There are several year-round resident birds within the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. But some of those “common” birds are much … More
Tag: Suwannee River
Concentrations of Gators
From my October 2022 Okefenokee Journal… Seeing the extremely low waters of the Suwannee River Sill, I began to fear … More
Low Waters on the Okefenokee Suwannee River Sill
My Okefenokee Swamp journal, October 25, 2022… A few weeks before my October 2022 trip, I was told by a … More
What’s Behind the Glass?
Dark tannic waters reflect the upper world perfectly. The mirror-like blackwater displays inverted Cypress Tree buttresses and their mossy-green knees … More
Okefenokee Swamp: A Great Rain Basin
Which slow-moving, murky, southern river is it that feeds the Okefenokee Swamp? How many creeks and spring must there be … More
The Okefenokee Hunter
Excerpt from Francis Harper’s Mammals of the Okefinokee Swamp, published March 1927: “And not the least interesting part of the scene … More
Baby Alligator Refuge
A shadowed, meandering channel runs just north of Billy’s Lake in the Okefenokee. It is the Middle Fork of the … More
Moss Covered Cove
There is no solitude like sitting in a dark cove within the Okefenokee Swamp. The dark water of the Suwannee … More
Birthplace of the Suwannee
AN EXCERPT FROM SUWANNEE RIVER, STRANGE GREEN LAND BY CECILE HULSE MATSCHAT, 1938. “The birthplace of the Suwannee is in Georgia, deep … More
Weird Hobgoblin World
AN EXCERPT FROM SUWANNEE RIVER, STRANGE GREEN LAND BY CECILE HULSE MATSCHAT, 1938. “In the weird, hobgoblin world of the bays there … More
Okefenokee Photography Project by William Wise 