I disembarked at Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve (mercifully abbreviated to GTM NERR) with a group of practitioners, researchers and ecologists from around the world. The group had descended on Jacksonville, Florida, for a conference on ecosystem services, and GTM NERR provided the perfect living laboratory for their field trip. Read the rest on…
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10000 Birds – The Pacific Wren
The air was cooler in the Redwood Grove than the surrounding, sunlit areas of the San Francisco Botanical Garden. The light that did make it through the thick branches of the trees reached the ground in patches, making patterns on the thin, winding trails. Read the rest on 10000birds.com!
Florida State Parks – Fort Zachary Taylor
My friend Matt tied on a special fly to the end of his fishing line, one of his own design that he has since named the “pompinator” (less colorfully known as a #4 tan/olive clouser minnow). We had arrived with our buddies on a sunny Key West afternoon, chasing after the island’s best fly-fishing, swimming,…