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Header Image: Anhinga Miles and miles of miles and miles. That was the description of west Texas landscape we heard from more than one Texan as we settled into our new...

Category: Birds, Florida, Insects, Photography Tags: anhinga, belted kingfisher, bridgewater tract, northern mockingbird, rambur's forktail, red bull assassin bug, red-shouldered hawk, royal tern, spicebush swallowtail, tenoroc fma, tricolored heron, variegated fritillary

Header Image: Pine Flatwoods Dawn “And far as the eye of God could seeDarkness covered everything,Blacker than a hundred midnightsDown in a cypress swamp. Then God smiled,And the light broke,And the...

Category: Flora, Florida, Insects, Photography Tags: golden-winged skimmer, green swamp, horsetail, orchard orbweaver, pale meadowbeauty, pearl crescent, pig frog, scouringrush, spicebush swallowtail

The Half-Full Glass

Header Image: Dawn at the lake. Early mornings in nature are consistent. Weather can cause variations in the routine, but creatures go about their daily business of survival regardless of whether...

Category: Birds, Florida, Insects, Photography Tags: banded dragonlet, banded sphinx, black vulture, bronzed tiger beetle, cloudless sulphur, fern, great blue heron, little blue heron, red-bellied woodpecker, roseate skimmer, tricolored heron, tropical orb weaver, turkey vulture, variegated fritillary, white ibis

Colt Creek Critters

Header Image: Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis) A pine forest is welcoming in so many ways. The unique green of the trees, the scent that has become synonymous with “fresh“, the cones...

Category: Fauna, Florida, Insects, Photography Tags: bar-winged skimmer, black-bordered lemon moth, colt creek state park, cuban brown anole, eastern pondhawk, great blue skimmer, little blue dragonlet, white-tailed deer, yellow garden spider

Dog Days of Summer Are Over – Siriusly

Header Image: Prothonotary Warbler It’s her fault, you know. She said: “Go birding. I have some crafting to catch up on.” I should have known to be wary. For some time...

Category: Birds, Florida, Insects, Photography Tags: carolina wren, downy woodpecker, golden silk spider, great crested flycatcher, northern cardinal, orchard orbweaver, prairie warbler, prothonotary warbler, raccoon, red-bellied woodpecker, spicebush swallowtail, swallow-tailed kite, tenoroc public use area

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