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Mexican primrose blooms mainly in the fall, but a few flowers can survive well into the winter as long as there isn’t a hard freeze.

16 Jan

Colorful Mexican Primrose is One of the Few Flowers that Can Bloom in Winter

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A Winter’s Flower In general, winter is not a time of year known for its beautiful flowers, but once in...

A tufted titmouse perches on a branch just above the photographers’s head.

13 Jan

The Tufted Titmouse is a Very Interesting, Amusing Little Bird

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Over Head A pretty little bird perches above my head, Beautifully framed by branches on a background of blue sky....

The Carolina chickadee is a small black and white bird, but it’s loaded with an adorable personality.

12 Jan

The Amazing Cuteness of Carolina Chickadees is Undeniable

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Chick-a-dee There are plenty of really adorable little birds that come and go on my property. My absolute favorite is...

Now that winter has arrived, all that’s left of the crepe myrtle flowers are these firm seed coats filled with seeds.

11 Jan

Winters Seeds and Berries Can Be Beautiful to Wildlife and People, Too

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Crepe Nuts Once winter sets in, most of our flowers, mushrooms, and even a lot of leaves are gone. It...

A beautiful male cardinal poses for a photo.

10 Jan

Poppa is Looking Great and Preparing for a New Season

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Handsome Back in 2023, Momma and Poppa cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) raised three clutches of little cardinals, and by the time...

A red bellied woodpecker closes her eyes to protect them before she strikes a tree branch.

09 Jan

Red Bellied Woodpeckers are Very Interesting to Watch

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Strike Two Whenever there are woodpeckers around, I really enjoy watching and photographing them. First of all, they are all...

The trail from a large jet airliner lights up an orangish red in the evening sunset, making it look as though the plane is trailing fire.

07 Jan

Sometimes You Just Have to Try Something Unusual

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Jet Flame As a general rule, I try not to include people or manmade objects in my nature photographs. But...

A bunch of beauty berries represent the last few that haven’t been eaten or decayed.

06 Jan

Colorful Beauty Berries Can Last Late into the Fall

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Late Beauty There are quite a few American beautyberry bushes (Callicarpa americana) that grow wild on my property and I...

A little downy woodpecker makes its way along the branch of an oak tree.

05 Jan

Beautiful Downy Woodpeckers are the Smallest Woodpeckers in North America

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Downy Woodpecker For about a year now there has been a pretty little downy woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) living in the...

An artistic rendering of a leaning scurfy twiglet mushroom as seen from below.

04 Jan

The Wonderful Highlights From the Year 2024

Posted by whatnext10 Arthropods, Bees & Wasps, Birds, Butterflies, Environment, Fungi, Insects, Landscapes, Photography, Plants and Flowers, Sunsets and Sunrises, Travels, Video No Comments

2024 was an interesting year to say the least. It had plenty of ups and downs, like most years. I...

Colorful Mexican Primrose is One of the Few Flowers that Can Bloom in Winter

The Tufted Titmouse is a Very Interesting, Amusing Little Bird

The Amazing Cuteness of Carolina Chickadees is Undeniable

Winters Seeds and Berries Can Be Beautiful to Wildlife and People, Too

Poppa is Looking Great and Preparing for a New Season

Red Bellied Woodpeckers are Very Interesting to Watch

Sometimes You Just Have to Try Something Unusual

Colorful Beauty Berries Can Last Late into the Fall

Beautiful Downy Woodpeckers are the Smallest Woodpeckers in North America

The Wonderful Highlights From the Year 2024

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