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138<p><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//woodpeckers-in-florida.html" target="_blank" alt="Woodpeckers in Florida" title="Woodpeckers in Florida">Woodpeckers in Florida</a><br /><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//woodpeckers-in-florida.html" target="_blank" alt="Woodpeckers in Florida" title="Woodpeckers in Florida">
138<img src="https://www.wildflphoto.com/psubs/5cn7d01/Dryocopus_pileatus_2627c.jpg" width="350"></a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This past New Year's camping trip for me was a four-day solo backpacking hike in Florida's Withlacoochee State Forest. During this hike I saw or heard many birds including six of the eight members of the <a href="https://www.wildflphoto.com/family.php?k=a&id=72" alt="Woodpecker and Wrynecks famlily at Wild Florida Photo" title="Picidae at Wild Florida Photo" target ="_blank">woodpecker family</a> that can be found in Florida.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//woodpeckers-in-florida.html" target="_blank" alt="Woodpeckers in Florida" title="Woodpeckers in Florida">
139        	Read More</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Posted: 2025-03-20</p><a href="#top" alt="click to go to top of page" title="click to go to top of page"><hr /></a><p><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//florida-gulf-coast-birding.html" target="_blank" alt="Florida Gulf Coast Birding" title="Florida Gulf Coast Birding">Florida Gulf Coast Birding</a><br /><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//florida-gulf-coast-birding.html" target="_blank" alt="Florida Gulf Coast Birding" title="Florida Gulf Coast Birding"><img src="https://www.wildflphoto.com/psubs/5cn7d01/Egretta_rufescens_4225.jpg" width="350"></a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Several Octobers ago I had the opportunity to do some bird photography along Florida's Gulf Coast on Lido Key in Sarasota County.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//florida-gulf-coast-birding.html" target="_blank" alt="Florida Gulf Coast Birding" title="Florida Gulf Coast Birding">
140        	Read More</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Posted: 2024-10-14</p><a href="#top" alt="click to go to top of page" title="click to go to top of page"><hr /></a><p><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//dragonflies-of-clark-bay.html" target="_blank" alt="Dragonflies of Clark Bay" title="Dragonflies of Clark Bay">Dragonflies of Clark Bay</a><br /><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//dragonflies-of-clark-bay.html" target="_blank" alt="Dragonflies of Clark Bay" title="Dragonflies of Clark Bay"><img src="https://www.wildflphoto.com/psubs/4cn40d1/Celithemis_ornata_3909.jpg" width="350"></a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//dragonflies-of-clark-bay.html" target="_blank" alt="Dragonflies of Clark Bay" title="Dragonflies of Clark Bay">
141        	Read More</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Posted: 2024-08-29</p><a href="#top" alt="click to go to top of page" title="click to go to top of page"><hr /></a><p><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//summer-plants-in-clark-bay.html" target="_blank" alt="Summer Plants in Clark Bay" title="Summer Plants in Clark Bay">Summer Plants in Clark Bay</a><br /><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//summer-plants-in-clark-bay.html" target="_blank" alt="Summer Plants in Clark Bay" title="Summer Plants in Clark Bay">
141<img src="https://www.wildflphoto.com/psubs/4cn40d1/Scrub_3839.jpg" width="350"></a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As this summer's heat is making it unappealing to go out exploring on foot, I am looking back on when I checked out the nearby Clark Bay Conservation Area in July 2010.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//summer-plants-in-clark-bay.html" target="_blank" alt="Summer Plants in Clark Bay" title="Summer Plants in Clark Bay">
142        	Read More</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Posted: 2024-07-30</p><a href="#top" alt="click to go to top of page" title="click to go to top of page"><hr /></a><p><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//1-mushrooms.html" target="_blank" alt="Mushrooms" title="Mushrooms">Mushrooms</a><br /><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//1-mushrooms.html" target="_blank" alt="Mushrooms" title="Mushrooms"><img src="https://www.wildflphoto.com/psubs/0iP1301/Pleurotus_1546.jpg" width="350"></a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//1-mushrooms.html" target="_blank" alt="Mushrooms" title="Mushrooms">
143        	Read More</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Posted: 2024-02-25</p><a href="#top" alt="click to go to top of page" title="click to go to top of page"><hr /></a><p><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//viera-wetlands-not-just-birds.html" target="_blank" alt="Viera Wetlands - not just birds" title="Viera Wetlands - not just birds">Viera Wetlands - not just birds</a><br /><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//viera-wetlands-not-just-birds.html" target="_blank" alt="Viera Wetlands - not just birds" title="Viera Wetlands - not just birds"><img src="https://www.wildflphoto.com/psubs/5cn7d01/Sagittaria_lancifolia_lancifolia_5545.jpg" width="350"></a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This birding hotspot presents nature viewing opportunities beyond birds.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//viera-wetlands-not-just-birds.html" target="_blank" alt="Viera Wetlands - not just birds" title="Viera Wetlands - not just birds">
144        	Read More</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Posted: 2023-12-07</p><a href="#top" alt="click to go to top of page" title="click to go to top of page"><hr /></a><p><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//green-sea-turtles.html" target="_blank" alt="Green Sea Turtles" title="Green Sea Turtles">Green Sea Turtles</a><br /><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//green-sea-turtles.html" target="_blank" alt="Green Sea Turtles" title="Green Sea Turtles">
