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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
The Bird Box
While working on an article for Hernando County’s local community newspaper, I was inspired to purchase a couple of birdhouses. View the article here: https://www.hernandosun.com/2022/02/19/connecting-with-nature-eastern-bluebird-sialia-sialis/ One was a pre-assembled eastern […]
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, […]
Revisiting Crystal River Preserve State Park
Revisiting Crystal River Preserve State Park It’s been a busy couple of weeks, and taking some time to be in nature was much needed, and I got to do that […]
Great Backyard Bird Count
February 12th through the 15th, The Great Backyard Bird Count was in full swing and what I thought was so remarkable is this happens all over the world- the world […]
Revisiting Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive
Every time I visit places like these, I always think of how I would create ‘self-learning projects.’ At Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive, I would study and research as many water […]
Here Birdie, Birdie!
During a recent visit to Green Swamp in Sumter County, I concluded that birds tend to drive me bonkers, especially the little ones. It’s hard enough to id birds by […]
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