The sandhills restoration project at Woodruff is one facet of a larger effort to restore sandhills habitat throughout the uplands of central Florida, where it was once one of the predominant habitat types. Outright destruction of habitat converting it to commmercial or agricultural uses, combined w...
But seeing them – hell, I see them all the time during the breeding season in the appropriate habitat. During the 7 years I did weekly bird censuses at Emeralda Marsh Conservation Area in Eustis, which contains lots of good breeding habitat, I saw them regularly between mid-March, when m...
In addition to the water resources development benefit, the evaluated property includes habitat needed for the conservation of federal and state listed endangered and threatened species. The land is also critical in providing flood protection for existing and future populations, protecting surface and ...
So even though it’s not the most diverse habitat type in the successional continuum, the shrubby stage of old-field succession is hard to beat for superb birding. Not only are many of the birds breeding there interesting and beautiful, the relatively low stature of the vegetation and open ...
Notice that nearly all of the habitat that isn’t wetland is covered by plots of timber at various stages of the harvest cycle. Alligators were out basking on this gray day. These beasts are in the canal paralleling the Suwannee River Sill. Great blue heron in the swamp. Notice the fire...