Tag Archive | Nature Photography
The Stink in Arbor Lakes
On a recent walk to the clubhouse, I spied octopus-like tentacles rising out of the wood chipped gardens from subterranean eggs. The tentacles were cheese doodle in texture and color. The interior of the tentacles were coated with olive-brown slime. It is a stinkhorn fungus. If you see it, DO NOT touch it! It has […]
The True Snowbirds
z The Urban Dictionary defines a snowbird as “an elderly Yankee that migrates down to the South to winter when their natural habitat of New York, Ohio, or Michigan is too cold for them.”1 But the real snowbirds are from Canada. They are truly birds called dark eyed juncos. A junco is a medium-sized sparrow. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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