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      • Devil’s Walkingstick: Your New Favorite Thorny Pollinator Plant?
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RiverTrek 2021: Five Days on the Apalachicola River
Lower Lake Lafayette: Kayak Tallahassee’s Hidden Swamp
Chipola River Paddling Trail | The Ovens and...
Kayaking Bald Point | Adventure on a Living...
Wacissa Springs Adventure | Kayaking a Wild Florida...
A Geologist’s View of the Apalachicola River |...
Upper Chipola River Kayak Adventure | Ghosts &...
Tate’s Hell & the Apalachicola River Delta |...
Kayak Scouting Mission on the Ochlockonee Water Trail
Merritt’s Mill Pond | Kayaking and Spring Caves

The WFSU Ecology Blog

  • Home
    • About
    • EcoAdventures
      • Kayak and Canoe Adventures
      • Hiking
      • Wildlife Watching
    • Observations From the Field
      • White Pelicans Visit Dr. Charles L. Evans Pond in Tallahassee
      • An April Walk at Ochlockonee River WMA
      • Nesting Raptors at Honeymoon Island State Park
    • WFSU Public Media Home
  • Documentaries
    • In Their Words: Black Legacy Communities in North Florida
    • EcoCitizen Show | Seasons in South Tallahassee
    • Red Wolf Family Celebrates First Year at the Tallahassee Museum
    • Roaming the Red Hills
    • Oyster Doctors
    • Testing the Ecology of Fear
    • EcoShakespeare
    • Stories from the Apalachicola
    • Classic WFSU Ecology Documentaries
  • Habitats
    • Estuaries
      • Oyster Reef
        • The Effects of Predators and Fear on Oyster Reefs
        • Apalachicola Oyster Research
        • Animal Species in a North Florida Intertidal Oyster Reef
        • Oyster Reef Ecology | On the Reef
      • Salt Marsh
        • In the Grass- Salt Marsh Biodiversity Study
        • Plants and Animals of a North Florida Salt Marsh
        • Salt Marsh Ecology | In the Grass
      • Seagrass Bed
        • Predatory Snails, and Prey, of the Bay Mouth Bar Seagrass Beds
      • In the Grass, On the Reef Glossary
    • Waterways Big and Small
      • Aucilla/ Wacissa Watershed
      • Apalachicola Basin
        • Apalachicola Bluffs and Ravines | Virtual Field Trip
        • The Age of Nature Screening & Discussion | The Future of the Apalachicola
        • Apalachicola River and Bay
        • Apalachicola RiverTrek | Kayaking, Camping, & Hiking the River Basin
    • Longleaf Pine & Fire Ecology
  • Backyard Habitat
    • Backyard Blog
      • My Year in Bugs: the 2022 Backyard Blog
      • Backyard Ecology Blog | 2021
      • Backyard Blog November/ December 2020
      • Backyard Blog September/ October 2020
      • July and August 2020 Backyard Blog
      • Backyard Blog June 2020
      • Backyard Blog May 2020
      • Backyard Blog April 2020
      • Backyard Blog February and March 2020
      • Backyard Blog January 2020
      • Backyard Blog October through December 2019
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      • Backyard Blog August 2019
      • Backyard Blog July 2019
      • Backyard Blog June 2019
      • Backyard Blog May 2019
      • Backyard Blog April 2019
      • Backyard Blog March 2019
      • Backyard Blog February 2019
      • Backyard Blog January 2019
      • The Backyard Bug Blog 2018
    • Backyard Flora and Fauna
      • Bees of North Florida and South Georgia
      • The Seasonality of Bees (and Bee Plants) in North Florida
      • Woody Vines of North Florida
      • Flies of North Florida are More Diverse than You’d Think
      • The Case for Weeds, Our Unsung Florida Native Plants
      • Devil’s Walkingstick: Your New Favorite Thorny Pollinator Plant?
      • Florida Native Milkweed | Tips for Growing Your Monarch Friendly Garden
      • Mistletoe | A Parasite for the Holidays (But Maybe We Like it Anyway?)
    • Florida Friendly Seasonal Planting Guide
    • Pollinator and Gardening Posts
    • Gardening Web Resources
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WFSU-TV is hiking, paddling, snorkeling and generally getting dirty and wet in the wild places of North Florida. Living, breathing, fully-functional ecosystems always surprise and delight, especially when you’re the only person for miles. Browse our stories and if you see something lacking, leave a comment and let us know!

