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Information is based on life in and around Southwest Florida where I live and is compiled from a variety of sources, most of which are copyrighted, plus personal experience and observation, so please don't republish anything without asking first. The selection of topics is dictated by questions people have asked me and on subjects that have piqued my curiosity. For example, lightning struck different trees in my yard twice within a 10-day period during the summer a couple of years ago and hit another tree this summer, which convinced me that it was a good time to learn a little more about lightning.

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alligators (2 pages) anoles armadillo black bear big bird overhead silhouettes bird fledge times bird maximum life spans bird trivia boardwalk aerial map (in color) Corkscrew warbler haunts & habits crayfish (2 pages) cypress mulch ... bad! cypress trees (2 pages) dragonflies (4 pages)

evil weevil eyeshine & braingroan fern identification key (2 pages) fire ants (4 pages) frog humor frog identification by sound (2 pages) gambusia growing ferns from scratch how to ID black snakes How do you tell the difference between viceroy & monarch butterflies water snakes & water moccasins five-lined and broad-headed skinks leaf identification (3 pages) lichens

lightning love vine native orchid bloom time (2 pages) sagittaria et al tillandsia identification turtle identification by head markings common vines wading bird hunting behavior wading bird identification water moccasin coloration (in color) weather humidity, breeze, & clouds fog, dew, & frost wood stork information yellowjackets (2 pages)