind Spanish Moss, Georgia. Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-24T13:22:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/07/18/okefenokee-hooded-pitcher-plants/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/20200505_030-hooded-pitcher-plants-sarracenia-minor-okefenokee-national-wildlife-refuge-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200505_030-hooded-pitcher-plants-sarracenia-minor-okefenokee-national-wildlife-refuge-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Hooded Pitcher Plant, Sarracenia minor. Carnivorous plant that grows in the marshes at the border between Georgia and Florida. Flowering occurs late March to mid-May. Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. May 2020.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-18T19:44:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/07/15/chance-meeting-alligator/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/201703051-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-hiding-maidencane-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>American Alligator, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-16T00:41:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/12/24/okefenokee-oak-mistletoe/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/20200502_012-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200502_012-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Oak Mistletoe, Phoradendron leucarpum, is a hemiparasitic plant native to the United States and Mexico that lives in the branches of trees. Mistletoe is used as a Christmas decoration. Photographed in the Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. Mixon`s Hammock on Suwannee River. May 2020.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/20200502_013-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200502_013-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Oak Mistletoe, Phoradendron leucarpum, is a hemiparasitic plant native to the United States and Mexico that lives in the branches of trees. Mistletoe is used as a Christmas decoration. Photographed in the Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. Mixon`s Hammock on Suwannee River. May 2020.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-12-24T21:21:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/12/15/okefenokee-beauty-and-charm/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/20200502_028-virginia-chainfern-cypress-buttress-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200502_028-virginia-chainfern-cypress-buttress-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Virginia Chain Fern growing from a cypress knee. Photographed in The Narrows in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. May 2, 2020.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-12-16T14:57:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/12/09/floating-fields-of-nymphea/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/20200502_021-spatterdock-yellow-water-lily-flower-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200502_021-spatterdock-yellow-water-lily-flower-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Yellow Water Lily pad, Nuphar luteum, also called bonnet lily or spatterdock. Mixon`s Hammock and River Narrows on the Suwannee River canoe kayak trail in the Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia, USA. Photographed May 2020.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-12-09T14:14:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/11/10/william-bartrams-little-green-chameleon/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/20200505_016-green-anole-lizard-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sunrise silhouette of Green Anole lizard extending pink dewlap</image:title><image:caption>Sunrise silhouette of Green Anole lizard extending pink dewlap</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-11-16T03:53:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/10/14/okefenokee-ornithologists-delight/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/201703101-little-blue-heron-birding-okefeonokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Little Blue Heron; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Little Blue Heron; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-10-15T21:46:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/10/11/like-an-umbrella/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/20200502_056-anhinga-bird-perched-atop-large-pond-cypress-tree-spanish-moss-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200502_056-anhinga-bird-perched-atop-large-pond-cypress-tree-spanish-moss-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Anhinga bird perched atop a large Pond Cypress tree with Spanish Moss. Billy`s Lake on the Suwannee River canoe kayak trail. Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia, USA. Photographed May 2020.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-10-12T17:28:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/10/31/terrifying-screams-of-owls-in-the-deep-swamp/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/20200505_017-barred-owl-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-birding-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200505_017-barred-owl-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-birding-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Juvenile Barred Own perched on a tree stump at sunrise. Birding in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. Stephen C Foster State Park Trembling Earth Nature Trail. May 2020.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-15T15:44:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/11/07/okefenokee-prairie-ecosystem/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/20200502_010-okefenokee-prairie-grasses.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Maidencane Prairie Okefenokee Swamp</image:title><image:caption>Maidencane Prairie Okefenokee Swamp</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/20200502_011-okefenokee-swamp-mixons-hammock-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200502_011-okefenokee-swamp-mixons-hammock-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Open prairie swamp ecosystem of maidencane grass, blackwater river, and towering cypress trees. Suwannee River canoe trail in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. Photographed in Mixons Hammock prairie swamp. May 2020.