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A tufted titmouse waits patiently for its turn to grab a bite to eat.

02 Mar

Even a Beautiful Bird May Have to Wait its Turn

Posted by whatnext10 Birds, Photography

Patient Titmouse Sometimes when I put food out for the birds it takes a little while for anyone to show...

A group of false turkey tails grow off of a dead log deep in the woods.

01 Mar

Turkey Tails Can Be Quite Beautiful

Posted by whatnext10 Fungi, Photography

Turkey Tails Turkey tails and false turkey tails (Stereum ostrea) are two similar looking fungi that grow on the surfaces...

A red shouldered hawk perches for a moment with a large katydid that he caught to present to his mate.

27 Feb

Bird Breeding Behavior is a Wonderful Part of Spring

Posted by whatnext10 Birds, Photography

A Treat for My Love The breeding season for birds is in full swing in north central Florida. Birds are...

Cloudless sulfurs are one of the earliest spring butterflies.

27 Feb

Colorful Cloudless Sulfurs are Often one of the First Butterflies

Posted by whatnext10 Arthropods, Butterflies, Insects, Photography, Weather 2 Comments

First Butterfly My heart soared with it when I saw my first butterfly over the last weekend. It was fluttering...

23 Feb

My Latest Artwork Depicts One of My Favorite Florida Animals

Posted by whatnext10 Artworks, Reptiles & Amphibians 1 Comment

Gopher Tortoise on the Go I’m pleased to say that my latest drawing is finally finished. It’s based on one...

The seeds of hairy beggarstick stick to almost anything from clothing to fur to feathers, giving the plant its name.

23 Feb

The Sticky Seeds of the Beautiful Blackjack Plant are Effective

Posted by whatnext10 Photography, Plants and Flowers

Beggar’s Sticks One of the main flowering plants that I have growing wild on my property are the blackjacks (Bidens...

A beautiful, bright yellow pine warbler, a winter visitor, perches in a cherry tree that is just beginning to get its spring leaves.

22 Feb

The Wonderful Aspects of Winter and Spring are All Here

Posted by whatnext10 Birds, Environment, Photography, Plants and Flowers, Weather

Winter and Spring Here in central Florida we are in a period of flux between winter and spring. Some early...

This young eastern grey squirrel was eating a sunflower seed when she suddenly looked right at the photographer with a quizzical expression.

21 Feb

The Young Grey Squirrels Have Unique and Expressive Faces

Posted by whatnext10 Mammals, Photography

Who, Me? Back in December this young eastern grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) was coming to the feeding station almost every...

A string of pipevine seed pods hangs on dried vines as a reminder of the lush green of earlier seasons.

20 Feb

Pipevines Produce Some of the Most Interesting Seeds Ever

Posted by whatnext10 Photography, Plants and Flowers

Days Gone By Every year, I get a bunch of pipevines (Aristolochia littoralis) growing along one of my fences. The...

A tufted titmouse perches on a small branch in the understory of a mixed wood forest.

18 Feb

The Beautiful Tufted Titmouse is a Florida Resident

Posted by whatnext10 Birds, Photography 1 Comment

A Bird in the Bush Recently I’ve been showing a lot of images of the wonderful array winter birds that...