Our state has eleven native species of holly (Ilex), plus many landscape hybrids. Hollies, in the form of shrubs and small trees, are found in almost every plant community from […]
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The Puc-Puggy with builder Bob Cole Photo by Bob Griffin The St. Johns County Board of County Commissioners has donated the Puc-Puggy, a conceptual replica of William Bartram’s sailboat, to […]
The anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) also known as the snake bird or water turkey, is a year-round Florida resident. They inhabit aquatic and marine ecosystems that include the Atlantic Ocean, Intracoastal […]
Photo by University of Florida, IFAS Our southern wax myrtle (Myrica cerifera), also called bayberry and candle berry is a relatively quick growing, small, evergreen native shrub or tree, capable […]
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November 13, 2023: Mike Adams hosted the 9th annual birding and eco-tour for 3rd graders from St. Johns Academy, a local Classical Christian school in St. Augustine. The tour was […]
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Male Ivory-billed woodpecker. Source: Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology “Billy Bartram’s Nature Notes” One of a bird watcher’s “holy grail” birds is the Ivory-billed woodpecker. Once abundant across much of the […]
My wife, Carole, and I had an amazing weekend adventure to Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park and Micanopy in August. The park was not crowded with humans, because of the […]
The hooded pitcher plant (Sarrecina minor), Photo by Carole Adams There are more species of carnivorous (insect eating) plants in Florida wetlands than anywhere else in the country. There are […]
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Photo by Carole Adams We are certainly fortunate to have a myriad of year around flowers in our region – hence the Spanish explorer’s name “La Florida.” One such flower […]
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