144<img src="https://www.wildflphoto.com/psubs/0iP1301/Chelonia_mydas_6383.jpg" width="350"></a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Green sea turtle nest provided pleasant surprise this summer.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//green-sea-turtles.html" target="_blank" alt="Green Sea Turtles" title="Green Sea Turtles">
145        	Read More</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Posted: 2023-10-11</p><a href="#top" alt="click to go to top of page" title="click to go to top of page"><hr /></a><p><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//middle-suwannee-river.html" target="_blank" alt="Middle Suwannee River" title="Middle Suwannee River">Middle Suwannee River</a><br /><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//middle-suwannee-river.html" target="_blank" alt="Middle Suwannee River" title="Middle Suwannee River"><img src="https://www.wildflphoto.com/psubs/0iP1301/FL_SuwanneeR_AdamsTRC_1731.jpg" width="350"></a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//middle-suwannee-river.html" target="_blank" alt="Middle Suwannee River" title="Middle Suwannee River">
146        	Read More</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Posted: 2023-03-21</p><a href="#top" alt="click to go to top of page" title="click to go to top of page"><hr /></a><p><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//nature-challenge.html" target="_blank" alt="Nature Challenge" title="Nature Challenge">Nature Challenge</a><br /><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//nature-challenge.html" target="_blank" alt="Nature Challenge" title="Nature Challenge"><img src="https://www.wildflphoto.com/psubs/0iP1301/GreatBlueOnSpruceCreek_1493.jpg" width="350"></a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;My local Florida county - Volusia - sponsored a monthly nature challenge at a different county preserve each month from late 2022 through spring of 2023 on iNaturalist. According to the challenge coordinator Trey Hannah "The Explore Volusia Challenge was designed to get people out to the wonderful Volusia County conservation Lands", and in my case it has been working.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//nature-challenge.html" target="_blank" alt="Nature Challenge" title="Nature Challenge">
147        	Read More</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Posted: 2023-01-30</p><a href="#top" alt="click to go to top of page" title="click to go to top of page"><hr /></a><p><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//volusia-county-endangered-ferns.html" target="_blank" alt="Volusia County Endangered Ferns" title="Volusia County Endangered Ferns">Volusia County Endangered Ferns</a><br /><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//volusia-county-endangered-ferns.html" target="_blank" alt="Volusia County Endangered Ferns" title="Volusia County Endangered Ferns">
147<img src="https://www.wildflphoto.com/psubs/5cn7d01/Pecluma_plumula_0739.jpg" width="350"></a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//volusia-county-endangered-ferns.html" target="_blank" alt="Volusia County Endangered Ferns" title="Volusia County Endangered Ferns">
148        	Read More</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Posted: 2022-12-02</p><a href="#top" alt="click to go to top of page" title="click to go to top of page"><hr /></a><p><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//beach-wildflowers.html" target="_blank" alt="Beach Wildflowers" title="Beach Wildflowers">Beach Wildflowers</a><br /><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//beach-wildflowers.html" target="_blank" alt="Beach Wildflowers" title="Beach Wildflowers"><img src="https://www.wildflphoto.com/psubs/5cn7d01/Ipomoea_pes-caprae_brasiliensis_2224.jpg" width="350"></a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//beach-wildflowers.html" target="_blank" alt="Beach Wildflowers" title="Beach Wildflowers">
149        	Read More</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Posted: 2022-04-07</p><a href="#top" alt="click to go to top of page" title="click to go to top of page"><hr /></a><p><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//smoky-mountains-redux.html" target="_blank" alt="Smoky Mountains Redux" title="Smoky Mountains Redux">Smoky Mountains Redux</a><br /><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//smoky-mountains-redux.html" target="_blank" alt="Smoky Mountains Redux" title="Smoky Mountains Redux"><img src="https://www.wildflphoto.com/psubs/0iPoc01/NC_SMNP-BigCreek_7584.jpg" width="350"></a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//smoky-mountains-redux.html" target="_blank" alt="Smoky Mountains Redux" title="Smoky Mountains Redux">
150        	Read More</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Posted: 2022-02-28</p><a href="#top" alt="click to go to top of page" title="click to go to top of page"><hr /></a><p><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//look-back-at-2021.html" target="_blank" alt="Look back at 2021" title="Look back at 2021">Look back at 2021</a><br /><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//look-back-at-2021.html" target="_blank" alt="Look back at 2021" title="Look back at 2021"><img src="/psubs/5cn7d02/SantaFeRiverRise_7731.jpg" width="350"></a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//look-back-at-2021.html" target="_blank" alt="Look back at 2021" title="Look back at 2021">
151        	Read More</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Posted: 2021-12-05</p><a href="#top" alt="click to go to top of page" title="click to go to top of page"><hr /></a><p><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//reunite-the-rivers.html" target="_blank" alt="Reunite the Rivers" title="Reunite the Rivers">Reunite the Rivers</a><br /><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//reunite-the-rivers.html" target="_blank" alt="Reunite the Rivers" title="Reunite the Rivers"><img src="/images/SJR_Horizontal_logo-500.jpg" width="350"></a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Now is the time for action to reunite the Great Florida Waterway of the Silver Springs, Ocklawaha and St. Johns Rivers.
