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#NotesFromTheRiver – Catching Up is Hard To Do (My Apologies to Neil Sedaka)

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Photograph by Doug Little

Doing my best to dig myself out of the hole Hurricane Irma threw us in, and I think I just might be able to see the light of day above me. At last! Hope some of you will stop by to check out today’s post on the St. Johns River Eco Tours blog. With any luck, I’ll be posting there weekly again. Workin’ on it! 😀 Enjoy!

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This Week’s #NotesFromTheRiver – The Fairest of Them All

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Managed to find a few minutes in the midst of the chaos around here, to put up my winners for the Fairest of Them All–all, being the animals (and one flower) that call the St. Johns River Basin home. Take a look, and see if you agree with my choices! 😀 And if you do stop by, hope you’ll share far and wide, as always.

Next week, I’m hoping to be able to get back to more in depth #NotesFromTheRiver posting again. In the meantime, here’s the link for you:

#NotesFromTheRiver – The Fairest of Them All

Finally! #NotesFromTheRiver is Resuming!

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This Guy Would Love to See You There!
(Note: This is an alligator, honest. No crocs up here.  😀 )

I’ve been unable to keep up with all my blogging due to everything that’s been going on since Irma came a-calling, but I am starting back up with one of my favorite things: my nature blog for St. Johns River Eco Tours. Today’s post on #NotesFromThe River is about an upcoming event a week from Saturday. (January 13) Hope you’ll check it out and share far and wide, and if any of you are in the central Florida area, hope you’ll consider coming to see Doug and I at DeBary Hall Historic Site for this fun program.  Thanks for helping spread the word.

#NotesFromTheRiver – Presentations, Photography, and Information, Oh, My!

#NotesFromTheRiver – The Fairest of them All

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Ran a wee bit late this week, what with all the editing and stuff, but my #NotesFromTheRiver post went up last night. Hope you enjoy reading this one. Such a beautiful creature!

#NotesFromTheRiver – The Fairest of Them All

Correction to the #NotesFromTheRiver – That OId Coot Post!

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American coot (Fulica Americana)
Photo by Doug Little

So sorry, folks! I must have been in a Stupid yesterday, which is a lot like a stupor, only with a bad case of DUMB added in. 😯 I totally forgot to include the range map of the American coot the post, and because of that, I made a mistake in saying coots were only in Florida in the winter. Doh! I assumed that to be the case, because that’s when huge migrating rafts of them start to appear on our lakes and rivers. But the truth is, there are non-breeding coots to be found here all year long. (Once again, I’m referring ONLY to the feathered variety, though I’m pretty sure this holds true of the other kind as well. Probably why they’re so grouchy!) 😀

I have added the range map to the post, and I’m sharing it here, as well, for any who want to take a quick look. As you can see, coots are spread across a huge swath of the United States, and well into Canada, as well as south into central America. So, if you live in the U. S. and have a hankering to see some for yourself, you stand a pretty good chance of being able to do so. Again, sorry for the omission yesterday, but hope this makes up for it.

If you haven’t yet read the entire post, you may do so here:

#NotesFromTheRiver – That Old Coot!

#NotesFromTheRiver – That Old Coot!

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American Coot Feeding Chick

Today’s #NotesFromTheRiver  post is up! Hope you’ll stop by and read about coots, both young and old. Thanks for checking t out, and passing it along. Happy reading!

#NotesFromTheRiver – That Old Coot!

#NotesFromTheRiver – Ducks That Whistle?

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This week’s #NotesFromTheRiver post features one of my favorite species of waterfowl, the black-bellied whistling duck. Stop by and take a look (and listen). Hope you enjoy the post and photos. Thanks!

#NotesFromTheRiver – Ducks That Whistle?

#NotesFromTheRiver – That’s Just Ducky!

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This week’s #NotesFromTheRiver is an overview of a new series of posts on ducks and duck-like waterfowl that make their home at least part of the year in the St. Johns River Basin area. I’ll be sharing lots of cool info on seven different species of beautiful and interesting birds, so I hope you’ll check out today’s introduction, and follow along over the next few weeks.  And feel free to share far and wide! The ducks, coots, mergansers, grebes and gallinules will thank you for it.

#NotesFromTheRiver – That’s Just Ducky!

#NotesFromTheRiver – Whacky Wednesday (on Thursday!)

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Here’s this weeks #NotesFromTheRiver post. Something a bit different, which I hope will make you smile–if not laugh out loud! Hope you’ll enjoy reading these as much as I did. And if you have time, pass them along to folks YOU’D like to make smile, too! Thanks!

#NotesFromTheRiver – Whacky Wednesday

#NotesFromTheRiver – Florida Panther Part 2

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This week’s #NotesFromTheRiver post continues with our look at Florida’s State Animal, the Florida Panther, a subspecies of the western cougar. Hope some of you will check it out, even if only for the photos. And please share, if you have time. THANKS!

#NotesFromTheRiver – Florida Panther Part 2