2nd individual plant found at this location.
Will revisit for more pictures later
Kidnapper!!
Found on Pontaderia crassipes, M scutellaris cultures
Possible window strike
last 2 photos Spermacoce verticillata is on left, compressus on right
Off path, taken while volunteering for city of Oakland Park removing invasive and aggressive species due to fire suppression.
Patch of ~15 sterile individuals in fire-suppressed pineland.
Snail egg mass?
Observed while working with Steve W and Elizabeth Wu, plant monitoring in the Hole-in-the-Donut Restoration Area 2017. Other observations from today: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?nelat=25.40007691777879&nelng=-80.55431595083658&on=2021-01-23&place_id=any&swlat=25.357425773169936&swlng=-80.71765175100748&user_id=joemdo&verifiable=any
More info about this restoration project: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/everglades-national-park-hole-in-the-donut-restoration
Dolphin Center Scrub Oak Preserve @noaboa @lyciamc
Geronimo's. About hand sized
All bones I found compiled here:
https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/lizardking/84506-great-horned-owl-skeleton-increased-activity
Visiting family in Atlanta, doing some backyard blacklighting
My other observations from tonight: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?d1=2023-08-10&d2=2023-08-11&order=asc&place_id=any&user_id=joemdo&field:Light%20Source=395-400%20nm%20LED
More info about my lights/set up and video showing them in action in Big Cypress National Preserve (west of Miami, Florida) in Summer 2019:
https://youtu.be/tavmTa7WoPk
This photo lost some quality in scanning from an old slide. It shows a wild-born bird. The species is now extinct in the wild.
First iNaturalist record.
With Graham Armstrong, Pete Ellis, Steve Guy, Guy Langan, Paul Harvey, Phil Heath, Ian Lewis.
Seen for more than an hour after dawn, in a small loose group of Eur. Curlews, feeding in a short-grass field on the south side of the main lake. This was "limpy" - the bird that had been shot about 3 weeks earlier, but seemed to make a recovery.
This location is the last known wintering site for this species. The last record from here was in February 1995.
Here is a link to the last video taken at this site, in January 1995:
http://www.hbw.com/ibc/video/slender-billed-curlew-numenius-tenuirostris/bird-foraging-short-grass
Singing male
Singing male.
This egg was found glowing on a wet leaf floating among red mangrove roots at the high tide line. There were Micronaspis floridana firefly larvae nearby.
Location is accurate to mountain, obscured for protection.
Geronimo's
Video showing sheet: https://youtube.com/shorts/nitx43SqXrE?feature=share
Observed while blacklighting during the 2023 South Florida City Nature Challenge (CNCSOFLO). I set up three sheets in this area as described below. Moon at 60% illumination, winds weak. This observation is from the first sheet.
1: Near bathroom, facing parking area/pines to the north and pines to the south. Lit by Bioquip blacklight (connected to electrical outlet in bathroom with long extension cable) and two cheapy DJ blacklights connected to USB battery packs.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?d1=2023-04-28&d2=2023-04-29&nelat=25.400839729728457&nelng=-80.65816136347864&order=asc&place_id=any&project_id=blacklighting-florida&swlat=25.400173425657673&swlng=-80.65904246914003&user_id=joemdo
2: Picnic area facing lake to the south and pineland to the north. Three (or four?) DJ blacklights connected to USB battery packs
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?d1=2023-04-28&d2=2023-04-29&nelat=25.39985844427061&nelng=-80.65881582247827&order=asc&place_id=any&project_id=blacklighting-florida&swlat=25.399192134781178&swlng=-80.65969692813967&user_id=joemdo
3: Inside Mosier Hammock along the trail. Three or four DJ blacklights connected to USB battery packs
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?d1=2023-04-28&d2=2023-04-29&nelat=25.400764619271772&nelng=-80.65999331223581&order=asc&place_id=any&project_id=blacklighting-florida&swlat=25.399315705182623&swlng=-80.66138671981905&user_id=joemdo
Project page for CNCSOFLO 2023: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2023-south-florida-cncsoflo/
Website: https://www.cncsoflo.com/
Instagram: @ cncsoflo
All of my blacklighting observations from tonight: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?d1=2023-04-28&d2=2023-04-29&nelat=25.604175458202164&nelng=-80.55882594286926&order=asc&place_id=any&project_id=blacklighting-florida&swlat=25.302237257122066&swlng=-80.83691737353332&user_id=joemdo
Info about the cheapy DJ blacklights I used, great for getting started with blacklighting: https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/damontighe/11836-diy-moth-light
Here's a video showing the DJ blacklights in action at the Pinecrest campground (Big Cypress) from Summer 2019: https://youtu.be/tavmTa7WoPk
Blacklighting project for Florida on iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/blacklighting-florida
with fresh shed
I'm assuming it's this species, adult found and photographed nearby.
On Quercus virginiana
Poking around near the palmetto in a weedy area, mostly focused on finding insects
My other observations from this area today:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2023-02-13&place_id=any&user_id=joemdo
Taken under MMPA permit for my research at FIU. Pictured is a mother and calf pair.
Maintenance had just laid down a good amount of wood chips
Seen while completing plant monitoring with Steve W in the Hole-in-the-Donut, Restoration Area 2003 in Everglades National Park. Location is accurate.
More info about this amazing area here: https://www.nps.gov/ever/learn/nature/hidprogram.htm
Project that includes most of the restoration areas: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/everglades-national-park-hole-in-the-donut-restoration
All my observations from the HID today: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?nelat=25.731929405573414&nelng=-79.92628638999253&on=2023-02-18&order=asc&place_id=any&swlat=25.04958476662065&swlng=-81.36274879233628&user_id=joemdo
Still not sure what this Malvaceous plant is!
Had some GPS issues but thankfully Suzanne K sent us coordinates for our plots and Steve was able to use his backup GPS. We spent a little time on the mound before continuing to our planned area for plant monitoring in Hole-in-the-Donut, Restoration Area 2003 in Everglades National Park. Location is accurate.
More info about this amazing area here: https://www.nps.gov/ever/learn/nature/hidprogram.htm
Project that includes most of the restoration areas: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/everglades-national-park-hole-in-the-donut-restoration
All my observations from the HID today: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2023-02-20&order=asc&place_id=any&user_id=joemdo
Seen while completing plant monitoring with Steve W in the Hole-in-the-Donut, Restoration Area 2003 in Everglades National Park. Location is accurate.
More info about this amazing area here: https://www.nps.gov/ever/learn/nature/hidprogram.htm
Project that includes most of the restoration areas: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/everglades-national-park-hole-in-the-donut-restoration
All my observations from the HID today: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2023-02-19&order=asc&place_id=any&user_id=joemdo