There are so many lovely sights at Circle B Bar Reserve ☺️. You never know who you’re going to meet.
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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 […]
We’ve been seeing so MANY Least Bitterns this season! Interestingly, they’re not acting quite as ‘elusive’ and ‘secretive’ as usual (Audubon). The other morning, I paused for a moment along the boardwalk and looked down when I noticed some suspicious movement in the marsh leaves. 😉 Much to my delight, a pair of Least Bitterns […]
Less than a week ago, this tiny Red-winged Blackbird was still a newly hatched chick, mouth agape, begging for food. This week he’s fledged from the nest and is learning to climb up the marsh reeds on his own. It’s remarkable that these little fellows can be out and about so soon after hatching (Audubon). […]
A very short stroll through the Mounts Botanical Garden in nearby West Palm Beach, but so worth it~! To learn more about the Garden, click HERE. June blossoms and a glimpse of the model wetland (The Mounts Gardens). “Mounts Botanical is here to inspire, educate and surprise you with the wonders of nature.”
I love walking through the marsh trails at our local Wildlife Refuge on a beautiful spring morning! This time I chose to focus on some of the very small wonders at the marsh. Judaism celebrates these wonders with a special blessing. I’m so grateful that these gifts are a part of my world. ‘Blessed are […]
I kept missing all of our local Black-necked Stilts this year, and recently realized to my surprise that I hadn’t posted about them at all since 2019! We saw lots of the gregarious birds on our visit to Orlando Wetlands last month. They always make me smile, with their large bright red eyes and torpedo-shaped […]
Roseate Spoonbills gather, as if on display. What a sight to behold as we started walking down the trail recently at Orlando Wetlands 💕~!
All young birds are pretty darn cute, but this guy really makes me smile! Amazingly, Sandhill Crane chicks are able to leave the nest just ONE day after hatching and follow the parents around! They stay close to the parents for 9-10 months (Audubon Field Guide). We’ve seen much younger Sandhill Crane colts in the […]
Much as they try to hide, we’re lucky that the elusive Least Bitterns enjoy our local wetlands! All About Birds includes a very apt description of this shy little bird: “The furtive Least Bittern is often little more than a voice in the reeds that is frustratingly difficult to locate. But these diminutive herons reward […]
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