Posted on December 23, 2020
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I went to the dam at the Guana-Tolomato-Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve (GTM NERR) to try to get pictures of Osprey catching fish. The dam has an outlet from Guana Lake to the Guana River and the fish hang out on both sides of… Continue Reading “Fishing Line”
Category: wildlifeTags: bird entangled in fishing line, boat-tailed grackle stealing bait fish, fishing entanglement, GTM NERR, guana-tolomato-matanzas national estuarine research reserve, Osprey, Osprey fishing, Osprey with fish, Pandion haliaetus, Quiscalus major, red-bellied woodpecker, royal tern entangled in fishing line, Thalasseus maximus
Posted on September 23, 2020
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I enjoy all the wildlife we see near our home. As much as I love to travel and see all the wildlife on the road, I also enjoy all that I can see from home. There is always something happening. We have been seeing… Continue Reading “Local Wildlife 2”
Posted on December 6, 2019
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A couple weeks ago, we began to hear a great-horned owl hoot for hours in the early morning between midnight and sunrise. This owl hooted non-stop for hours. About a week after all that hooting, we noticed that there were now two owls hooting… Continue Reading “Great-horned Owls”
Posted on August 30, 2019
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We just spent two days at Gamble Rogers State Park. We had a campsite on the beach and we could launch our kayaks across the road on the intracoastal waterway. It was lovely. Regis found a vacant spot for two nights at this campground… Continue Reading “Gamble Rogers State Park”
Category: UncategorizedTags: anhinga, arenaria interpres, black-bellied plover pluvialis squatarola, Brown Pelican, cataptrophorus semipalmatus, egretta thula, gamble rogers state park, ghost crab, lightning, ocypodinae, Osprey, pelecanus occidentalis, red flag, ruddy turnostone, Snowy Egret, sunrise, Willet, yellow flag on beach for medium hazard
Posted on June 2, 2019
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Regis and I recently volunteered at the GTM Reserve to download some video for a research project. We encountered a gopher tortoise going in and out of the water. I thought this was unusual because I understood they might do this to get rid… Continue Reading “Gopher Tortoise”
Posted on October 6, 2018
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October 6, 2018 We’ve been back a month and we didn’t get out kayaking until a few days ago. We kayaked on Guana Lake in the late afternoon. We saw some drama with an Eagle and an Osprey. I’ve been volunteering in several capacities… Continue Reading “Kayaking in Florida”
Posted on July 5, 2018
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July 5 We joined Jason, Dan, and Coco on Vashon Island for July 4th. We left the motor home in Burlington and stayed in a lodge on the Island. We planned to do some “beach” things like sit in the sun, kayak, and paddle… Continue Reading “Vashon Island”
Category: travel, wildlifeTags: Bramble House, Cider, Coco, dart, Fireworks, landrtravels, Nashi Orchards, Osprey, Perry, Sheep, Vashon
