Non-native predators

Pete Balfour of Ecorp tells me he has been studying Florida water snakes (a non-native…

close-up of a pheasant standing in green grass alongside a dirt road

You’re such a handsome man…

This photo (see adjacent) captures a pheasant on the Conservancy’s Silva tract preserve. The photo…

screen-captured thumbnail of opening title of video for Great Horned Owl

Bully of the Basin

I’ve noted on previous occasions that Great Horned Owls seem to like the Conservancy’s preserves….

a mother goat and her kid standing in a green grassy field at the Conservancy

Ebony and Ivory

The adjacent photo is of the first kid and its mother goat at the Conservancy’s…

an area of trees along a marsh showing damage caused by beavers

Them pesky beavers

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

close-up of a herd of white, and brown and white goats, with one facing the camera in the center of the frame

It’s all connected

The Conservancy has lost several goats this winter to disease. The expert we use on…

black and white close-up of a possum taken by a motion-detected camera

An opossum is not a badger

We are on the lookout for a badger on the preserves. We’ve had three reports…

large pile of wooden twigs and branches that show destruction by beavers along a bank of a marsh

Busier than a beaver

Now I know where the saying came from. The photo attached to this entry is…

Just let it be over

One of the Conservancy’s rice farmers said recently about this year’s rice crop: “Just let…

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