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

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Tag: Bradford Torrey

Shadow of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker

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

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

E Pluribus Unum Anhinga

During his travels through Florida in 1894, naturalist Bradford Torrey described the beautiful Anhinga in his book A Florida Sketch-book: … More

Anhinga, Bird Photography, Birding, Bradford Torrey, Conservation Photography, Florida Sketch Book, Georgia, National Wildlife Refuge, Nature Photography, Okefenokee Swamp, Spanish Moss, Wetlands Habitat, Wildlife Photography, williamwisephoto

Beautiful Leaf-Green Lizard

An excerpt from A Florida Sketch-Book, by naturalist Bradford Torrey, written in 1895: “The morning is cloudless and warm, till suddenly, … More

Bradford Torrey, Carolina Anole, Dewlap, Florida Sketch Book, Georgia, Green Anole, National Wildlife Refuge, Nature Photography, Okefenokee Swamp, Stephen C Foster, Wildlife Photography, williamwisephoto

“Gentlemen” Plume Hunters

“Plume hunting” for sport and fashion was common in the years before laws were enacted to protect our birds. The … More

Bird Photography, Birding, Bradford Torrey, Florida Sketch Book, Georgia, Great Egret, National Wildlife Refuge, Naturalist, Nature Photography, Okefenokee Swamp, Plume Hunting, Stephen C Foster, Wildlife Photography, williamwisephoto

Bradford Torrey’s “Water Turkey Contortionist”

An excerpt from naturalist Bradford Torrey’s 1895 book, A Florida Sketch-Book: “At another time, on the same stake, sat some … More

Anhinga, Bird Photography, Birding, Bradford Torrey, Florida Sketch Book, Georgia, National Wildlife Refuge, Okefenokee Swamp, Water Turkey, Wildlife Photography, williamwisephoto

The Finest of Embroidery

An excerpt from naturalist Bradford Torrey’s 1895 book, A Florida Sketch-Book: “We were at that moment approaching a bird about which … More

Anhinga, Bird Photography, Birding, Bradford Torrey, Florida Sketch Book, Georgia, National Wildlife Refuge, Naturalist, Nature Photography, Okefenokee Swamp, Water Turkey, Wildlife Photography, williamwisephoto

“It’s the poisonousest snake there is!”

A humorous story from naturalist Bradford Torrey’s 1894 book, A Florida Sketch-Book. (It would be even more humorous if ignorant … More

Bradford Torrey, Florida Sketch Book, Georgia, National Wildlife Refuge, Nature Journal, Nature Photography, Nerodia, Okefenokee Swamp, reptile, Water Snake, Wildlife Photography, williamwisephoto

One Live Alligator is Worth a Dozen Dead

An excerpt from naturalist Bradford Torrey’s 1894 book, A Florida Sketch-Book: “But as we were skirting along the shore I suddenly … More

Alligator, Billys Lake, Bradford Torrey, Florida Sketch Book, Georgia, National Wildlife Refuge, Nature Photography, Okefenokee Swamp, Wildlife Photography, williamwisephoto

He has come here to die…

​A spooky excerpt from A Florida Sketch-Book, by naturalist Bradford Torrey, written in 1895: ​There—going one day farther than usual—I found … More

Bird Photography, Birding, blackwater, Bradford Torrey, Cypress Swamp, Florida Sketch Book, Georgia, National Wildlife Refuge, Nature Photography, Okefenokee Swamp, Turkey Vulture, Wildlife Photography, williamwisephoto

The Heron is at Home

In 1895, naturalist Bradford Torrey wrote of the Green Heron being at home in watery woods such as the Okefenokee … More

Bird Photography, Birding, Bradford Torrey, Florida Sketch Book, Georgia, Green Heron, National Wildlife Refuge, Nature Journal, Nature Photography, Okefenokee Swamp, Wildlife Photography, williamwisephoto

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