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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: Suwannee River

Okefenokee Black-crowned Night Heron

There are several year-round resident birds within the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. But some of those “common” birds are much … More

Georgia, National Wildlife Refuge, Birding, Wildlife Photography, Okefenokee Swamp, Bird Photography, Conservation Photography, Suwannee River, Black-crowned Night Heron

Concentrations of Gators

From my October 2022 Okefenokee Journal… Seeing the extremely low waters of the Suwannee River Sill, I began to fear … More

Alligator, Georgia, National Wildlife Refuge, Nature Journal, Okefenokee Swamp, Suwannee River

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

Georgia, National Wildlife Refuge, Nature Photography, Okefenokee Swamp, Suwannee River

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

blackwater, Canoe, Cypress Buttress, Cypress Swamp, Georgia, National Wildlife Refuge, Nature Photography, Okefenokee Swamp, Suwannee River

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

Canoe, Conservation Photography, Georgia, Minnies Lake, National Wildlife Refuge, Okefenokee Swamp, Paddling, St. Mary's River, Suwannee River

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

Canoe, Cypress Swamp, Francis Harper, Georgia, Kayak, Minnies Lake, National Wildlife Refuge, Okefenokee Swamp, Spanish Moss, Suwannee River, williamwisephoto

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

Alligator, Baby Alligator Pod, Canoe, Conservation Photography, Georgia, National Wildlife Refuge, Nature Photography, Okefenokee Swamp, Spatterdock Yellow Bonnet Lily, Suwannee River, Wetlands Habitat, Wildlife Photography, williamwisephoto

Moss Covered Cove

There is no solitude like sitting in a dark cove within the Okefenokee Swamp. The dark water of the Suwannee … More

blackwater, Conservation Photography, Cypress Knees, Cypress Swamp, Georgia, National Wildlife Refuge, Nature Journal, Nature Photography, Okefenokee Swamp, Suwannee River, Wetlands Habitat, williamwisephoto

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

Cecile Matschat, Cypress Buttress, Cypress Swamp, Cypress Tree, Georgia, National Wildlife Refuge, Nature Photography, Okefenokee Swamp, Spanish Moss, Suwannee River, Travel Photography, williamwisephoto

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

Cecile Matschat, Cypress Swamp, Georgia, National Wildlife Refuge, Nature Photography, Okefenokee Swamp, Strange Green Land, Suwannee River, Swamp Stock Photo, Travel Photography, williamwisephoto

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