152<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//reunite-the-rivers.html" target="_blank" alt="Reunite the Rivers" title="Reunite the Rivers">
153        	Read More</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Posted: 2021-10-04</p><a href="#top" alt="click to go to top of page" title="click to go to top of page"><hr /></a><p><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//2021-billboard-contest.html" target="_blank" alt="2021 Pixels\Fine Art America Billboard Contest" title="2021 Pixels\Fine Art America Billboard Contest">2021 Pixels\Fine Art America Billboard Contest</a><br /><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//2021-billboard-contest.html" target="_blank" alt="2021 Pixels\Fine Art America Billboard Contest" title="2021 Pixels\Fine Art America Billboard Contest"><img src="/psubs/3cr300d/Nemastylis_floridana_7133a.jpg" width="350"></a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
153I had three entries in the 2021 Pixels/Fine Art America Billboard Contest.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//2021-billboard-contest.html" target="_blank" alt="2021 Pixels\Fine Art America Billboard Contest" title="2021 Pixels\Fine Art America Billboard Contest">
154        	Read More</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Posted: 2021-08-17</p><a href="#top" alt="click to go to top of page" title="click to go to top of page"><hr /></a><p><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//backyard-and-bicycle-botany-during-quarantine.html" target="_blank" alt="Backyard and Bicycle Botany during Quarantine" title="Backyard and Bicycle Botany during Quarantine">Backyard and Bicycle Botany during Quarantine</a><br /><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//backyard-and-bicycle-botany-during-quarantine.html" target="_blank" alt="Backyard and Bicycle Botany during Quarantine" title="Backyard and Bicycle Botany during Quarantine"><img src="/psubs/5cn7d02/Mimosa_strigillosa_6229.jpg" width="350"></a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Stay at home orders and self-quarantine to prevent the spread of Coronavirus has disrupted everyone&#039;s routines this spring. However, this does not preclude either botanizing or photography, both of which I have been able to indulge in during these unusual times.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//backyard-and-bicycle-botany-during-quarantine.html" target="_blank" alt="Backyard and Bicycle Botany during Quarantine" title="Backyard and Bicycle Botany during Quarantine">
155        	Read More</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Posted: 2020-05-19</p><a href="#top" alt="click to go to top of page" title="click to go to top of page"><hr /></a><p><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//florida-pawpaws-part-one.html" target="_blank" alt="Florida Pawpaws Part One" title="Florida Pawpaws Part One">Florida Pawpaws Part One</a><br /><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//florida-pawpaws-part-one.html" target="_blank" alt="Florida Pawpaws Part One" title="Florida Pawpaws Part One"><img src="/psubs/5cn7d01/Asimina_reticulata_9700.jpg" width="350"></a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A look at three of the pawpaws that are found in Florida and two Lepidoptera that they are hosts for.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//florida-pawpaws-part-one.html" target="_blank" alt="Florida Pawpaws Part One" title="Florida Pawpaws Part One">
156        	Read More</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Posted: 2020-03-16</p><a href="#top" alt="click to go to top of page" title="click to go to top of page"><hr /></a><p><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//best-of-2019.html" target="_blank" alt="Best of 2019" title="Best of 2019">Best of 2019</a><br /><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//best-of-2019.html" target="_blank" alt="Best of 2019" title="Best of 2019"><img src="/psubs/5cn7d01/CM_mushroom_speleothem_8835.jpg" width="350"></a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Some of my favorite photographs from places that I visited over the past year.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//best-of-2019.html" target="_blank" alt="Best of 2019" title="Best of 2019">
157        	Read More</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Posted: 2020-01-18</p><a href="#top" alt="click to go to top of page" title="click to go to top of page"><hr /></a><p><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//havana-500-and-street-art.html" target="_blank" alt="Havana 500 and Street Art" title="Havana 500 and Street Art">Havana 500 and Street Art</a><br /><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//havana-500-and-street-art.html" target="_blank" alt="Havana 500 and Street Art" title="Havana 500 and Street Art"><img src="/psubs/5cn7d01/la_habana_500_8604.jpg" width="350"></a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This month marks the 500th anniversary of the founding of Havana, Cuba under a ceiba tree on November 16, 1519.  In the spirit of that celebration here is a collection of street art - murals, graffiti, signs and a sculpture - seen in Havana earlier this year.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//havana-500-and-street-art.html" target="_blank" alt="Havana 500 and Street Art" title="Havana 500 and Street Art">
158        	Read More</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
158Posted: 2019-11-09</p><a href="#top" alt="click to go to top of page" title="click to go to top of page"><hr /></a><p><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//mangroves.html" target="_blank" alt="Mangroves" title="Mangroves">Mangroves</a><br /><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//mangroves.html" target="_blank" alt="Mangroves" title="Mangroves"><img src="/psubs/5cn7d01/Mangroves_6770.jpg" width="350"></a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Mangroves are a group of plants with a shared common name that has more to do with where and how they grow than with their family or genus relationships. Mangroves are shrubs or trees that are halophiles, meaning that they can grow in salt water. To do this they have particular characteristics that help them deal with their saline environment.
