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- […]
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 […]
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 […]
Downy Woodpeckers
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 […]
Visiting Orlando Wetlands
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 […]
Pileated Woodpecker
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. […]
Rough Horsetail (Equisetum hyemale)
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 […]
Nature People
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, […]
Learning Daily-Weekly
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 […]
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