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-11-07T22:35:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/11/13/okefenokee-upland-pine-trail/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/20200503_023ns-bobcat-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200503_023ns-bobcat-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/20200503_002-upland-pine-trail-stephen-foster-state-park-sign-georgia.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200503_002-upland-pine-trail-stephen-foster-state-park-sign-georgia</image:title><image:caption>Hiking directional sign Upland Pine Trail in Stephen C Foster State Park, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-12-10T12:22:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/11/19/okefenokee-woodpecker-excavations/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/20200504_013ns-pileated-woodpecker-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-birding-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200504_013ns-pileated-woodpecker-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-birding-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Pileated Woodpecker; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia birding by williamwisephoto</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/20200502_052-dead-wood-woodpecker-cavity-cypress-okefenokee-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200502_052-dead-wood-woodpecker-cavity-cypress-okefenokee-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Dead cypress tree snag with large woodpecker holes; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-11-19T22:02:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/11/25/a-very-large-and-terrible-creature/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/20200502_050-american-alligator-okefenokee-national-wildlife-refuge-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200502_050-american-alligator-okefenokee-national-wildlife-refuge-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Sunning alligator reflected in blackwater Okefenokee swamp. Billy`s Lake on the Suwannee River canoe kayak trail. Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia, USA. Photographed May 2020.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-11-25T15:41:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/09/26/this-incredible-boldness-william-bartram/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/20200504_046-alligator-swimming-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200504_046-alligator-swimming-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Large American Alligator submerged in blackwater swamp swimming toward camera. Stephen C Foster State Park. Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. May 2020.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-09T22:41:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/02/19/the-land-of-trembling-earth-wandering-dawgs/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/wanderingdawgs-20180214okefenokee-boat-tour-14.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wanderingdawgs-20180214okefenokee-boat-tour-14</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-07T18:34:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/03/01/okefenokee-share-kayaking-with-alligators-wanderingrver/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/201503052ns-okefenokee-swamp-photography-kayak-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Kayak Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Kayak Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-07T18:34:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/03/19/okefenokee-video-adventure-2020/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/201703121-large-bull-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-national-wildlife-refuge-big-male.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Large American Alligator basking. Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. 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CAMERA</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/p3080078.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/p3060033.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-07T18:33:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/04/15/okefenokee-swamp-georgia/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/savannah-sill.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Savannah Sill</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/amal-okefenokee.jpg</image:loc><image:title>AMAL 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Fog</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-07T18:32:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/05/16/sharing-an-okefenokee-post-from-roadkill-crossing/</loc><lastmod>2020-07-07T18:31:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/05/28/sharing-an-okefenokee-post-from-anne-ledbetter-photography/</loc><lastmod>2020-07-07T18:31:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/06/09/sharing-an-okefenokee-post-from-nichter-photography-plus-part-2/</loc><lastmod>2020-07-07T18:30:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/06/27/sharing-and-okefenokee-journal-from-edz-imagz/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/wild-turkey.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wild-turkey</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-07T18:29:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/02/21/okefenokee-swamp-sign/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/201503015-okefenokee-swamp-national-wildlife-refuge-sign-park-georgia-stephen-c-foster-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge Georgia Sign</image:title><image:caption>Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/basking-american-alligator-log-okefenokee-swamp-national-wildlife-refuge-young-laying-stephen-c-foster-state-park-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Basking American Alligator on log, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge</image:title><image:caption>Basking American Alligator on log, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-07T18:28:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/07/09/okefenokee-social-distancing/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/20200502_009-okefenokee-swamp-mixons-hammock-panorama-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200502_009-okefenokee-swamp-mixons-hammock-panorama-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Mixons Hammock canoe kayak trail. Towering Cypress Tree, and Spanish Moss, maidencane grass prairie, Suwannee River canoe trail in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. Photographed in Mixons Hammock prairie swamp.