Stuck at Home
Good Morning Nature People! It’s been a rough week- but if life didn’t have its rough moments we would never realize how important nature is to us. Well-being • Healing […]
Thank you!
I just wanted to give a shout to all of those 200-plus people that liked my Florida Nature page in June! Incredible! Thank you to all the followers for your support, inspiration, and interest in learning more about Florida’s amazing flora and fauna. Be safe in your travels. Alice
It’s a Sticky Situation
The Befaria racemosa – Tarflower is a mystery! It’s a beautiful flowering shrub that has these amazing white flowers with hints of pink coloration. So what is so fascinating about […]
Yucca Plant and Yucca Moth
Common Yucca (Yucca filamentosa) and Yucca Moth (Tegeticula yuccasella)- A Mutualist Relationship The relationship between the Yucca plant and the Yucca Moth is the perfect example of how insects and […]
Netted Pawpaw Fruit
When learning to identify plants, you focus more on two things- leaves and flowers. The netted pawpaw and the gopher berry (aka dwarf pawpaw) have the appearance to look alike- […]
Downy Woodpeckers
It’s a peaceful Monday in our backyard, cool breeze, and blue skies. The bluebirds fledged, and now my focus is on these little downy snaglets! ( Snaglets was coined by my […]
May is American Wetlands Month
There is something mysterious when you explore the wetlands, whether it would be trekking through the swamp or kayaking in the marsh. Florida is surrounded by water, which makes the […]
National Wildflower Week
What a great way to learn about wildflowers than having a week dedicated to just wildflowers! Beginning May 1 and lasting till May 7, it’s time to get outdoors and […]
World Robber Fly Day (Family Asilidae)
Is it not great to have one of your favorite insects celebrated for its existence one day of the year? Robber flies are unique, strange-looking, strong, charismatic, attentive, and brutal. […]
Backyard Bluebird Observation
Birds are unique, and their courtship it’s fascinating, especially with the bluebirds. To the best of his ability, the male will pick out a nesting site he feels his mate […]
A Day Trip To San Felasco Hammock Preserve State Park
I belong to a ladies’ photo/hiking group. It actually started some years ago when I met four extraordinary ladies during a photography workshop. This workshop was a creative photography workshop […]
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