More of St. Mark's Fauna & Flora

 

Spring Flowers are blooming and the birds are sounding off with their Spring calls.  What an amazing time to see God's creation unfold.

This is an Atamsco Lily, springing up everywhere along the roadways.

This wild Lily reminds us of the Easter Lily

The Masked Bandit caught out in the open

Ohio Spiderwort

Black Swallowtail on Spiderwort 

Glass Lizard - legless reptile sunning on a dike

Amazing facial pattern

We are usually the first visitors on the refuge each day, seeing many sunrises

Long-billed Dowitcher and reflection

Swamp/ Yellow Jessamine

Yellow-throated Warblers are singing high in the pines

Northern Parulas have just arrived 

Common Yellowthroat sings on territory

Red-cockcaded Woodpecker active at dawn

Eagle searches for Osprey's dropped fish

Green Heron stalking fish

Rain Lily

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher male

Blue-headed Vireo

Waning Moon

Dwarf Blueberry blossoms 

Red-tailed Hawk, pale borealis subspecies

Florida Gray Squirrel feasting on Red Maple seeds

Pileated Woodpeckers are seen and heard daily

The secretive Nelson's Sparrow

Green Anole - native U.S. species

Refuge Fire Management

Two weeks left on the refuge and we are looking forward

to bird migration from South & Central America.

Love & Prayers,

Ty & Ida Baumann