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A pretty little red banded hairstreak butterfly is perched on a piece of weathered board as it rubs its wings together to distribute pheromones.

11 Feb

A Beautiful Red Banded Hairstreak Shows off to Attract Another

Posted by whatnext10 Arthropods, Butterflies, Insects, Photography, Video

Hairstreak High Jinx This is actually a video that I took in 2022 and forgot about. Originally it was a...

A hungry manatee tree snail eats algae off of a plastic gate.

10 Feb

Interesting Little Manatee Tree Snails Devour Algae

Posted by whatnext10 Mollusks, Photography, Video

Eager for Algae I realized that I hadn’t posted any video in quite awhile, so I thought why not? Video...

A little oven bird surveys her surroundings from a low branch.

09 Feb

One More Post About My Little Friend the Oven Bird

Posted by whatnext10 Birds, Photography

Look at the Camera Along with some interesting new birds that I’ve been seeing lately, I have also been seeing...

A pretty little male pine warbler perches for just a second on a jagged piece of branch.

07 Feb

The Beautiful Pine Warbler is a Fun Little Visitor

Posted by whatnext10 Birds, Photography

Precarious Perch For the past few days I have had a gorgeous little pine warbler (Setophaga pinus) visiting my feeding...

A red bellied woodpecker strikes a pose as it looks at the camera.

06 Feb

The Colorful Red Bellied Woodpeckers are Preparing for Spring

Posted by whatnext10 Birds, Photography 3 Comments

Portrait of a Red Bellied Woodpecker The birds have been very active lately and loads of birds are coming to...

Peach flowers bloom before leaves sprout, so they tend to start early in the spring.

05 Feb

Peach Flowers are a Beautiful Pink and Come Out Early

Posted by whatnext10 Photography, Plants and Flowers

Peach Flower The afternoon that I noticed the redbud tree in our neighborhood blossoming was an interesting one for flowers....

Carolina desert chicory is on of the first flowers to start blossoming every spring. This bunch is just getting started.

04 Feb

Another Sure Sign of Spring is Beautiful Chicory Flowers

Posted by whatnext10 Insects, Photography, Plants and Flowers 1 Comment

First Chicory Yesterday I showed you some of the first redbud flowers of the year. While I was taking those...

Redbuds are one of the very first trees to begin bloom in Florida in the spring.

03 Feb

Colorful Redbuds are Flowering, so Spring Will Soon be Here

Posted by whatnext10 Photography, Plants and Flowers, Weather 2 Comments

Redbuds! On Wednesday in my post, I noted that most of north central Florida is still sporting the browns of...

The Carolina desert chicory is known best for growing along roadsides in Texas, but it’s also commonly found in the Florida sandhills.

31 Jan

Beautiful Carolina Desert Chicory Loves All Dry Sandy Habitats

Posted by whatnext10 Artworks, Photography, Plants and Flowers 1 Comment

Sandhill Chicory There isn’t much blooming yet here in north central Florida, but it won’t be long before it starts....

An artistically processed photo shows a small five lined skink climbing over the rough bark of a live oak tree.

31 Jan

Different Processing Methods Result in Unusual and Colorful Artworks

Posted by whatnext10 Arthropods, Photography, Reptiles & Amphibians

Color Me Skink We are now more or less in the dead of winter, which means that except for birds,...