January 22, 2021
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have a common woodland Orchid most easily spotted by its evergreen winter foliage, Cranefly Orchid (Tipularia discolor)....
January 15, 2021
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have an oversized icy-white snowbird, the Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus). Tundra Swans are tied with the Wild...
January 8, 2021
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have a thin porcelain-skinned nut-bearing tree, American Beech (Fagus grandifolia). American Beech is a common tree in...
January 1, 2021
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have the haunting horned Hoot-Owl: the Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus). The Great Horned Owl is our...
December 25, 2020
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have a spongy photosynthesizing fungus better known from the great white north but native to some of...
December 18, 2020
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we have the under-bite champion of the bird world: the Black Skimmer (Ryhnchops niger). Black Skimmers are a...
December 11, 2020
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have an aggressive and expansive wetland plant critical to our Island: Black Needlerush (Juncus roemarianus). Black Needlerush...
December 4, 2020
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have a pair of personable Parids: the Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) and the Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)....
November 27, 2020
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have a carpeting coastal wildflower: Indian Blanket (Gaillardia pulchella). Indian Blanket is a species better known generically...