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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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Birding the Okefenokee: Pileated Woodpecker

A loud call breaks the warm, still afternoon air. “Are there monkeys in the Okefenokee Swamp?”, my young daughter asks. … More

Bird Photography, Birding, Georgia, Nature Photography, Okefenokee, Pileated Woodpecker, Stephen C Foster, Travel, Wildlife Photography, williamwisephoto

To go where one has not gone before…

To go where one has not gone before is the call of every adventurer’s heart. Many times my daughter and I … More

Bartram's Air Plant, Canoe, Georgia, iNaturalist, National Wildlife Refuge, Okefenokee Swamp, Wildlife Photography

Okefenokee Safe Solo: Maps and GPS

​Is it safe to paddle the Okefenokee alone? I suppose that depends on many factors. I have made most of … More

Alligator, Billys Lake, Camping, Canoe, Georgia, Kayak, National Wildlife Refuge, Okefenokee Swamp, Travel Photography, Wildlife Photography

Across Billy’s Lake

Excerpt from my Okefenokee Journal, October 26, 2022… Wednesday, 9:47 AM – The first leg of my journey to my … More

Billys Lake, Bird Photography, Birding, Canoe, Georgia, National Wildlife Refuge, Okefenokee Swamp, Wildlife Photography

Assailed By Alligators

My friends at church ask how I could dare to paddle the Okefenokee – especially alone! – with so many … More

Alligator, Georgia, National Wildlife Refuge, Nature Photography, Okefenokee Swamp, Wildlife Photography

Sinister Swamp Personalities

A fictional but fascinating description of the snake-laden, dark forests of the Okefenokee Swamp from Cecil Hulse Matchat’s 1938 novel, … More

Brown Watersnake, Cecile Matschat, Cypress Swamp, Georgia, National Wildlife Refuge, Nature Photography, Nerodia, Okefenokee Swamp, Wildlife Photography, williamwisephoto

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

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

Okefenokee Impassible Dense Jungle

Although a work of fiction, the description of the Okefenokee Swamp in Louis Pendleton’s novel is quite accurate! An excerpt … More

Alligator, Cypress Swamp, Georgia, Louis Pendleton In the Okefenokee, National Wildlife Refuge, Okefenokee Swamp, Wildlife Photography

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

Creepy Claws

What lurks beneath those waters? That question rolls in the mind as one attempts to peer through the blackwater of the … More

Alligator, blackwater, Georgia, Herping, iNaturalist, National Wildlife Refuge, Okefenokee Swamp, Suwannee Canal, Suwannee Canal Recreation Area, Wildlife Photography

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