159There are four native mangroves in Florida.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//mangroves.html" target="_blank" alt="Mangroves" title="Mangroves">
160        	Read More</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Posted: 2019-09-18</p><a href="#top" alt="click to go to top of page" title="click to go to top of page"><hr /></a><p><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//1-backpacking-hopkins-prairie.html" target="_blank" alt="Backpacking Hopkins Prairie" title="Backpacking Hopkins Prairie">Backpacking Hopkins Prairie</a><br /><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//1-backpacking-hopkins-prairie.html" target="_blank" alt="Backpacking Hopkins Prairie" title="Backpacking Hopkins Prairie"><img src="/psubs/5cn7d01/FT_campsite_9843.jpg" width="350"></a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I have backpacked different parts of the Florida Trail from the Rodman Dam to Clearwater Lake in the Ocala National Forest on several occasions, but there was a section between Salt Springs and Juniper Springs that I not completed.  In March (2019) I closed this gap.  In this post (click either the title or the image above) you can read about and see photos from the portion of this hike around Hopkins Prairie.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//1-backpacking-hopkins-prairie.html" target="_blank" alt="Backpacking Hopkins Prairie" title="Backpacking Hopkins Prairie">
161        	Read More</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Posted: 2019-07-20</p><a href="#top" alt="click to go to top of page" title="click to go to top of page"><hr /></a><p><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//matanzas-cuba.html" target="_blank" alt="Matanzas, Cuba" title="Matanzas, Cuba">Matanzas, Cuba</a><br /><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//matanzas-cuba.html" target="_blank" alt="Matanzas, Cuba" title="Matanzas, Cuba"><img src="/psubs/5cn7d01/CM_FireStation_8725.jpg" width="350"></a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In February of 2019 Virginia & I had the opportunity to visit Cuba as part of a people-to-people exchange tour.  
162The first day of the organized tour was in the town of Matanzas, in the province of the same name.  Here are some of my favorite images from that day.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//matanzas-cuba.html" target="_blank" alt="Matanzas, Cuba" title="Matanzas, Cuba">
163        	Read More</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
163Posted: 2019-06-12</p><a href="#top" alt="click to go to top of page" title="click to go to top of page"><hr /></a><p><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//pretty-little-dragonflies.html" target="_blank" alt="Pretty Little Dragonflies" title="Pretty Little Dragonflies">Pretty Little Dragonflies</a><br /><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//pretty-little-dragonflies.html" target="_blank" alt="Pretty Little Dragonflies" title="Pretty Little Dragonflies"><img src="/psubs/5cn7d01/Pachydiplax_longipennis_6660.jpg" width="350"></a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Photographing small, similar-looking dragonflies and properly (eventually) identifying them.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//pretty-little-dragonflies.html" target="_blank" alt="Pretty Little Dragonflies" title="Pretty Little Dragonflies">
164        	Read More</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Posted: 2018-10-16</p><a href="#top" alt="click to go to top of page" title="click to go to top of page"><hr /></a><p><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//parker-solar-probe-launch-and-perseids.html" target="_blank" alt="Parker Solar Probe Launch and Perseids" title="Parker Solar Probe Launch and Perseids">Parker Solar Probe Launch and Perseids</a><br /><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//parker-solar-probe-launch-and-perseids.html" target="_blank" alt="Parker Solar Probe Launch and Perseids" title="Parker Solar Probe Launch and Perseids"><img src="/featurep/Parker_solar_launch_4782caf.jpg" width="350"></a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;At 3:31 am on Sunday August 12, the Parker Solar Probe was launched on a Delta Heavy rocket. I photographed the launch from Ormond by the Sea. The same morning I also photographed a meteor and a fireball during the Perseids meteor shower.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//parker-solar-probe-launch-and-perseids.html" target="_blank" alt="Parker Solar Probe Launch and Perseids" title="Parker Solar Probe Launch and Perseids">
165        	Read More</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Posted: 2018-08-29</p><a href="#top" alt="click to go to top of page" title="click to go to top of page"><hr /></a><p><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//schaus-swallowtail.html" target="_blank" alt="Schaus' Swallowtail" title="Schaus' Swallowtail">Schaus' Swallowtail</a><br /><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//schaus-swallowtail.html" target="_blank" alt="Schaus' Swallowtail" title="Schaus' Swallowtail"><img src="/psubs/5cn7d01/Heraclides_aristodemus_ponceanus_3336.jpg" width="350"></a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A very wet native plant field trip this May resulted in my seeing two butterflies that were new to me, including the rare Schaus' swallowtail. This trip to Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammock Botanical State Park was one of many activities during the Florida Native Plant Society annual state conference.
