Category Archives: animal behavior

Ponce Park Pelican Procreation Preparation

Posted on 2013/11/05 by birds n' bugs

Sorry, couldn’t miss taking the opportunity for an alliterative title.  Our local Brown Pelicans are beginning to change into their breeding colors and act in flocks and pairs.  That means that the rookery in the mangroves will be filling up … Continue reading →

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A couple of spiders from Ponce Park

Posted on 2013/10/29 by birds n' bugs

While hanging around waiting for the GBH to do something active, I started looking in the Sea Grape below the nest.  There was a large chaotic spider web there and after looking around a bit I found the spider that … Continue reading →

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Landing Sequence

Posted on 2013/10/27 by birds n' bugs

I visited the Great Blue Herons at the Wildlife Center again this morning.  The light was right for the nest on the pole and the wind was perfect to bring the birds in at a good light angle.  I knew … Continue reading →

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Punta Gorda Rookery? Maybe!

Posted on 2013/10/25 by birds n' bugs

For the last couple of mornings I have seen Great Blue Heron nesting activity in the area of the Peace River Wildlife Center.  The have an old concrete pole near the compound exit that had a structure on top that … Continue reading →

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Palm Beach County Nature Centers – Green Cay Nature Center

Posted on 2013/10/15 by birds n' bugs

We took a long weekend trip to Palm Beach county for a bit of sightseeing and to visit friends.  I had planned to visit the Loxahatchee Wildlife Refuge but, it was closed as were many other federal sites.  It turned … Continue reading →

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Hunting bugs

Posted on 2013/10/06 by birds n' bugs

This morning was bright and sunny and the insects were very active.  I started looking out for them on my walk as I went along the mangroves.  I found this nice damselfly near the city soil storage area on Colony … Continue reading →

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Close encounter with a Yellow-crowned Night Heron

Posted on 2013/09/24 by birds n' bugs

I started to walk out onto the boardwalk in Ponce de Leon park the other day.  Just as I stepped on it I saw a Yellow-crowned Night Heron on the railing looking intently into the mangroves.  I stopped and got … Continue reading →

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Magnolia and bedraggled bees

Posted on 2013/09/18 by birds n' bugs

The Magnolias are in seed now.  Just one of the signs of a change of season in Florida.  In the summer we had the magnificent white blossoms which attracted so many bees.  Now, those blossoms have become seed pods.  The … Continue reading →

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So, I added an avatar

Posted on 2013/09/04 by birds n' bugs

and didn’t realize at the time that if was from a picture from a post in 2007 in regard to our local eagles.  That was in regard to their first nest.  It was destroyed in a windstorm and they moved … Continue reading →

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Looks like I’ll have one less butterfly this year

Posted on 2013/06/24 by birds n' bugs

I have a Butterfly Weed – Asclepias curassavica in a pot hoping to attract more butterflies. It is a host plant for Monarchs and other butterflies seem to like it too. It seems to have worked because I soon found … Continue reading →

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