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Nature’s Timeline

Header Image: Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae) A definition of a “timeline” might be: a sequence of related events arranged in chronological order and displayed along a line. Therefore, “Nature’s Timeline” could be as simple as: Spring > Summer > Autumn > Winter Wash. Rinse. Repeat. Seasonal change is caused by the axial tilt of the Earth, which creates climatic differences due to greater or lesser exposure to solar radiation. —-Reference.com, Characteristics of… Read More

Category: Birds, Insects, Photography Tags: american alligator, barn swallow, black and yellow argiope, cloudless sulphur, colt creek state park, common buckeye, dorantes longtail, eastern kingbird, fiery skipper, fungus, green tree frog, horace's duskywing, little blue dragonlet, puddling, purple martin, sleepy orange, spotted orbweaver, swallow-tailed kite, tropical checkered-skipper, variegated fritillary

So Much – LIFE ! (Part The Second)

Breakfast was delightful and enhanced by the local ambience. Alligators now recognize us on sight and popped up to the lake’s surface every few minutes to be sure we were still there. Wading birds probed the soft mud by the water for their own breakfast. Waves of cicadas sang in unison, volume rising then falling, reminding us how much we love our Sunshine State and all the natural beauty it has to… Read More

Category: Birds, Fauna, Flora, Florida, Insects, Photography Tags: cloudless sulphur, coffee-loving pyrausta moth, common buckeye, eastern amberwing, fish crow, horace's duskywing, osprey, rambur's forktail, round-tailed muskrat, spicebush swallowtail, tenoroc fma, two-striped forceptail, viceroy

Babylon! Blood! Beauty!

A review of last year’s records began as a search for early fall migration arrival dates. It soon devolved into a tragic tale of ancient Babylon, unfulfilled love and blood-soaked — I’m getting ahead of myself. The data indicated a few early American Redstarts might begin arriving as early as the last week of July. Where would be the most likely place to search for them? Several choices presented themselves. Wait. What’s… Read More

Category: Birds, Fauna, Florida, Insects, Photography Tags: american grasshopper, black and yellow argiope, bumble bee, cloudless sulphur, colt creek state park, delaware skipper, dorantes longtail, eastern lubber grasshopper, hummingbird clearwing moth, needham's skimmer, northern parula, prince baskettail, red saddlebags, red-bellied woodpecker, red-shouldered hawk, river otter, roseate skimmer

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