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 […]
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 […]
A Local Trip to Weekiwachee Preserve
It has been a long time since I took a photo-hike at Weekiwachee Preserve. I do have several friends that post photos of their beautiful nature encounters and in a […]
Handsome Meadow Katydid
I traveled north to visit Goethe State Forest in search of two particular flowering plants. The first plant was the Clasping Milkweed (Asclepias amplexicaulis) and the second Spotted Horsemint (Monarda […]
September Issue
Learning Nature As I am taking these Florida Master Naturalist courses, I am developing new ways to learn, and nothing is better when your online courses get you out in […]
Signs of Nature
Signs of Nature I believe that nature will let you see things when nature wants you to see it. But I also feel it is deeper than that, metaphorically. As […]
Golden Silk Spider or Banana Spider
Patience is so important when you are out photographing nature, and I have to remind myself about that all the time. I need to be more patient, and this day […]
Summer Tanager
I headed out yesterday determined to get more macro shots focusing on some specific insects and plant species, and well that didn’t happen. While hiking all I was hearing was […]
Hentz Striped Scorpion
Another species added to my Chassahowitzka WMA project…The Hentz Striped Scorpion. While kneeling down taking some photos of a plant, I glanced down to the left for a split second […]
Striped Mud Turtle
Not very often do I see turtles sunning on a log in the swamps at Chassahowitzka WMA. It’s just one of those things, being in the right place at the […]
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