River Otter

January 29, 2021

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday is our big water weasel: the North American River Otter (Lontra canadensis). Weighing in at roughly fifteen pounds...

Cranefly Orchid

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)....

Tundra Swan

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...

American Beech

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...

Great Horned Owl

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...

Reindeer Lichen

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...

Black Skimmer

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...

Black Needlerush

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...

Chickadee & Titmouse

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)....

Gaillardia

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...

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