166Myself and two other attendees braved the early start of this year's rainy season to visit an area not open to the public.
167The other butterfly seen on that field trip new to me was the Julia butterfly. Dryas iulia var. largo is one of Florida's longwing butterlfies.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//schaus-swallowtail.html" target="_blank" alt="Schaus' Swallowtail" title="Schaus' Swallowtail">
168        	Read More</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Posted: 2018-06-18</p><a href="#top" alt="click to go to top of page" title="click to go to top of page"><hr /></a><p><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//sweet-acacia.html" target="_blank" alt="Sweet Acacia" title="Sweet Acacia">Sweet Acacia</a><br /><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//sweet-acacia.html" target="_blank" alt="Sweet Acacia" title="Sweet Acacia"><img src="/images/SweetAcacia_sm.jpg" width="350"></a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sweet acacia is a native shrub to small tree of the southern-most band of states from Florida and Georgia west into California. It is closely related to the iconic trees of the African savanna landscapes, including the umbrella thorn acacia. 
169Until recent reclassifications Acacia was the largest genera in the pea family with about 1500 species worldwide.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//sweet-acacia.html" target="_blank" alt="Sweet Acacia" title="Sweet Acacia">
170        	Read More</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Posted: 2018-05-02</p><a href="#top" alt="click to go to top of page" title="click to go to top of page"><hr /></a><p><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//soras-rails-coots-and-gallinules.html" target="_blank" alt="Soras, Rails, Coots and Gallinules" title="Soras, Rails, Coots and Gallinules">Soras, Rails, Coots and Gallinules</a><br /><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//soras-rails-coots-and-gallinules.html" target="_blank" alt="Soras, Rails, Coots and Gallinules" title="Soras, Rails, Coots and Gallinules"><img src="/psubs/5cn7d01/Porzana_carolina_8509.jpg" width="350"></a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;One of the more frequently seen rails is the sora. These small, thin, chicken-like birds inhabit both freshwater and brackish marshes and other wet places throughout Florida in the winter. Other members of the Rallidae family include coots and galliules, or moorhens.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//soras-rails-coots-and-gallinules.html" target="_blank" alt="Soras, Rails, Coots and Gallinules" title="Soras, Rails, Coots and Gallinules">
171        	Read More</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Posted: 2018-03-05</p><a href="#top" alt="click to go to top of page" title="click to go to top of page"><hr /></a><p><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//gulf-fritillary-butterfly.html" target="_blank" alt="Gulf Fritillary Butterfly" title="Gulf Fritillary Butterfly">Gulf Fritillary Butterfly</a><br /><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//gulf-fritillary-butterfly.html" target="_blank" alt="Gulf Fritillary Butterfly" title="Gulf Fritillary Butterfly"><img src="/psubs/5cn7d01/Agraulis_vanillae_1526.jpg" width="350"></a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;One of the more common butterflies seen in Florida is the gulf fritillary. This is one of the longwing butterflies (Heliconiini tribe), a subgroup of the brush-footed butterfly family (Nymph
171alidae). 