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-09T21:01:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/03/07/okefenokee-in-the-wilderness-coast/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/201503151-okefenokee-canoe-paddle-paddling-cypress-spanish-moss-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-04T00:16:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/03/22/okefenokee-nature-lovers-paradise/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/201703186-okefenokee-swamp-minnie-lake-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-04T00:15:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/06/18/okefenokee-dangerous-and-foreboding/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/201503037-alligator-glowing-eyes-okefenokee-swamp-park-national-wildlife-refuge-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-04T00:11:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/07/12/okefenokee-floating-islands/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/20200502_015-okefenokee-swamp-mixons-hammock-canoe-trail-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200502_015-okefenokee-swamp-mixons-hammock-canoe-trail-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Panorama of Mixon`s Hammock prairie in the Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia, USA. Cypress trees, Spanish Moss, Maidencane prairie, Suwannee River, Bidens wildflowers. May 2020.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-14T10:01:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/02/24/okefenokee-journal-morning-billys-lake/</loc><lastmod>2020-07-02T23:34:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/02/28/okefenokee-plant-life-the-white-water-lily/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/201703219-white-water-lily-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>White Water Lily Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>American White Water Lily, Nymphaea odorata. Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-02T23:33:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/03/09/embarking-okefenokee-visit/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/201703091-canoe-trail-directional-sign-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Canoe trail directional sign in Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Canoe trail directional sign in Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-02T23:32:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/03/14/okefenokee-on-inaturalist/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/201703088-large-alligator-open-mouth-teeth-okefenokee-swamp-.jpg</image:loc><image:title>201703088-large-alligator-open-mouth-teeth-okefenokee-swamp-</image:title><image:caption>Large American Alligator with open mouth showing teeth, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge. March 2017</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/okefenokee-swamp-inaturalist-project-page-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee iNaturalist</image:title><image:caption>Okefenokee iNaturalist</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-02T23:31:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/04/02/okefenokee-tussock-growth/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/201703039-tussock-growth-yellow-tickseed-swamp-sunflower-okefenokee-national-wildlife-refuge-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>201703039-tussock-growth-yellow-tickseed-swamp-sunflower-okefenokee-national-wildlife-refuge-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Tussock Growth; Yellow Tickseed Swamp Sunflower, Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-02T23:29:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/04/14/okefenokee-baby-alligators/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/201703107-baby-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Baby American Alligator, Alligator mississippiensis, on floating Spatterdock peat bed, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-02T23:28:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/04/22/okefenokeology-video-series-episode-11/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/201503126-okefenokee-swamp-alligators-face-off-burned-trees-wildfire-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-02T23:27:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/05/22/okefenokee-swamp-melanistic-pileated-woodpecker/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/201703080-pileated-woodpecker-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-birding.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pileated Woodpecker, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge</image:title><image:caption>Pileated Woodpecker, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/201703026-pileated-woodpecker-okefenokee-swamp-national-wildlife-refuge-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pileated Woodpecker, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge</image:title><image:caption>Pileated Woodpecker, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge. March 4, 2017. ©www.williamwisephoto.com. Please don't steal my images. Download and use legally from Dreamstime.com. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/melanistic-pileated-woodpecker-okefenokee.jpg</image:loc><image:title>melanistic pileated woodpecker okefenokee</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-02T23:24:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/05/25/okefenokee-alligator-ate-my-gopro/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/201903107_okefenokee-swamp-filming-alligator-mini-action-camera-video-american-gopro-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>201903107_okefenokee-swamp-filming-alligator-mini-action-camera-video-american-gopro-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Video of American Alligator with a GoPro Hero5 action camera on a selfie stick in Stephen C Foster State Park, Georgia. Okfenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge. This gator lives in the boat launch canoe area near the campground. Her name is Sophie.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-02T23:23:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/05/31/making-okefenokee-alligator-close-up-photo/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/201903034_okefenokeealligator.