Marsh & Sedge Wrens

March 4, 2022

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we’re beating around the bush in pursuit of two boisterous but bashful birds, the Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris)...

Violets

February 25, 2022

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s one of our smallest, earliest, and most commonplace wildflowers, the Violets of genus Viola. The Violets are...

Wilson’s Snipe

February 18, 2022

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s a wily freshwater shorebird that many believe is make-believe, the Wilson’s Snipe (Gallinago delicata). I’m sure many...

The Rainbow Swamp

February 11, 2022

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we’re talking about something a little off topic, an ecological phenomenon rather than a specific organism; this week...

Little Grass Frog

February 4, 2022

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we’re taking a gander at our most miniscule member of the amphibians, the Little Grass Frog (Pseudacris ocularis)....

Darlington Oak

January 28, 2022

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have a much maligned and often misidentified member of the mighty oaks, Darlington Oak (Quercus hemisphaerica). Darlington...

Bufflehead

January 21, 2022

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s a one of our winter waterfowl, the Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola). Buoying between the breakwaters and burying itself...

Dune Evening-Primrose

January 14, 2022

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s a blossoming beach winter wildflower, Beach Evening-Primrose (Oenothera drummondii). Winter weather leaves us wishing to welcome warm...

Barnacles

January 7, 2022

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have a clade of clingy calcareous crustaceans, Acorn Barnacles (Subclass Cirripedia, clade Sessilia). You read me right,...

Southern Prickly-Ash

December 31, 2021

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s a curious coastal shrub that’s as good at inflicting pain as it is at killing pain, Southern...

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