Executive Director's Blog Archive

June 14, 2011
Blue eggs but no ham
The blue eggs shown in the photo here are those of a white-faced ibis (Plegadis…

June 6, 2011
Budgie
Sometimes the strangest things happen on Conservancy preserves. Recently, I saw this brightly colored bird…

June 6, 2011
Looking for Hogwarts
In an abandoned barn on one of the Conservancy’s preserves, I am usually scared out…
May 1, 2011
Non-native predators
Pete Balfour of Ecorp tells me he has been studying Florida water snakes (a non-native…

April 21, 2011
You’re such a handsome man…
This photo (see adjacent) captures a pheasant on the Conservancy’s Silva tract preserve. The photo…

April 13, 2011
Bully of the Basin
I’ve noted on previous occasions that Great Horned Owls seem to like the Conservancy’s preserves….

April 12, 2011
Ebony and Ivory
The adjacent photo is of the first kid and its mother goat at the Conservancy’s…

February 28, 2011
Them pesky beavers
Slowly but surely, beavers are taking down David Island on the Conservancy’s Silva tract. See…

February 7, 2011
It’s all connected
The Conservancy has lost several goats this winter to disease. The expert we use on…