(Click images to enlarge, click again to zoom.) Standing still, eyes closed, head tilted one way then another. I hear the distant call of a Red-shouldered Hawk, the guttural “caw-caw-cawwww” of American Crows, trumpeting Sandhill Cranes, a raucous Blue Jay, the hammering of a woodpecker on a dry limb. Gini’s superior hearing adds a calling White-eyed Vireo, the clear whistle of a Tufted Titmouse, a Carolina Wren, an upset squirrel and the… Read More
Category: Birds, Fauna, Flora, Florida, Insects, Photography Tags: american alligator, ceraunus blue, colt creek state park, coral bean, gopher tortoise, gulf fritillary, hover fly, red-banded hairstreak, red-shouldered hawk, rice button aster, river otter, savannah sparrow, shortleaf wild coffee, sunshine mimosa, tree swallow
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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