  • EcoAdventuresFloridan Aquifer: Springs, Sinks, and MoreRivers and StreamsWildlife in North Florida- Critters Big and Small

    The Wakulla Springs Wildlife Survey- a decades long look

    by Liesel Hamilton January 24, 2023
    by Liesel Hamilton January 24, 2023

    We tag along for a Wakulla Springs Wildlife Survey, and the volunteer surveyors share decades of wildlife photos from the spring.

  • EcoAdventuresPlants- From Wildflowers to Longleaf PineThe Red Hills of Florida & Georgia

    Timberlane Ravine: learn to love dead trees (and trillium!)

    by Rob Diaz de Villegas October 26, 2022
    by Rob Diaz de Villegas October 26, 2022

    Tallahassee’s Timberlane Ravine Trail through the seasons- trilliums, funky mushrooms, hearts a bustin’, and the beauty of dead trees.

  • Apalachicola River and BayKayak and Canoe AdventuresRivers and StreamsSwamps and other Wetlands

    RiverTrek 2021: Five Days on the Apalachicola River

    by Rob Diaz de Villegas December 16, 2021
    by Rob Diaz de Villegas December 16, 2021

    RiverTrek is a five day kayak trip down the Apalachicola River. We explore swamps, camp on sand bars, and meet some locals.

  • Kayak and Canoe AdventuresLakesThe Red Hills of Florida & Georgia

    Lower Lake Lafayette: Kayak Tallahassee’s Hidden Swamp

    by Rob Diaz de Villegas November 4, 2021
    by Rob Diaz de Villegas November 4, 2021

    We check out the Lafayette Passage Paddling Trail, kayaking Tallahassee’s swampiest lake: Lower Lake Lafayette.

  • EcoAdventuresFlorida's CoastsWildlife in North Florida- Critters Big and Small

    Shorebirds in the Misty Morning | Surveying the St. Marks Refuge

    by Rob Diaz de Villegas December 15, 2020
    by Rob Diaz de Villegas December 15, 2020

    We start our day before sunrise at the Saint Marks National Wildlife Refuge. Here, we spend a misty morning surveying shorebirds with Don Morrow.

  • EcoAdventuresLongleaf Pine & Fire EcologyPlants- From Wildflowers to Longleaf PineRaising Kids with Nature

    Family Hike in the Munson Sandhills | Spring Flowers in Bloom

    by Rob Diaz de Villegas May 28, 2020
    by Rob Diaz de Villegas May 28, 2020

    We hike the Munson Sandhills in late March, finding early spring wildflowers in bloom, including two lupine species and new green blueberries.

  • Apalachicola River and BayEcoAdventuresRaising Kids with Nature

    Garden of Eden Trail | Family Hike to the Apalachicola River

    by Rob Diaz de Villegas May 26, 2020
    by Rob Diaz de Villegas May 26, 2020

    Our family hikes the Garden of Eden Trail through steephead ravines, a recently burned longleaf forest, and up to Florida’s highest river bluff.

  • EcoAdventuresKayak and Canoe AdventuresRivers and StreamsWaterways Big and Small

    Chipola River Paddling Trail | The Ovens and Maund Spring

    by Rob Diaz de Villegas February 2, 2020
    by Rob Diaz de Villegas February 2, 2020

    We kayak down the Chipola River in north Florida, stopping to explore a cave called the Ovens, and have lunch alongside a spring.

  • EcoAdventuresFlorida's CoastsWildlife in North Florida- Critters Big and Small

    Shorebird Watching at Alligator Point’s Phipps Preserve

    by Rob Diaz de Villegas December 13, 2018
    by Rob Diaz de Villegas December 13, 2018

    We head to the John S. Phipps Preserve on Alligator Point at the start of fall migration. Guided by Audubon Florida, we spot visiting and local shorebirds.

  • EcoAdventuresFlorida's CoastsKayak and Canoe AdventuresOyster Reef Ecology | On the ReefSalt Marsh Ecology | In the Grass

    Kayaking Bald Point | Adventure on a Living Coastline

    by Rob Diaz de Villegas January 18, 2018
    by Rob Diaz de Villegas January 18, 2018

    At Bald Point State State Park, we kayak by fishermen, oystermen, migratory ducks, and monarch butterflies- some of the best of natural north Florida.

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iNaturalist became a part of the WFSU Ecology Blog during the EcoCitizen Project in 2019.  Since then, we’ve used it to help identify the many plants and animals we see on our shoots.  And on the Backyard Blog, we show how it can be used to identify weeds and garden insects, to help figure out what’s beneficial or a possible pest.  Below is the iNaturalist profile belonging to WFSU Ecology producer Rob Diaz de Villegas.

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