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A five foot alligator feeding on….one inch poeciliid fishes?
Fiftieth post recap
This is my 50th post on Reason and Nature, which seemed an appropriate occasion to provide a recap of prior posts, summarize a few statistics, and ponder the future. My rationale for starting this blog was that while exploring I would sometimes see interesting natural history phenomena – and I felt compelled to share these.…
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North America’s ancient freshwater fishes deserve respect
On a foggy January morning I walked a riverbank in north central Florida, with telephoto lens around my neck and fishing pole in hand. I stopped to photograph a river otter as it bobbed and weaved amongst the riparian structure, hunting for fish. Herons lining the bank occasionally squawked, protesting my presence. It was the…
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Bison and wild horses in Florida
There is a place in Florida where wild American Bison and horses roam free. This place is Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park, a 23,000 acre seasonally flooded prairie just outside Gainesville. Here, I have had numerous encounters with wild horses, but until recently the Bison offered only glimpses at great distance. But that changed this…
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