A Beautiful Cardinal Takes a Much Earned Rest
Reserved Tranquility For many of our small songbirds, the first clutches of young are becoming much less dependent on their...
Northern Parulas are Beautiful and Colorful Little Birds
Dapper Parula There are lots of beautiful birds all over north central Florida right now, and since it is the...
American Bullfrogs Love the Warm Weather of Spring
Basking Bullfrog Last year I had a good sized American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) living in my pond, but in the...
The Beautiful White Eyed Vireo is a Florida Resident
White Eyed Vireo During my recent hike at the Sweetwater Wetland Preserve we spotted quite a few smaller birds as...
April and May are Prime Months for Beautiful Gardenia Flowers
April Gardenia The gardenias (Gardenia jasminoides) in my yard have been covered in little buds for a few weeks now,...
Red Winged Blackbirds Love Living in the Reeds
Reed Singer Red winged blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus) are one of the most common and adaptive birds in North America and...
Great Blue Herons in Breeding Plumage are a Beautiful Sight
Portrait of a Great Blue Heron It’s the season for love, and for many birds that comes with bright colors...
Beautiful Cutleaf Evening Primrose Can Really Glow in the Sun
Bejeweled Plants, flowers, mushrooms, spider’s webs, and many other things are exceptionally pretty when covered in rain drops or morning...
American Alligators Love to Bask in the Sun
A Couple of Gators Reptiles are what we call cold blooded or ectothermic animals, meaning that their body temperature is...
Passion Fruit Flowers Can be Very Colorful
Glowing Passion Passion fruit flowers come in several varieties, and all the ones I have growing wild here are a...
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