We recently encountered this handsome Great Blue Heron fishing off a concrete wall at the Orlando Wetlands. Even though I’ve blogged about Great Blue‘s more than any other species, he was just too good looking to pass up~! I used to think of the Great Blue Heron as THE iconic Florida bird, but later realized […]
Monthly Archives: July 2023
As noted on the website of Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, visitors are often surprised to discover a century-old connection between Japan and South Florida. “Yamato Colony was once a small community of Japanese farmers in present-day northern Boca Raton. The story of the Yamato Colony begins with Jo Sakai’s visit to Florida in 1903. Sakai […]
We have both Yellow-crowned Night Herons, and Black-crowned Night Herons in our wetlands. These first two photos below show an adult Yellow-crowned Night Heron (l.) and a Black-crowned Night Heron (r.). These Night Herons look quite distinctly different from one another as adults, as can be seen. The juveniles below, however, look much more similar […]
There are so many lovely sights at Circle B Bar Reserve ☺️. You never know who you’re going to meet.
My husband and I spent last Sunday at a captivating botanical garden located about an hour and a half north of where we live. I hadn’t been there in many years, and it was my husband’s first visit to McKee Botanical Garden. The Water Lilies are just remarkable at this time of year! I captured […]
Birder's Journey 