Lake Jackson is a dynamic water body. We track wildlife as seasons change and the lake dries and refills. Will update periodically.
wildlife watching
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EcoAdventuresLakesThe Red Hills of Florida & GeorgiaWildlife in North Florida- Critters Big and Small
Is birding better at Lake Jackson when it’s dried down?
Lake Jackson has some of Leon County’s top birding hot spots. Some of the lake’s most diehard bird watchers show us why.
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EcoAdventuresFloridan Aquifer: Springs, Sinks, and MoreRivers and StreamsWildlife in North Florida- Critters Big and Small
The Wakulla Springs Wildlife Survey- a decades long look
We tag along for a Wakulla Springs Wildlife Survey, and the volunteer surveyors share decades of wildlife photos from the spring.
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LakesWildlife in North Florida- Critters Big and Small
New WFSU Ecology Intern To Help Out at Lake Elberta
Meet new WFSU Ecology intern Chloe Thompson! She’s going to be working with Apalachee Audubon to clean up Lake Elberta and help with other projects.
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EcoAdventuresFlorida's CoastsWildlife in North Florida- Critters Big and Small
Shorebirds in the Misty Morning | Surveying the St. Marks Refuge
We start our day before sunrise at the Saint Marks National Wildlife Refuge. Here, we spend a misty morning surveying shorebirds with Don Morrow.
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Ecology in Art & LiteratureFlorida's CoastsWildlife in North Florida- Critters Big and Small
Susan Cerulean’s New Book: I Have Been Assigned the Single Bird
We go to Bald Point to talk to Susan Cerulean about her new book, a reflection on her father’s dementia, and on the loss of shorebirds and their habitat.
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Plants- From Wildflowers to Longleaf PinePollinators and GardeningThe Red Hills of Florida & Georgia
Klapp-Phipps Pollinator Safari | In Search of the Golden-Banded Skipper
On a quarter-mile stretch of power line cut at Elinor Klapp-Phipps Park, we see over thirty pollinator species, including the rare golden-banded skipper.
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Wildlife in North Florida- Critters Big and Small
Dara Wilson | Black Birders Week, a Tallahassee Perspective
In the wake of Black Birders Week, Dara Wilson reflects on falling in love with nature in Central America, and her struggles and successes in Tallahassee.
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Swamps and other WetlandsThe Red Hills of Florida & GeorgiaWildlife in North Florida- Critters Big and Small
Jim and Tara’s Wood Stork Rookery | A Backyard Swamp Adventure
A married couple buys the swamp behind their house to manage it as a preserve. Among the ecological treasures here is a wood stork rookery.
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LakesWildlife in North Florida- Critters Big and Small
Lake Elberta and the Seasonality of Birds in Tallahassee
Lake Elberta attracts a wealth of birds, from wood storks to migratory ducks and birds. Apalachee Audubon is enhancing this habitat further.