I’ve been distracted and never got around to posting our July finds at the St Augustine Road Fish Management Area. It has been so hot this summer; there haven’t been many birds around – a couple of Anhingas, some ducks and herons – so the heat must be keeping them and everything else out of the…
St. Augustine Road Fish Management area
June at the St. Augustine Road Fish Management Area
June at the St. Augustine Road Fish Management Area is hot and steamy. The June rains have created a vernal pool that hosts all kinds of interesting critters. A vernal pool is a temporary body of water – this one is created when the summer rains fill ruts in a dirt road and once filled, remains for…
May in the Park
It has been a hot May in the park. Most of the birds are gone but we can always count a few on the automatic fish feeder they seem to like the perch. The arrowhead plants are all blooming: Found a tiny egg on the ground but can’t tell what kind and couldn’t see a…
Spring – Almost Gone!
What happened to spring? It seems the robins were just passing through and the wild azalea tree was blooming. Now it’s hot, most of the visiting birds around the lakes at the St Augustine Road Fish Management Area are gone, and by afternoon we’re having to close up the house and turn the air con…
February at the St Augustine Road Fish Management Area
February is only half over and has been pretty warm, prompting lots of blooming berries at the St Augustine Road Fish Management Area. Hope the forecasted cold snap doesn’t do everything in. Not that we ever get any of the berries – the animals know exactly when to eat them – always the day before we get there. We had…
January at the St. Augustine Road Fish Management Area
This cool (and rainy) January made for pleasant walks through Earl Johnson Park, a.k.a., the St. Augustine Road Fish Management Area. The usual coots and gallinules were there and last week, we saw one of my favorites, a Wood Stork! We see them in other ponds in the area but rarely around these lakes. There is always…
Good to be Back
October 2014 ~ It has been a while. Travel and family kept us occupied all summer. It seemed that every time we had the time to make our trek through the woods, rain made it impossible to cross the little stream that allowed access to the park from our home. Good to see the St….