Gary
The Flamboyant Bird
During a recent trip to my daughter’s Maryland home, I watched northern cardinals fly to her backyard bird feeder to feast on the potpourri of seeds she put there each morning. The flame red males were in stark contrast to the early winter woodlands while the females, with their muted reddish brown colors, blended […]
Cracker Cattle Drive in Florida
“Here they come,” a woman calls out to the crowd gathered along Norvell-Bryant Highway to see a re-enactment of Florida history at the 2014 Southern Heritage Festival. A quarter mile west, cattle emerge from the Withlacoochee Trail flanked by cattlemen and women on horses and travel towards the festival grounds. Traffic stops as the cattle […]
The Moth With Eyes
One of my favorite North American moths is the Polyphemus moth. It is large with a 6 inch wing span. I recently found a hind wing of this species on a sidewalk here at Arbor Lakes. It is easy to identify because it has a purplish spot on its each hind wing that resembles an […]
Lemurs, Kinkajous, and Kangaroos, Oh Wow!
A black and white ruffed lemur saunters over to me, sits in my lap and graciously accepts a grape from my hand. This primate’s paw is baby soft. A baby red-ruffed lemur leaps onto my shoulder, looks for a snack, then leaps off onto a sofa. It is cute and playful. No, I am not […]
One Hundredth Blog!
This will be blog number 100 since I created naturechirp a few years ago. I thought I would take this time to post my favorite moments with wildlife since moving here to Florida. From raccoons making night raids on the hummingbird feeder to soaring kites and gliding carnivorous snails, there certainly has been many […]
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