American Alligator on Billy’s Lake, Okefenokee Swamp

American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. Sunday, April 16, 2023. Location: Billy’s Lake; N30.83204° W82.35892° Cloudy … More

The Ugly Swamp

My wife has never accompanied my daughter and me on an Okefenokee excursion. She isn’t really one for roughing it … More

Holding Hands with an Alligator

Have you ever held hands with an alligator? If you have, you’d know that the American Alligator has five toes … More

Alligator Blue 208

“Alligator Blue 208″… No, that isn’t a play called out by a college football quarterback. It is the identification given … More

Paddling the Okefenokee from Maul Hammock to Big Water

The morning of April 20, 2024, we launched out from the Maul Hammock shelter and began day 2 of our … More

Return of the American Alligator

“There was a time when alligators had come so close to extinction that their critical link in the ecosystem could … More

Hike Along the Suwannee River Sill, Part 2

Rather than give up in frustration and leave The Sill for another location because of the low water levels, I … More

Hike Along the Suwannee River Sill, Part 1

After a 5-hour drive from my hometown in Athens, Georgia, my tires finally rolled over the boundary line onto the … More

Few animals escape the jaws of an alligator

Alligators generally prey upon animals they can swallow whole, using gravity to help him go down. Fish, turtles, snakes, frogs, … More

Okefenokee Swamp Pig Frog, Lithobates grylio

Pig Frog, Lithobates grylio, photographed swimming in the dark tannin blackwater of the Okefenokee Swamp near the Maul Hammock Shelter. … More