Flora | Our Natural Places

Finding The Extra In The Ordinary

Header Image: Northern Waterthrush It was a day similar to other days. The sun rose. So did we. Ate breakfast. Read mail. Ate lunch. Accomplished chores. Ate supper. The sun set....

Category: Birds, Flora, Florida, Photography Tags: american bittern, american kestrel, blue-gray gnatcatcher, carolina chickadee, cooper's hawk, eastern phoebe, goldenrod, grasshopper sparrow, house wren, liatris, narrowleaf sunflower, northern waterthrush, pine warbler, primrosewillow, red saddlebags, red-shouldered hawk

Walking On Sunshine*

Header Image: Swamp Sunflowers, Marl Bed Flats, Lake Jessup, Florida, USA (We interrupt our irregularly scheduled attempts at blogging to bring you a public service announcement. There is joy in the...

Category: Flora, Florida, Photography Tags: marl bed flats, swamp sunflower

Go For The Birds, Enjoy The Rest

Header Image: Immature White Ibis Why does food taste better in the forest? I mean, a boiled egg is a boiled egg. Eaten at the dining table in comfortably conditioned air...

Category: Birds, Flora, Florida, Insects, Photography Tags: belted kingfisher, bulltongue arrowhead, crab spider, downy woodpecker, eastern lubber grasshopper, golden silk spider, green lynx spider, horsefly, narrowleaf primrosewillow, skunkvine, spotted beebalm, string lily, white ibis

Escape To The Swamp

Header Image: Carolina Redroot (Lachnanthes caroliana) Wait. Don’t you mean “Escape FROM The Swamp”?? We review the news from around the corner and around the world. Local roads and businesses are...

Category: Birds, Flora, Florida, Insects, Photography Tags: bar-winged skimmer, blue dasher, carolina redroot, delta flower scarab beetle, eastern pondhawk, fiery skipper, four-spotted pennant, fungus, green heron, little blue dragonlet, needham's skimmer, obscure grasshopper, roseate skimmer, roundpod st. john's-wort, salt marsh morning glory, scarlet skimmer, slaty skimmer, viceroy, wild turkey, yellow garden spider

Swamp Road

Header Image: Pygmy Rattlesnake Hot. Wet. Oppressive. Taking a breath almost requires effort. In the time it takes to walk from the car to the trailhead, your clothes are soaked through...

Category: Birds, Flora, Florida, Insects, Photography Tags: brown-headed nuthatch, clustered bushmint, eastern lubber grasshopper, familiar bluet, gray-green clubtail, little blue dragonlet, phaon crescent, prince baskettail, pygmy rattlesnake, richloam wildlife management area, rosy camphorweed, scarlet skimmer, swamp, tarflower, yellow milwort

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