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07/09/2025

Quick-access resources to help you track existing harmful algae blooms and the risk of toxic discharges from Lake Okeechobee.

10/12/2024

What big eyes you got! White-sand marauder, Proctacanthus fulviventris, photographed at Pondhawk Natural Area in Boca Raton.

10/11/2024

End of day ... great blue heron at Green Cay

10/08/2024

Condylostylus quadricolor, a long-legged green fly. Why did I photograph it? Because it was there! Taken at The Arboretum at Centennial Park in Deerfield Beach.

10/08/2024

Green orchid bee, Euglossa dilemma, seemingly floating in air. These flying gems are native to Central America and got to Florida by accident. In their native range, males visit a specific type of orchid where they pick a scent that attracts the ladies of the species. That orchid doesn't grow in Florida. but apparently they've somehow found a substitute "cologne" produced by rotting wood. https://wildsouthflorida.com/green.orchid.bee.html

09/29/2024

A robber fly called the northern triorla, aka Triorla interrupta. It will take on prey much larger than itself, including dragonflies and grasshoppers. Photographed at Allapattah Flats Wildlife Management Area in northern Martin County.

09/24/2024

A little fall color on a plant commonly called winged sumac, Rhus copallinum, which reminds me of home back in Western Pennsylvania. Photo taken at the Dupuis Wildlife and Environmental Area near Lake Okeechobee.

09/17/2024

You're barreling down through JW Corbett WMA (joke here. If you're going more than 5 mph on that road, good luck), rain is pouring down and this guy "darts" in front of you, what do you do? Get out of your car, get soaked and move him to side. But first, take a pic. BTW he's a striped mud turtle, Kinosternon baurii. https://wildsouthflorida.com/striped.mud.turtle.html

09/14/2024

09/11/2024

Taking a second look at Martin County's Halpatiokee Regional Park

09/07/2024

Thinking of cooler times to come: The South Fork of the St. Lucie River as photographed from Halpatiokee Regional Park in Stuart last January. Halpatiokee happens to be the Seminole word for alligator waters and indeed there are alligators abiding in the St. Lucie. Across the way is Atlantic Ridge Preserve State Park.

08/20/2024

Blackberry blossoms spotted along the trail at Allapattah Flats in Martin County. Reminds us of our days growing up in Pittsburgh picking blackberries at the KQV transmitter where our dad worked. These are sand blackberries, one of three blackberry species found in South Florida. Don't know the species of the blackberries we picked, but we certainly enjoyed eating them.