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Alligator Okefenokee Swamp Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Alligator Okefenokee Swamp Georgia</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/201703130-large-american-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Large American Alligator, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge</image:title><image:caption>Large American Alligator, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-02T23:23:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/06/06/okefenokee-minnies-lake-worth-the-paddle/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/20200310_024-okefenokee-alligator-kayak-canoe-minnies-lake-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200310_024-okefenokee-alligator-kayak-canoe-minnies-lake-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Young American Alligators basking on a log in Minnies Lake; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/20200310_022-minnies-lake-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-kayak-canoe-trail-sign-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Minnie Lake canoe trail sign in the Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Minnie Lake canoe trail sign in the Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-02T23:23:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/06/12/okefenokee-alligator-apex-predator/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/original.jpg</image:loc><image:title>original</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/20200311_017-large-alligator-portrait-showing-teeth-scales-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Geogia</image:title><image:caption>American Alligator; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Geogia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-02T23:23:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/06/21/okefenokee-refuge-soaring-swallow-tailed-kite/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/20200502_054-national-wilderness-area-kayak-canoe-trail-direction-sign-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200502_054-national-wilderness-area-kayak-canoe-trail-direction-sign-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Entering National Wilderness Area kayak Canoe trail direction sign Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia USA. May 2020.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/20200311_045-swallow-tailed-kite-okefenokee-nwr-birding-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200311_045-swallow-tailed-kite-okefenokee-nwr-birding-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Swallow Tailed Kite bird soaring in blue sky above the Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia USA</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-02T23:21:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/06/24/okefenokee-swamp-pileated-woodpeckers/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/201703025pileated-woodpecker-okefenokee-swamp-national-wildlife-refuge-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pileated Woodpecker, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge</image:title><image:caption>Pileated Woodpecker, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-02T23:20:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/06/30/an-old-friend-okefenokee-alligator/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/20200310_056-big-alligator-missing-foot-battle-scar-face-minnies-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200310_056-big-alligator-missing-foot-battle-scar-face-minnies-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Big Alligator with a missing foot and battle scar on face laying on a log in Minnie`s Lake, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. March 2020. Large male alligators will battle for territory and breeding rights.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-10T12:09:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/07/03/okefenokee-swamp-spotted-sandpiper/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/20200502_051ns-spotted-sandpiper-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Spotted Sandpipers; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Spotted Sandpipers; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/20200502_001-spotted-sandpiper-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Spotted Sandpiper; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:title><image:caption>Spotted Sandpiper; Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-03T21:12:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/07/06/okefenokee-turtle-egg-predation/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/20200504_042ns-okefenokee-turtle-eggs-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Turtle Eggs in the Okefenokee Swamp</image:title><image:caption>Turtle Eggs in the Okefenokee Swamp</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/20200503_046-turtle-eggs-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200503_046-turtle-eggs-okefenokee-swamp-georgia-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Two turtle egg shells held in the hand. Turtles dig nests on land and lay eggs in the sand. Nests are often dug up and plundered by predators such as bear, bobcat, raccoon, Billy`s Island. Stephen C Foster State Park, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia, USA.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-06T22:35:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://okefenokee.photography/2020/07/21/sophies-suitor/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/20200310_067ns-male-alligator-okefenokee-swamp-williamwisephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Alligator Stephen C Foster State Park Okefenokee</image:title><image:caption>Alligator Stephen C Foster State Park Okefenokee</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://okefenokee.photography/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/20200310_070-large-female-american-alligator-nicknamed-sophie-laying-boat-launch-ramp-stephen-c-foster-state-park-okefenokee-williamwisephoto-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20200310_070-large-female-american-alligator-nicknamed-sophie-laying-boat-launch-ramp-stephen-c-foster-state-park-okefenokee-williamwisephoto</image:title><image:caption>Large female American Alligator nicknamed Sophie laying on the boat launch ramp of Stephen C Foster State Park in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. 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