Wild Estuaries: Eastern Oysters
Wild Estuaries: Eastern Oysters Besides mangroves, oysters also play a critical role in estuaries. These mollusks are a valuable food source and provide a sheltered habitat for much marine life […]
Wild Estuaries: Semipalmated Plover
I have yet to see any small shorebird I couldn’t find more adorable, but yet so I have very little knowledge of how smart they can be. Take this semipalmated […]
Wild Estuaries: Sea Snails
During my travels exploring the estuaries, I came across two species of snails; Marsh Periwinkle and the Mangrove Periwinkle. Marsh periwinkles feed on the algae collected on the blades of […]
Wild Estuaries: Carolina Sea Lavender (Limonium carolinianum )
There is beauty along the brackish waters, the Carolina Sea Lavender (Limonium carolinianum). This Florida native plant is a slow-growing plant and blooms in the latter part of the summer months. […]
Bird Biology
At the beginning of September, I enrolled in one of the courses offered at Cornell Lab- Bird Academy. That course is Ornithology: Comprehensive Bird Biology. Honestly, there are so many […]
Wild Estuaries: Mangrove Tree Crab
For the next couple of posts, I will be introducing you to some extraordinary creatures that thrive above and below in Estuarine habitats. A crab that climbs trees? I would […]
It’s the Little Things
Florida Natures are about everything that lives in any ecosystem, including those you don’t see with your own two eyes or even through a macro lens.I recently invested in a […]
Protecting Our Fragile Water Systems
Protecting our fragile water systems starts at our front doors by Lilly Browning Hernando County Utilities Florida-Friendly Landscaping Program Coordinator Do you live on the water? If you live in […]
Mission Complete | Green Buttonwood
There was one other member of the mangrove family that I needed to make sure I brought attention to and that is the Green Buttonwood. This is another Florida native […]
Birds of the Estuaries
Birds of the Estuaries There’s nothing quite like bird watching when there are so many species gathered all in one place! Many Florida coastal birds use these estuarine habitats as […]
Mangroves Part II
Have you ever started learning about something, and then you think you got it all? Well, that is not the case with mangroves. There is so much more the know […]