172This post includes photos of larvae, pupa and adult and videos of parts of the metamorphosis of a gulf fritillary.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//gulf-fritillary-butterfly.html" target="_blank" alt="Gulf Fritillary Butterfly" title="Gulf Fritillary Butterfly">
173        	Read More</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Posted: 2018-01-31</p><a href="#top" alt="click to go to top of page" title="click to go to top of page"><hr /></a><p><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//mushrooms.html" target="_blank" alt="Mushrooms" title="Mushrooms">Mushrooms</a><br /><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//mushrooms.html" target="_blank" alt="Mushrooms" title="Mushrooms"><img src="/psubs/5cn7d01/Bondarzewia_berkeleyi_9657.jpg" width="350"></a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Exploring nature can be fun and full of surprises, such as discovering one of the many varieties of mushrooms that are often found in the woods. The huge mushroom pictured at the top of this post was about a foot and a half across. and is called a Berkeley's Polypore. Virginia & I spotted it a couple of years ago along a May Prairie State Natural Area trail less than two miles from where I grew up in Manchester, Tennessee.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//mushrooms.html" target="_blank" alt="Mushrooms" title="Mushrooms">
174        	Read More</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Posted: 2017-12-05</p><a href="#top" alt="click to go to top of page" title="click to go to top of page"><hr /></a><p><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//total-solar-eclipse-of-2017.html" target="_blank" alt="Total Solar Eclipse of 2017" title="Total Solar Eclipse of 2017">Total Solar Eclipse of 2017</a><br /><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//total-solar-eclipse-of-2017.html" target="_blank" alt="Total Solar Eclipse of 2017" title="Total Solar Eclipse of 2017"><img src="/featurep/Solar_eclipse_panof.jpg" width="350"></a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On August 21, 2017 a unique opportunity occurred for a vast number of North Americans to witness a total solar eclipse. I had seen a partial solar eclipse shortly after I moved to Florida. Virginia said that we should go somewhere to see totality since Florida would only witness a partial eclipse and we made plans to do so. <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//total-solar-eclipse-of-2017.html" target="_blank" alt="Total Solar Eclipse of 2017" title="Total Solar Eclipse of 2017">
175        	Read More</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Posted: 2017-10-08</p><a href="#top" alt="click to go to top of page" title="click to go to top of page"><hr /></a><p><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//life-cycle-of-the-spiderling-plume-moth.html" target="_blank" alt="Life Cycle of the Spiderling Plume Moth" title="Life Cycle of the Spiderling Plume Moth">Life Cycle of the Spiderling Plume Moth</a><br /><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//life-cycle-of-the-spiderling-plume-moth.html" target="_blank" alt="Life Cycle of the Spiderling Plume Moth" title="Life Cycle of the Spiderling Plume Moth"><img src="/featurep/Megalorhipida_leucodactylus_LifeCyclef.jpg" width="350"></a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The last week of July(2017) found me on most mornings observing and photographing the many spiderling plume moths that were flying around and perching on a patch of red spiderling plants in our yard. It was a fitting coincidence that this was also National Moth Week. <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//life-cycle-of-the-spiderling-plume-moth.html" target="_blank" alt="Life Cycle of the Spiderling Plume Moth" title="Life Cycle of the Spiderling Plume Moth">
176        	Read More</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Posted: 2017-08-28</p><a href="#top" alt="click to go to top of page" title="click to go to top of page"><hr /></a><p><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//wildflowers-and-pollinators.html" target="_blank" alt="Wildflowers and Pollinators" title="Wildflowers and Pollinators">Wildflowers and Pollinators</a><br /><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//wildflowers-and-pollinators.html" target="_blank" alt="Wildflowers and Pollinators" title="Wildflowers and Pollinators"><img src="/psubs/5cn7d01/Pyrrhopappus_carolinianus_insect_1950.jpg" width="350"></a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Many pollinators visit wildflowers to feed on the nectar, and indirectly spread the pollen from flower to flower and assisting in the plant's reproductive cycle. Some insects actually feed on pollen, as in the case of the female Poecilognathus Bee Fly that I captured in the photo above and the video below on Florida Scrub Roseling, a member of the Spiderwort family of plants that these bee imitators favor. <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//wildflowers-and-pollinators.html" target="_blank" alt="Wildflowers and Pollinators" title="Wildflowers and Pollinators">
177        	Read More</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Posted: 2017-06-09</p><a href="#top" alt="click to go to top of page" title="click to go to top of page"><hr /></a><p><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//life-on-the-dunes.html" target="_blank" alt="Life on the Dunes" title="Life on the Dunes">Life on the Dunes</a><br /><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//life-on-the-dunes.html" target="_blank" alt="Life on the Dunes" title="Life on the Dunes"><img src="/psubs/5cn7d01/OBTSdune_9656.jpg" width="350"></a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Spring has brought a resurgence on the dunes, which through the winter mostly only had vegetation that I planted since the hurricane(Matthew in 2016).
178For the past several years Virginia and I have had marsh rabbits living in our front yard. I was surprised to learn that they will inhabit the beach dunes since I had usually seen them in proximity to the intercoastal waterway. <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//life-on-the-dunes.html" target="_blank" alt="Life on the Dunes" title="Life on the Dunes">
179        	Read More</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Posted: 2017-04-30</p><a href="#top" alt="click to go to top of page" title="click to go to top of page"><hr /></a><p><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//sandhill-cranes.html" target="_blank" alt="Sandhill Cranes" title="Sandhill Cranes">Sandhill Cranes</a><br /><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//sandhill-cranes.html" target="_blank" alt="Sandhill Cranes" title="Sandhill Cranes"><img src="/psubs/5cn7d01/Antigone_canadensis_5470.jpg" width="350"></a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;One of the many cool things about living in Florida is experiencing Sandhill cranes. We have two distinct populations of these majestic birds in the Sunshine State. About five thousand Florida sandhill cranes live here year-round and are considered a separate subspecies from the more numerous greater sandhill cranes that only winter here.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//sandhill-cranes.html" target="_blank" alt="Sandhill Cranes" title="Sandhill Cranes">
180        	Read More</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Posted: 2017-03-13</p><a href="#top" alt="click to go to top of page" title="click to go to top of page"><hr /></a><p><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//clasping-warea.html" target="_blank" alt="Clasping Warea" title="Clasping Warea">Clasping Warea</a><br /><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//clasping-warea.html" target="_blank" alt="Clasping Warea" title="Clasping Warea"><img src="/psubs/5cn7d01/Warea_amplexifolia_7065.jpg" width="350"></a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Clasping Warea is a rare Florida endemic wildflower that occurs only in central Florida. The ideal habitat for this endangered plant is longleaf pine sandhill.
