by Rich Leighton | May 22, 2010
One of the most common bits of advice that I’ve heard given to budding new nature photographers is that you don’t have to go far from home to get the best shots. I’ve heard this many times over the years, and I’ve given this same advice on...
by Rich Leighton | May 17, 2010
The coral bean (Erythrina herbacea), also known as the Cherokee bean or the red cardinal, is a common springtime bloomer found all over the state of Florida. I’ve seen them in dense woodlands, sandy pine scrubs, and growing in hardwood hammocks at the edges of...
by Rich Leighton | May 12, 2010
For some reason that Shakespeare title just popped into my head as I sat down in my office to write this quick post, and seemed to fit. A long and wonderfully eventful sojourn around Florida’s Big Bend area ended beautifully with a dazzling sunset over Apalachicola...
by Rich Leighton | May 10, 2010
One of the most difficult birds for me to find in Florida has been the red-headed woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus). It is a very skittish bird – even for a woodpecker, and tends to avoid people if encountered. I’ve seen them only a couple of times...
by Rich Leighton | May 5, 2010
For Florida springtime wildflowers, there is no place better than the Apalachicola National Forest. By mid-April (a little later this year due to the long winter) the sides of many of the roads are glittering with a rainbow of the most vivid colors and hues that...
