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Latest Posts
We Have Wood Storks!
Did you know that America has its own native Stork? Yes! The Wood Stork is a large, white bird with black wing-edging and wingtips.
Roseate Spoonbills!
Roseate Spoonbills, large and dramatic, pink, shallow-water foragers, are real eye-catchers for us and all our Florida visitors.
The Redpolls are Here!
Yep! Common Redpolls number in the tens of millions worldwide, but they are only at our snowy backyard feeders every few years.
8 Fall-Blooming Flowers Friendly to Bees, Birds, and Butterflies
You’d be forgiven for thinking these were the only two species in the world that bear flowers beyond September, but that couldn’t be further from the truth.
The Shoebill: Or, the Most Terrifying Bird in the World
Beastly and terrifying though they are, it would be a real shame to have a world without Shoebills. That death stare will haunt you!