181<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//clasping-warea.html" target="_blank" alt="Clasping Warea" title="Clasping Warea">
182        	Read More</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Posted: 2016-12-07</p><a href="#top" alt="click to go to top of page" title="click to go to top of page"><hr /></a><p><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//wiliam-bartram.html" target="_blank" alt="William Bartram" title="William Bartram">William Bartram</a><br /><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//wiliam-bartram.html" target="_blank" alt="William Bartram" title="William Bartram"><img src="/psubs/3cr300d/BartramHouse_winter_front_HDR.jpg" width="350"></a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;William Bartram was born in 1738 in the family home (pictured here at the end of March) overlooking the Schuylkill River near Philadelphia. His father was John Bartram, widely considered the Father of American Botany and co-founder with Benjamin Franklin and others of the Philadelphia Philosophical Society. When William was 27 he accompanied his father on his first expedition into Georgia and Florida. The purpose of this trip was to provide a report and collection of plants to King George III on the area recently acquired by England from Spain.
183After that expedition, William returned to the southeastern colonies on behalf of private English benefactors who in return received much of what he collected.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//wiliam-bartram.html" target="_blank" alt="William Bartram" title="William Bartram">
184        	Read More</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Posted: 2016-09-29</p><a href="#top" alt="click to go to top of page" title="click to go to top of page"><hr /></a><p><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//dwarf-cypress.html" target="_blank" alt="Dwarf Cypress" title="Dwarf Cypress">Dwarf Cypress</a><br /><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//dwarf-cypress.html" target="_blank" alt="Dwarf Cypress" title="Dwarf Cypress"><img src="/psubs/5cn7d01/DwarfCypressForest_4964.jpg" width="350"></a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Along with pines, oaks and tupelo one of the typically 'Florida' trees is the cypress. Florida has two species, the bald cypress and the pond cypress. 
185When certain conditions exist, pond cypress sometimes can grow very old but remain fairly small for its age. There are two main areas that are known for their large strands of dwarf cypress. One is in the Picayune Strand State Forest in southwest Florida. Another is located in the Florida panhandle in Tate's Hell State Forest.
186<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n
186bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//dwarf-cypress.html" target="_blank" alt="Dwarf Cypress" title="Dwarf Cypress">
187        	Read More</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Posted: 2016-08-14</p><a href="#top" alt="click to go to top of page" title="click to go to top of page"><hr /></a><p><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//pitcherplants-in-may.html" target="_blank" alt="Pitcherplants in May" title="Pitcherplants in May">Pitcherplants in May</a><br /><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//pitcherplants-in-may.html" target="_blank" alt="Pitcherplants in May" title="Pitcherplants in May"><img src="/psubs/4cn40d1/Sarracenia_rosea_2489.jpg" width="350"></a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Sarraceniaceae is a family of carnivorous plants known as the pitcher-plants. Members of this plant family have modified leaves that form a pitcher of various shapes and colors that traps and digests insects. 
188In Florida the most widespread of these is the hooded pitcherplant. Sarracenia minor is the only species found in the Florida peninsula., occurring from just north of Lake Okeechobee, west into the central panhandle and into Georgia and the Carolinas. While I see these fairly frequently, they are seldom as nice looking and not obscured by other plants as they were early this May(2016) in Tiger Bay State Forest.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//pitcherplants-in-may.html" target="_blank" alt="Pitcherplants in May" title="Pitcherplants in May">
189        	Read More</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Posted: 2016-06-06</p><a href="#top" alt="click to go to top of page" title="click to go to top of page"><hr /></a><p><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//rodman-reservoir-drawdown.html" target="_blank" alt="Rodman Reservoir Drawdown" title="Rodman Reservoir Drawdown">Rodman Reservoir Drawdown</a><br /><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//rodman-reservoir-drawdown.html" target="_blank" alt="Rodman Reservoir Drawdown" title="Rodman Reservoir Drawdown"><img src="/psubs/5cn7d01/FL_OcklawahaR_3222.jpg" width="350"></a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rodman Reservoir was created by damming a section of the Ocklawaha River as part of the abandoned cross-Florida barge canal project. Even though the canal project was cancelled before completion, and the path of the canal is now the Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway, this reservoir remains. About every three years, the water level is lowered primarily to control invasive aquatic vegetation. These drawdowns allow muck from decaying vegetation a chance to consolidate and oxidize, reducing the thickness of the muck and providing a firmer lake bottom, more suitable for fish and wildlife. 
