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Tall Timbers Reality Check
Every now and then I start feeling like good old field biology is really the only thing. Last week I was in the Red Hills, north of Tallahassee. Carlton and I were there initially to hunt quail on a friend’s … Continue reading
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Excerpts from my field notes: F011 Capture
On an overcast December afternoon, I drove a creaking swamp buggy into an oak hammock in southern Highlands County, Florida and stopped. The team of four of us disembarked, sorted and distributed gear among the group, and began walking in … Continue reading
The Marsh in August
Two awesome summer spectacles have haunted my nights during the last month: the full moon, and huge lightning storms. I was in bed late one night in August when this approaching thunderstorm woke me. With the moon out, the marsh … Continue reading
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Canepatch Camp to the River of Grass
I worried about Day 4 for the previous three months. From our camp at Canepatch on Avocado Creek we were to head east through a maze of creeks and small channels that drain from the river of grass into the … Continue reading
Day 3: Oyster Bay to Avocado Creek
On the third day we awoke at Oyster Bay chickee. Our chickee was positioned on the east side of a small island, protecting us from the open bay to the west. A heavy fog blanketed our little inlet. I rolled … Continue reading
Camp Blanding
The expedition spent yesterday, April 9th, at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center near Middleburg, Florida. Yesterday our team met with Land Component Commander Brigadier General Richard Gallant to discuss Camp Blanding and its approach to conservation. FFWCC Director Nick Wiley … Continue reading
Friday April 20, 2012 – Day 95
The Expedition is in its final days. We are camping now on the Suwannee River, ten miles north of the town of Fargo, Georgia. This is the fourth of six days on this water. It is an unplanned for treat … Continue reading
Deep Creek
Tonight we are camped on Deep Creek, south of Maytown Road. To get here we backtracked from our friend Courtney Ward’s fish camp and turned out kayaks up Deep Creek where it meets the St. Johns at the north end … Continue reading
Econ to Deep Creek
We spent our second night at Cul Pepper Bend on the Econlockhatchee River. Twice in the night it rained. Morning clouds on the eastern horizon foiled plans to photograph the sentinel palms along the banks of the river. The fish … Continue reading
Little Big Econ State Forest
We spent day 63 camping at Cul Pepper Bend near the mouth of the Econlockhatchee River, which flows into the St Johns River just south of S.R. 46. Our St. Johns River journey is in its second week. We arrived … Continue reading
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