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Natural Connections

Modern life in Scotland is increasingly busy. The connections our ancestors had with nature and the land are being lost. As leisure time shrinks, or is filled with hi-tech experiences, opportunities to experience nature become fewer. And yet it is possible to connect with nature on a day to day basis. All around us, the great web of life continues to hold its shape, and nature continues its eternal cycles. Keep looking, listening, smelling, touching - and keep experiencing natural connections.

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Another sunny day with temperatures around 95 degrees. Disney's Animal Kingdom attracted a fair amount of wildlife including the ubiquitous yellow butterflies plus Grackles and Great White Egrets. Checked the bird books and found that Sunday's small heron was a Green Heron.


Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Disney MGM, Yellow Butterflies, Ground Doves, a single Collared Dove and beautiful adult Grackles in the car park.


Monday, August 10, 2009

Today's trip to Epcot was fairly limited in terms of natural connections (I suspect the Disney people spray the waterways to keep the mossies down), but all the usual suspects (Mallard, Wood Ibis, Cormorant and Grackle) were there, the Mallards with ducklings of various sizes (17,487).


Sunday August 09, 2009

A morning drive to Lakeland City was notable for more Turkey Vultures and egrets, plus several large nests on roadside pylons. After church in Lakeland, visited two of the city parks (in temperatures approaching 100 degrees). Best birds were Mute Swan, Black Swan, Domestic Greylag Goose, Mallard, Muscovy Duck, Farmyard Duck, possible Ring necked Duck, Carolina Wood Duck, Great Blue Heron, Little Blue Heron, Wood Ibis, Wood Stork, Cormorant, a dark-coloured Squacco-type heron and the smae black hooded gulls as yesterday. Also notable was a dinner-plate sized Red eared Terrapin (6,533).



Saturday, August 08, 2009

Spent most of the afternoon on the Atlantic Coast between Melbourne each and Sebastian Inlet State Park. Best birds were Brown Pelicans, black hooded Gulls, a large tern, Sanderlings and a single Turnstone. However best sightings of the day were of at least 5 tracks of nesting turtles in the sand at Sebastian (10,990).

posted by wellchoughed @ 3:49 pm

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