Parks & Nature Connection
Parks & Nature Connection – a monthly series learning about Florida’s awesome flora and fauna! What I love about my job as a Recreation Program Specialist is connecting people to […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Common Grackle
As migratory birds are beginning to show their presence in Florida, I have been keeping my bird feeders filled and awaiting with anticipation of those beautiful entertaining birds. Just yesterday, […]
The Snag
A long time ago, the oak tree in our backyard was dying of an unknown disease. I talked my husband into not cutting it down because it would make an […]
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 […]
Brooker Creek Nature Preserve and Educational Center
While waiting for *low tide to come back around in my area that doesn’t collide with my work schedule, my husband and I went on a date. The location, just […]
Front-yard Birding
We all heard of backyard birding, but what about front-yard birding? Various birds visit our front yard every season, like hawks, sandhill cranes, warblers, chickadees, crows, doves, cardinals, phoebes, and […]
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