Carolina Jessamine is a Bright, Colorful Wildflower
Lustrous Jessamine I was very pleasantly surprised when I found this Carolina jessamine (Gelsemium sempervirens) blooming on my last hike...
Beautiful Brown Gilled Boletes are Can Occur in Winter, Too
Double Boletes It wasn’t long after the beginning of 2024 before I struck out on a hike out to the...
The Onion Stalk Parasol Mushroom is Beautiful, but Toxic
Onion Stalk Parasol Over the summer and fall, after we started getting some rain, these pretty little onion stalk parasol...
Rosy Oysterlings are Very Useful for Recycling Nutrients
Oysterlings There are lots of things that Florida has an abundance of and two of those are moisture and dead...
This Beautiful Little Oven Bird is One of Our Winter Visitors
Oven Bird This winter has definitely been an interesting one for seeing winter migrant birds. I already posted about the...
Turkey Vultures Love to Catch the Sun on Their Wings
Light Wings On the last day of 2023, I walked down to my mailbox and discovered a whole bunch of...
Wood Storks are Not Beautiful, but They are Interesting
Wood Stork On Tuesday, I was driving to work when I spotted this juvenile wood stork (Mycteria americana), or American...
This Beautiful Female Deer was Very Protective of Her Fawn
Shielded Baby Earlier in 2023 I came across this beautiful female white tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and her young fawn...
Time to Say Goodbye to 2023 and Welcome 2024
New Year’s Eve Like most years, 2023 had its good times and its bad, but for me it was mostly...
Many Wonderful Roles that Nature Plays in the Arts-Part II
Male Grackle In yesterdays post, we touched on several ways that nature can play an important part in art. Yesterday...
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