April 2017 – Pond Peeps – Yeah, We’re Still Around, ‘tho you’d not think so, given the scarcity of posts here. Travel, much needed house maintenance and new commitments to community activism have occupied all the spare space in my head. In January, we managed to get out for a few walks through the woods around…
Earl Johnson Park
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…
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…
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…
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…