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…
Earl Johnson Park
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…
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…
May in Earl Johnson Park
Right after I commented that we hadn’t seen any owls this year, we rounded a turn in the road just in time to see one take off for a nearby tree. Here it is – July – I’ve been offline for a while, busy with family trips, and the photo backlog has been growing. So…
Chickens ?!!?
May, 2016 ~ Chickens ?!!? As we entered the St. Augustine Road Fish Management Area, we thought we heard a rooster crow. No, must have been something else. Then another crow. Very strange – in all the years of walking in the area, we’ve never heard a rooster crow. And just as we entered a clearing, there…
April in the St. Augustine Road Fish Management Area
Well, here it is the middle of May and I’m just getting back into action after being away for a while. Good news! Someone is showing the St. Augustine Road Fish Management Area some love – a few benches have been installed around the lake and the little fishing dock has a new railing. So better late…
November in the Park
November 2015 ~ It has been fairly quiet in the St. Augustine Road Fish Management Area, a.k.a, Earl Johnson Park – the wintering ducks haven’t arrived yet and all the interesting spiders are gone. There is only a little fall foliage: The little cypress tree is bright green: And the ferns were pretty happy after a…