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Blissful Bucolic Balm

Header Image: Tricolored Heron “Ah-choo!” “Bless you.” Gini and I sneezed our way through the first two weeks of December. Intense testing, analyses and expert medical opinions told the sad tale....

Category: Birds, Flora, Florida, Insects, Photography Tags: black-and-white warbler, blue-headed vireo, bridgewater, bur-marigold, ceraunus blue, downy woodpecker, house finch, northern cardinal, tenoroc fma, tricolored heron

Header Image: Carolina Wren Once again, that mee-tee-oh-rah-low-gist was absolutely correct. Partly cloudy with temperatures about the same as yesterday. I missed my calling. We pulled into the management area just...

Category: Birds, Florida, Insects, Photography Tags: band-winged dragonlet, belted kingfisher, blue-gray gnatcatcher, carolina wren, carpenter mimic leaf-cutter bee, common ground-dove, common yellowthroat, downy woodpecker, flesh fly, hyacinth glider, northern cardinal, northern parula, ovenbird, palm warbler, red-eyed vireo, red-shouldered hawk, regal jumping spider, roseate skimmer, scarlet skimmer, tenoroc fish management area, tufted titmouse, wandering glider, white-eyed vireo, zebra swallowtail

Simplification – A Goal

Header Image: Great Blue Heron We married young. Too young, “they” said. With our 20-20 hindsight, Gini and I have determined we married at the exact time the universe had scheduled...

Category: Birds, Florida, Insects, Photography Tags: blue dasher, blue-gray gnatcatcher, brown thrasher, great blue heron, lake parker park, northern flicker, purple gallinule, white ibis, yellow-throated vireo

The Wrong Shoes

Header: Great Blue Heron At Sunrise An Osprey called as she flew over my head while I was getting out of the car. She was followed by a flight of several...

Category: Birds, Florida, Insects, Photography Tags: four-spotted pennant, great blue heron, lake crago park, little blue heron, mushroom, northern cardinal, osprey, red saddlebags, sleepy orange, variable dancer, wood stork

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

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