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The Island's Better Nature: April 2015

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Sunday, April 26, 2015. The Private Life of a Sanderling, an Arctic Snowbird in Florida‏. Sanderling V4Y at Palm Island. We are surrounded by a profusion of amazing animal life of many types, yet the birds especially appeal to the human mind as expressions of beauty and mystery. How many times have you gone to the beach and seen tiny birds running rapidly in the surf zone picking up food? These sanderlings are common almost everywhere, yet how much do we know about them? Nature Runs Riot in April‏. The m...

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The Island's Better Nature: July 2015

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Wednesday, July 22, 2015. Dazzling Insects of Summer‏. Caterpillar white dotted prominent Nadata. Too often we focus in our nature studies on one particular group of animals or plants (birds or mushrooms for example). I am not sure what the origin of this "species-chauvinism" is, but it denies the naturalist in all of us some remarkable opportunities to marvel at the wide biodiversity of life all around us. Amber-winged spreadwings in "wheel" position. There are large numbers at a pond I built in the woo...

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The Island's Better Nature: Biking for Natural History‏

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Tuesday, August 4, 2015. Biking for Natural History‏. Some butterflies tend to congregate on trails as open spots in the forest. This eastern comma seemed to be sunning itself with open wings as did a nearby red admiral. However a clubtail dragonfly, a black shouldered spiny legs, was also admiring the red admiral and swooped over, caught and ate it! Male box turtle plastron. Females have a darker iris and a convex plastron. Box turtle swimming in pond. Great egret in New River. So get that bike out of t...

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The Island's Better Nature: December 2014

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Saturday, December 27, 2014. A Christmas Nature Ramble‏. No matter where you find yourself at Christmas you can enjoy the natural world in all its splendor. In Florida we can be raking leaves instead of shoveling snow and working at attracting birds and butterflies to our yards. One of the most useful devices for attracting birds is the drip water bath which is effective due to the sound and sight of water ripples. Drip bath in FL yard. Http:/ shop.wbu.com/p/wbu-drip-or-mist? The appearance of periodic c...

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The Island's Better Nature: November 2014

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Saturday, November 29, 2014. A Florida Thanksgiving Nature Ramble‏. Dunlin at Cedar Point. While many people celebrate Thanksgiving with football, shopping, and food, I continue to find my greatest pleasures in the natural wonders which surround us every day. Indeed some of the most overlooked aspects of nature can be the most intriguing. Bumblebee on Mexican sunflower. Zebra butterfly sleeping in yard. Cassiopeia jellyfish marina at Leverock's. Whimbrel bill at Cedar Point. An unusual avian visitor to t...

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Sarasota Succulent Society - Links

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You are here: Links. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC from 9am to Noon on Mondays all year, and on the third Saturday of each month, weather permitting. Click here for a Map. All of our regular meetings are open to non-members and you are invited. We meet on the first Tuesday of each month, October through June,. At 7:00 pm in the clubhouse of the Sarasota Garden Club. 1131 Blvd of the Arts,. Click here for a Map. Organizations, Clubs, and Societies. Cactus and Succulent Society of America. The Succulent Plant Page(s).

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Sarasota Bromeliad Society - Links

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You are here: Links. Organizations, Clubs, and Societies. Florida Council of Bromeliad Societies. Bromeliad Photo Index - FCBS. Bromeliad Society of South Florida. Florida West Coast Bromeliad Society. Bromeliad Society of Houston. Bromeliad Society of Greater Chicago. Bromeliad Biota - IFAS. Save Florida's Native Bromeliads. Marie Selby Botanical Gardens. Florida Federated Garden Clubs. Palma Sola Botanical Park, Manatee County. Commercial and Sponsored Websites. Tropiflora - Sarasota, Florida.

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The Island's Better Nature: March 2015

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Monday, March 30, 2015. Spring Has Sprung, Sort Of‏. Spotted sandpiper at Florida dock. He disconnect between calendar Spring and that recognized by animals continues. March 20 has come and gone but there is a great deal of northward migration still to come. On the other hand warm weather has brought out many insects, some frogs are calling, and our first trans Gulf warbler, the marvelous hooded, has arrived in our FL yard. Male twilight darner in Florida yard. Male Eastern pondhawk dragonfly. At nearby ...

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Florida Native Plants Nursery

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730 Myakka Road, Sarasota, Florida 34240 (941) 322-1915. OPEN TO PUBLIC: Thursday through Sunday 10 am - 4 pm. Mon, Tues., Weds.: by appointment for landscaping consultations. Plant and Price List. Plant and Price List. Events and Plant Fairs. Florida Native Plants Society (FNPS). Http:/ www.fnps.org/. The purpose of the Florida Native Plant Society is to promote the preservation, conservation, and restoration of native plants and native plant communities in Florida. Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council.