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 […]
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 […]
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- […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
So, this will be the second year we have had a pair of downy woodpeckers excavate their nest in our backyard, and actually on the same snag. It’s really quite […]
A two-hour drive across the state led to Orlando Wetlands Park in Christmas, FL. I can sum this area up as a mixture between Wildlife Drive in Apoka and Circle […]
I uploaded a video showing this Pileated woodpecker drumming in slow-mo on my Florida Nature Blog Facebook page! You can check it out here: https://www.facebook.com/FloridaNatureBlog/. These are my favorite woodpeckers. […]
Let me introduce you to another fascinating Florida native plant- Rough Horsetail (Equisetum hyemale): a vascular plant in the fern family with 41 different species and one extinct species, the […]
A trip back to Crystal River Preserve State Park It was a great nature day! Bald Eagle, Osprey, Chickadee’s, Pine Warblers, Yellow-rumped Warblers, Wild Boar, American Alligator, Bullfrogs, snake skeletons, […]
I am incredibly fortunate to have been hired as an Education Specialist with FWC at Chinsegut Conservation Center. I have an intense passion for learning and for teaching others about […]