More Visitors on the Bay

Two more bird types turned up on Sarasota Bay this sunrise.  A mutual loon, down from the lakes of Alaska, Canada or the Northernmost U.S....

12:30

Winter Beach

The beach on Longboat Key, Florida, is not especially wide or scenic.  Nevertheless, it attracts an excellent variety of migrant and residen...

10:11

Back on the Bay

Our Longboat Key condo sits on the west edge of Sarasota Bay, offering views of the open water as well as mangrove islands that rise offshor...

11:29

Farther South

We left Dalton this morning in rain and fog, conditions that persisted throughout much of Georgia.  Within that moist haze, bird sightings w...

18:06

Distant Lightning

On our last evening in Florida, I went outside after sunset to enjoy the cool breeze off Sarasota Bay and to listen to the squawking of nigh...

18:12

The Goose Duck

Black-bellied whistling-ducks are permanent residents of South America, Central America, Mexico and southern Arizona and have long been summ...

04:55

Paynes Prairie Basin

Just south of Gainesville, Florida, Interstate 75 crosses a broad valley covered by a shrubby grassland.  This is the western portion of the...

06:19

Red Bug Slough Preserve

Red Bug Slough Preserve is a 72 acre refuge in the southern suburbs of Sarasota, Florida.  Stretching along a drainage channel, it is charac...

04:42

Willets

As mentioned in yesterday's post, willets are among the few shorebirds to summer on the beaches of Florida; indeed, they are found along...

05:21

Longboat's Quiet Season

Longboat Key, off Sarasota, Florida, is primarily a residential community.  During the warmer months, many home and condo owners head for no...

04:42

Storm on the Bay

Yesterday afternoon, fed by warm, humid air from the Gulf of Mexico, thunderstorms began to form east of Sarasota Bay; their slate-gray base...

07:00

Greeted by Storms & Kites

After some hiking in the Cumberland Plateau, we continued southward toward our condo on Longboat Key, Florida.  Approaching the Tampa area, ...

10:30

Pensacola Flooding

The storm system that brought deadly tornadoes to Arkansas and Mississippi swept torrential rains across the Florida Panhandle over the past...

13:31