Hooded Pitcher Plant

Sometimes while searching among the most remote wild places across North America hunting down rare native orchids and other flora and fauna...

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White Fringed Orchid

Quick post today to share with you one of my favorite terrestrial orchids of the the Atlantic and Gulf coasts – the white fringed orchid! Often difficult to photograph...

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Three Species of Florida Native Turtles!

The sign of any healthy body of water is the presence of turtles. Of the 327 species alive today, 60+ of those...

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…Notes from the Field is our brand new and updated blog (complete with a new look) that will relate experiences and stories about photographing all that is wild in Florida. It has replaced our “New Photos” page, and all of our new images will be presented here - including stories of what was involved to get these shots - camera tips and tricks for other photographers who really enjoy nature and the outdoors and want to learn more. You might even get a chuckle or two out of it!

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Birds

• Warblers migrate southward.
• Peak of hurricane season - watch for unusual bird sightings following tropical storms.
• Bald eagles return to nest sites and begin courtship.
• Hawks begin migrating; watch for them along both coasts and in the Florida Keys.
• Florida scrub-jay fledgelings have completely blue heads, having lost their brown juvenile plumage.

Mammals

• In late September gray bats migrate to north Alabama for winter hibernation.
• The rut begins for Key deer.
• Start looking for manatees concentrated in rivers, bays, and near power plants.
• White-tailed deer breeding begins in South Florida flatwoods.

Reptiles and Amphibians

• Green sea turtles continue to nest; loggerhead leave Florida shores to begin their migrations.
• Lights out! Sea turtles emerge from their nests and head for the ocean. Females may become confused by lights on the beach.
• Start listening for spadefoot toads after heavy rains.

Invertebrates

• Panhandle blue crabs migrate to deeper water for winter.
• Lovebugs, or Bibionidae flies, mate in the middle of roadways.

Fish

• Atlantic sturgeon begin fall migration from the Suwannee and Apalachicola Rivers to the Gulf of Mexico.

Wildflowers

• First signs of leaves changing color, blazing star, rabbit tobacco and blue curls abloom.

Orchids

• Peak blooming period for water-spider orchids in Central Florida.
• The ribbon orchid begins to bloom in the Fakahatchee Strand.
• The hairy shadow-witch orchid starts to flower and can be seen all throughout the fall in moist woodlands.

Data provided in part by UF Florida Wildlife Extension

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Updates

I have the great honor to announce that my whooping crane photograph taken in 2008 in Central Florida was selected to be in the 2011 National Audubon Society calendar! Read more about it HERE.