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2,000 words+ that flew over me in an instant….
Great blue heron color morph – White If one picture is worth a 1,000 words. This must be at minimum 2,000 words. I was sitting, reclining actually all bundled up and gloved for Winter on a swamp...
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Picked too soon.. in aBackyard Universe.
The little garden has been plodding right along, regardless of the intermittent just-under-a-freeze-warning type temperatures we have had here in South West Florida (today it’s warm out!) I got home...
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February brought the Ladies Tresses..
a chill February found me exploring a lonely trail in search of flowers and their attendant butterflies… Possibly a bear if I could see one. It was after all why I had picked an early morning and...
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Something Fishy in aBackyard Universe this morning..
I had just mentioned to someone last night on my FaceBook ”Pay attention to birds because THEY will tell you what’s going on in the neighborhood or on the trail” And it’s true, IF you do choose...
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Lining up Projects for Summer..
aBackyard Universe has been humming right along, beginning with the Painted Buntings learning about their new spiffy feeder I picked up at Tractor Supply. It’s squirrel proof and just the right size...
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Screech Owls New Diggs, up in the Bombax Tree.
The Backyard Universe is truly a hub of activity lately… every evening the mockingbirds are giving the little Screech Owls a difficult time when they make their appearance known. You can’t miss the...
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Eastern Screech Owls -an Album
In early June momma Screech brought two little fluffy Owlets around to show. They were barely flying – more like bombing around … and they were very needy with their calls for food! Here is mom...
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The Grackle Tree!
A group of common grackles decorate an orchid tree in a McDonalds parking lot. Please do not feed wild birds human food.
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Species Conservation begins at home
Species Conservation begins at home, in our yards. Every day we walk over things we may not see because we are too hurried but if we slowed down and looked we would find below our feet (as discussed...
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Time spent in the natural world benefits human health
Below Article appeared originally in The American Scientist. July-August 2011Volume 99, Number 4 Page: 301 A Walk in the Woods » American Scientist. A Walk in the Woods Evidence builds that time spent...
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