May 17, 2011
Although walks targeted towards specific animals or plants (bird, butterfly or wildflower walks) can be a lot of fun
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April 19, 2011
Even in Florida it can be a challenge to find many of my favorite critters while on walks in late
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April 15, 2011
In SW Florida we start having some very warm weather in late March and early April, but there is still
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April 15, 2011
I “ramble” a lot at the new Wildflower Preserve in Charlotte County, FL, while I am building new trails
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April 14, 2011
One might think that nature would not lie, but it can sometimes be difficult to discern truth from what
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April 11, 2011
There are a number of special wetlands where marsh birds rarely seen elsewhere may be commonly observed at close
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April 11, 2011
During our annual early spring visit to our farm in the SW VA Blue Ridge mountains, one of my
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April 9, 2011
After the “long hard winter” it is definitely Spring at Wildflower Preserve. There were some unmistakeable signs of warmer
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March 27, 2011
During a two hour morning nature walk at Oyster Creek Park, Charlotte County, FL, we observed an unusual number of
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March 20, 2011
In Florida during the winter we enjoy enormous flocks of tree swallows soaring overhead and periodically dropping down to
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March 20, 2011
Just recently bobcats have been seen at the 78 acre Wildflower Preserve in Charlotte County, FL. I had seen bobcats
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January 21, 2011
Sometimes while leading nature walks I encounter the idea that if one has walked an area once, there is
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January 21, 2011
nature walk was held Jan. 15 at the newly purchased 78 acre Wildflower Preserve owned by the Lemon Bay Conservancy.
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January 13, 2011
Despite the repeated cold fronts sweeping over Florida and NE North America, there is much of natural history interest
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January 5, 2011
To celebrate the end of one year and the beginning of another, I did what I like best- to
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January 5, 2011
In this area of SW Florida we are lucky to have adjacent terrestrial, fresh water and marine habitats to
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December 26, 2010
While digging in a stream bed to expose a spring on our farm in SW VA, I came across some
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December 24, 2010
The different meanings of the color red/orange as used by plants and animals as a means of communication are
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