i heart florida birds

There definitely is no shortage of  Black-and-Yellow Argiopes, Argiope aurantia,  along Biolab Rd. on the Merritt Island NWR. These lar...

 I started my early morning visit to Merritt Island NWR with a drive along Biolab Rd. It was a beautiful overcast morning with the sun hid...

Here are a few of the recent dragonflies I've come across as near the local ponds... Little Blue Dragonlet The Little Blue Drago...

You guessed it, this cicada did not impale itself on the branch.... This Loggerhead Shrike looks a bit guilty. Sure enough...

Although damselflies are smaller and weaker fliers than dragonflies, I find them equally as interesting to observe. I sometimes have to look...

What makes for a great day of bug hunting...very few birds to see (it's just that time of the year), even fewer people in the area (not ...