Dry Season in the Marsh
Most of the birds have left along with the pools of water filled with fish fry but there seems to be enough food for the Ibises that live here year round.
Read moreMonthly Archives: December 2013
The Dead Buck and Turkey Vultures
I was looking for a shortcut to the beach and ended up in a tangled maze of mangroves and creepy crawlers. Instead of bushwhacking my way through, I walked around the edge of the marsh until I spotted a deer trail. In a small clearing lay a scattering of white bones, and I realized that […]
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Everchanging Seagrass Beach
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Sunset at Bahia Honda
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Romping with Key Deer
The tiny mammals never cease to amaze me. Sometimes when I am romping around in the mangroves, or trying to make my way across SeaGrass beach, our paths cross. It is remarkable how at ease with humans they are, as if they realize that I am just another animal trying to get through the two […]
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Sunrise and the Odd Ibis
Read moreRutting Season Continues
When I saw a band of four males together in the subdivision two days ago I thought rutting season might be over. However, although I did not witness it myself, a bicyclist told me today that he saw a fierce battle between two Key Deer males at the entrance of Eden Pines. By the time […]
Read moreDead Pilot Whale
Last night while kayaking off No Name Key during the sunset and moonrise, I saw a dead pilot whale. This was one of fifty-one whales stranded ten days ago on the edge of Everglades National Park (it made national news). Twenty-two whales beached themselves and eleven of the fifty-one found their way to Snipes Point, […]
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Blue Hole Resident Alligator
I always see the same alligator at the Blue Hole in Big Pine Key. One day at the visitors platform I noticed that the alligator came swimming across the lake when he heard the sound of a car door slamming in the parking lot. It became obvious that the reptile was conditioned to the sound […]
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Key Deer Majesty
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Sunrise and Key Deer
Rutting season is not yet over as these two bucks will verify. The older male was chasing the younger one off the beach and into the marsh and was staring at him with a sharp intensity. Their behavior almost seemed playful and there was not any aggression like sparing as the young bucks’ antlers were […]
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One Rugged Beach
This beach is not your ordinary beach. Piles of dead seagrass washed up from the oceans’ bottom lines the shores instead of white pearly sand as one might expect. There is always a very strong odor, depending on the winds and tides. Most days I need to wear a bandana over my face to […]
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Sunny in December
After living in the Pacific Northwest for many years I still marvel at the beautiful weather (and still marvel at seeing the sun at all) here in Florida. HOT in December! Today at low tide the wind was about 9 knots, which gave the ocean a glassy, calm, surreal look. The deer were plentiful and […]
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