Okefenokee Fetterbush will make you stagger and shout!

In the spring the Okefenokee Swamp shrubbery is decorated with delicate rows of tiny pink and white bells. These small … More

Okefenokee Alligator Apex Predator

Their status as an apex predator is probably what makes the American Alligator so fascinating and formidable. Apex predators are … More

Sharing Part 2 of Kathleen’s great Okefenokee travel journal to the wonderful Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. Birds are part of … More

“Dad, can we go back to Minnie’s Lake today,” my daughter asked. She always loves paddling through the scenic, narrow … More

My daughter has always been the captain of our canoe. She sits in the stern and controls the trolling motor … More

Here is a great nature journal with some incredible photography from Anne Ledbetter Photography! Follow the link to her blog … More

There she lay; just ten feet from the edge of the dock. How could I resist? A big alligator right … More

Going through some older Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge posts, I found this unique observation from April 12, 2010 by iNaturalist … More

Excerpt from the 1926 History of the Okefenokee by Hamp Mizell and AS McQueen: “When the Swamp was first penetrated … More

My wife and I were social distancing before we knew there was such a thing. Before the coronavirus pandemic hit … More