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Enjoying the gifts of the day with two dogs
Regis, a friend, and I went to the GTM NERR (Guana-Tolomato-Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve) to conduct more volunteer work on an intracoastal monitoring project where they are studying wave action from boats. It’s a great opportunity to ride in a golf cart along… Continue Reading “More Fiddler Crabs, Dolphins, and a Tortoise”
Over the last two days, I saw a couple situations where plastic is having a negative impact on wildlife. In the picture above, the duckling in the back has a plastic ring caught around its head. These ducklings are in our neighborhood. I was… Continue Reading “Plastic”
Regis predicted that one of the baby Red-bellied Woodpeckers would fledge today and he was correct. Regis was prepared and documented the moment. The little male Woodpecker left the nest cavity. We think the little female may still be in there. There are lots… Continue Reading “Woodpecker Fledges”
The baby Red-bellied Woodpeckers can be seen in the nest cavity. Regis got some video today. If you listen carefully, you can hear at least one of them. We can see two babies in the video. Very cute!! You can see that the parents… Continue Reading “Baby Woodpeckers”
We have a tree frog that shows up regularly on our screened lanai. The first time we noticed the frog, we had guests over for the evening. One of our guests spotted the frog on the lanai and captured it and put it outside.… Continue Reading “Tree Frog”
Pretty cool! We had a snake in our house this evening. I’m pretty sure it was a corn snake. I knew it wasn’t a venomous snake, so I took the time to take a photo. Regis wanted to get it out of the house… Continue Reading “Snake in the House”
Yesterday I was sitting on the lanai and relaxing when I heard a bunch of squeaky sounds. I recognized them as Brown-headed Nuthatches. We haven’t seen them yet since we moved into the house in late February. I got out the binoculars and saw… Continue Reading “Brown-headed Nuthatches”
While at the Alligator Farm in St. Augustine, Florida the other day, I was witness to some unruly Great Egret chicks harassing the parent. With mother’s day coming, I decided this was a mom. After viewing the following photos documenting the drama, all those… Continue Reading “Great Egret Mama Drama”
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