What Next Photography & Graphic Arts

A ring billed gull stands regally in the grass on a sunny afternoon.

20 Jan

Ring Billed Gulls are Very Interesting and Outgoing Birds

Posted by whatnext10 Birds, Photography

Stately Ring Bill Yesterday, I wrote about my little bird friend the towhee, so for a complete change, today I...

The little rufous sided towhee ran out to the feed, grabbed a piece of cracked corn and raced off again to eat.

18 Jan

This Beautiful Rufous Sided Towhee has Become a Regular

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Fast Food Take Out In the late summer or early fall, this beautiful little male rufous sided towhee, now called...

A bunch of male hooded mergansers float around on a pond in central Florida.

17 Jan

Hooded Mergansers are Another Beautiful Winter Migrant

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Flotilla Just before Christmas, I had to make an unexpected run to the local grocery store for a few things....

Ibis dig in the dirt and pond muck to search for insects and other invertebrates to eat.

16 Jan

Reflections of a Colorful White Ibis Make for Twice the Beauty

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Dig Deep The past few days have been very stressful thanks to a leaky hot water heater that set in...

This pretty coastal plain Palafox flower is in full bloom with nice pink florets.

14 Jan

Photo Essay: The Life of the Coastal Plain Palafox Flower

Posted by whatnext10 Photography, Plants and Flowers

Back in the fall on one of my hikes in the Gothe State Forest I came across a fairly large...

Cape honeysuckle flowers have a beautiful blushing reddish color and exquisite elongated stamens and pistil.

13 Jan

Cape Honeysuckle is an Interesting Plant with Beautiful Flowers

Posted by whatnext10 Photography, Plants and Flowers

Blushing Trumpet When I was out at Watermelon Pond, I found more than one pretty, trumpet shaped flower that was...

A Carolina jessamine flower catches the glow from the last bit of light on a fall evening.

11 Jan

Carolina Jessamine is a Bright, Colorful Wildflower

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Lustrous Jessamine I was very pleasantly surprised when I found this Carolina jessamine (Gelsemium sempervirens) blooming on my last hike...

A pair of gilled boletes grows up off of an oak tree root and through the leaf litter on the forest floor.

11 Jan

Beautiful Brown Gilled Boletes are Can Occur in Winter, Too

Posted by whatnext10 Fungi, Photography

Double Boletes It wasn’t long after the beginning of 2024 before I struck out on a hike out to the...

This pretty little onion stalk parasol mushroom is growing on dead wood and leaves in the Florida woods.

09 Jan

The Onion Stalk Parasol Mushroom is Beautiful, but Toxic

Posted by whatnext10 Fungi, Photography 1 Comment

Onion Stalk Parasol Over the summer and fall, after we started getting some rain, these pretty little onion stalk parasol...

Rosy oysterlings grow on dead trees, and downed branches or logs.

08 Jan

Rosy Oysterlings are Very Useful for Recycling Nutrients

Posted by whatnext10 Fungi, Photography 2 Comments

Oysterlings There are lots of things that Florida has an abundance of and two of those are moisture and dead...