La Florida is in DC

I will start posting again at the end of the week unless my PSL correspondent somehow bails me out.

Ponte Vedra Beach

This is a volunteer sunflower courtesy of the bird feeders.
5.29.09
Photo by Mark M.

Little Talbot Island State Park

clam shell
Photo by Mark M.
10/8/2005

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Deerfield Beach

Monk parakeets
11.25.05
Photo by Mark M.

Untamed storm wears out North Florida

Atlantic Ocean
Video by Jon M.
5.20.09

St. Augustine

American alligator
4.12.09
Photo by Mark M.

Little Talbot Island

Morning glory
Photo by Mark M.

Camp Chenowaw

Jungle trail
5.14.09
Photo by Mark M.

St. Johns River

Near Bayard Point Conservation Area
5.14.09
Photo by Mark M.

Camp Chenowaw

Black Creek
5.14.09
Photo by Mark M.

St. Augustine

Roseate spoonbill
4.12.09
Photo by Mark M.

D. J. Wilcox Natural Area

Saw palmettos
5.4.09
Photo by Mike M.

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Indrio Scrub Natural Area

Southern red cedar
5.4.09
Photo by Mike M.

Spruce Bluff AIS Indian Mounds

St. Lucie County prarie
Photo by Mike M.
5.5.09

Spruce Bluff AIS Indian Mound

Osprey nest
Photo by Mike M.
5.5.09

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St. Lucie County

Spruce Bluff AIS Indian Mound
5.5.09
Photo by Mike M.

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Indrio Scrub Natural Area

Bromiliads
Photos by Mike M.
5.4.09

The Spring garden is under way

St. Augustine

Roseate spoonbills
4.12.09
Photo by Mark M.

St. Augustine Alligator Farm

Here is the latest from the Alligator Farm:

We have our first snowy egret chicks of the year now. They hatched a few days ago and I expect more will be hatching out over the weekend. Here is a breakdown of our latest rookery count:

Great egrets 92 birds, 84 nests, 42 chicks

Wood storks 53 birds, 44 nests, 44 chicks

Snowy egrets 79 birds, 59 nests, 3 chicks

Cattle egrets 26 birds, 23 nests

Tri-colored herons 22 birds, 17 nests

Little blue herons 7 birds, 3 nests



Green herons 3 birds, 2 nests – over Siamese croc, Cuban croc, Alligator lagoon, & AICC pool enclosures.

St. Augustine

Egrets
4.12.09
Photo by Mark M.