Goodbye 2016. It could have been a wonderful year but November 8 ended that. I can’t even console myself by thinking about all the reasons I am fortunate (and with my family and friends I am indeed fortunate). Anthropogenic Climate Change is real and this country just elected a president who is surrounding himself with climate…
Halloween Surprise – More Hatching Spiders!
November 8, 2016 – Last week, I had a Halloween Surprise – More Hatching Spiders! In my last post, I mentioned that a stand of water hyacinths at the St. Augustine Road Fish Management Area were beginning to bloom. These are non-native plants, often a big headache for Florida waterways, but the blooms are lovely. I’ve…
After the Storm
After the Storm -The St. Augustine Road Fish Management Area seemed to fare well in Hurricane Matthew. The road was flooded and a few trees down but the weather has been cooler so we’re seeing more birds. There still only seems to be one big heron hanging around and although our daily walk around the…
End of Summer
End of Summer 2016 ~ I guess the end of summer was actually in September but it hasn’t cooled down much. There have been a lot fewer interesting bugs in the St. Augustine Road Fish Management Area and only a few birds. Doug gave us a lotus plant that pupped from one in his water garden….
Green
Today, I have a theme: Green. Inspired by this gorgeous green Sweat Bee. With my unsteady hands and little “snappy” camera, I can rarely capture an image with such detail but I lucked up with this one. For many years it seemed the Cuban Brown Anoles were edging out the Green Anoles around our yard but…
Road Trip – Azores
Road Trip – Azores! We spent the end of July and the first week of August in the Azores, an archipelago in the North Atlantic about 900 miles west of Portugal. We traveled to the island of Faial to survey fish for REEF (the Reef Environmental Education Foundation) but added a few days onto our trip…
July 2016
In July we made several trips out of town with family and friends, so we didn’t have a lot of time to wander around the yard or to make many walks through Earl Johnson Park (a.k.a., St. Augustine Road Fish Management Area.) Not that I would have been inclined to do it much – this…