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Petrichor

(We are still experiencing limited opportunities to explore nature. ONE of us, who shall not be named, seems to prefer the ambience of rooms filled with busy technicians, quizzical doctors, equipment with flashing lights/beeps/boops to that of our lovely damp swamp. Due to this hopefully temporary aberration – you will now be forced to view treated to summer reruns.) (The situation described above is also responsible for our inattention to all of… Read More

Category: Birds, Flora, Florida, Insects, Photography Tags: american lotus, clouded skipper, common buckeye, common tanwave, ghost bulimia, halloween pennant, limpkin, needham's skimmer, osprey, swallow-tailed kite, tenoroc fma, twin-spot skipper

Patching things up

(Header image: Common Ground Dove.) The conversation usually goes something like: “Is there somewhere you would like to go tomorrow?” Gini responds, “Anywhere is fine with me.” “Anywhere” will typically be within our home county as we like to keep tabs on what’s happening with “our” resident birds. Since we live in west-central Florida, there are many great birding destinations within a couple hours’ drive and we often explore those venues. One… Read More

Category: Birds, Florida, Insects, Photography Tags: carolina satyr, clouded skipper, common ground dove, eastern meadowlark, needham's skimmer, ornate bella moth, red-tailed hawk, royal river cruiser, spicebush swallowtail, tenoroc fma, wandering glider, white peacock

So Much – LIFE !

Are the drops on the leaves and blades of grass from dew or last night’s rainfall? It doesn’t matter. They reflect the morning sunlight as though a thousand prisms had been scattered about. Photographers are told the best time to experience the most favorable light outdoors is an hour before and after sunrise and sunset – “The Golden Hour”. This was more like “The Rainbow Hour”. Gini said the landscape looked like… Read More

Category: Birds, Fauna, Flora, Florida, Insects, Photography Tags: barred yellow, black-bellied whistling-duck, ceraunus blue, clouded skipper, dorantes longtail, four-spotted pennant, halloween pennant, limpkin, little yellow, needham's skimmer, ornate bella moth, rambur's forktail, tenoroc public use area, tricolored heron, variable dancer, whirlabout, white ibis, white m hairstreak

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