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Florida’s Wood Storks Assemble This Year’s Nursery
In a cypress swamp at the headwaters of the Florida Everglades, wood storks gather in cypress trees that tower over a marsh full of alligators. It is late January and internal biological clocks triggered by the lengthening of daylight cause the storks to seek ideal places to raise this year’s families. It might seem insane […]
A Warm Winter’s Day in Florida
Anne and I woke up on this January morning in Florida to temperatures in the low 70s. This is even unusually warm for a Florida winter. We decided to take advantage of the nice day by heading over to the Gulf coast to Fort Island Gulf Beach. Wearing shorts and short sleeve shirts, we grabbed […]