190This winter(2016) while the lake level was down I kayaked on two different days, once near the dam, and the second paddle near Eureka.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//rodman-reservoir-drawdown.html" target="_blank" alt="Rodman Reservoir Drawdown" title="Rodman Reservoir Drawdown">
191        	Read More</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
191Posted: 2016-04-29</p><a href="#top" alt="click to go to top of page" title="click to go to top of page"><hr /></a><p><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//bigflower-pawpaw.html" target="_blank" alt="Bigflower Pawpaw" title="Bigflower Pawpaw">Bigflower Pawpaw</a><br /><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//bigflower-pawpaw.html" target="_blank" alt="Bigflower Pawpaw" title="Bigflower Pawpaw"><img src="/psubs/5cn7d01/Asimina_obovata_9375.jpg" width="350"></a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This is the first in a series of posts that will focus on images in the "Only in Florida" exhibit. Bigflower pawpaw, William Bartram and Andr&#233; Michaux.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//bigflower-pawpaw.html" target="_blank" alt="Bigflower Pawpaw" title="Bigflower Pawpaw">
192        	Read More</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Posted: 2016-03-20</p><a href="#top" alt="click to go to top of page" title="click to go to top of page"><hr /></a><p><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//only-in-florida.html" target="_blank" alt="Only in Florida" title="Only in Florida">Only in Florida</a><br /><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//only-in-florida.html" target="_blank" alt="Only in Florida" title="Only in Florida"><img src="/psubs/0iPoc01/20160219_1748.jpg" width="350"></a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Florida ranks as the fourth highest state in the number of endemics, species that are limited to a particular geographic area. 
193During my years of exploring and capturing images of nature, I have had a particular interest in finding and photographing the rare species, many of which are threatened or endangered. As I learned more about these subjects, I realized that many of them are endemic to Florida. About five years ago I decided to work on a photography project focusing on Florida endemics, which I call "Only in Florida". <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//only-in-florida.html" target="_blank" alt="Only in Florida" title="Only in Florida">
194        	Read More</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Posted: 2016-02-22</p><a href="#top" alt="click to go to top of page" title="click to go to top of page"><hr /></a><p><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//weather-relativity.html" target="_blank" alt="Weather Relativity" title="Weather Relativity">Weather Relativity</a><br /><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//weather-relativity.html" target="_blank" alt="Weather Relativity" title="Weather Relativity"><img src="/psubs/5cn7d01/Phoebis_sennae_Hibiscus_coccineus_2957.jpg" width="350"></a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Now that winter has actually arrived, both here in Florida and in points north, I want to look back at just last month when much of the eastern United States was experiencing temperatures that could be used as a textbook example of 'unseasonable'. <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//weather-relativity.html" target="_blank" alt="Weather Relativity" title="Weather Relativity">
195        	Read More</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Posted: 2016-01-26</p><a href="#top" alt="click to go to top of page" title="click to go to top of page"><hr /></a><p><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//2015-year-in-review.html" target="_blank" alt="2015 Year in Review" title="2015 Year in Review">2015 Year in Review</a><br /><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//2015-year-in-review.html" target="_blank" alt="2015 Year in Review" title="2015 Year in Review"><img src="/psubs/5cn7d01/Elanoides_forficatus_9305.jpg" width="350"></a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
195With the year(2015) coming to a close I looked back at the photographs that I made over the past twelve months and picked some of my favorites to share with you here. <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//2015-year-in-review.html" target="_blank" alt="2015 Year in Review" title="2015 Year in Review">
196        	Read More</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Posted: 2015-12-14</p><a href="#top" alt="click to go to top of page" title="click to go to top of page"><hr /></a><p><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//children-in-nature.html" target="_blank" alt="Children in Nature" title="Children in Nature">Children in Nature</a><br /><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//children-in-nature.html" target="_blank" alt="Children in Nature" title="Children in Nature"><img src="/psubs/0iPoc01/20151121_1632.jpg" width="350"></a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Many of you have heard that outdoor retailer REI has announced that they will close their stores on Black Friday and pay their employees encouraging them to spend the day outdoors in a campaign called #OptOutside.
197Virginia & I have spent most of the past Black Fridays camped in a state park for the long weekend, often with friends and family. 
198We are not camping this Thanksgiving weekend, but we had a very special camping trip the previous weekend at Anastasia State Park. It was our first time camping with children, taking three boys on their first campout.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//children-in-nature.html" target="_blank" alt="Children in Nature" title="Children in Nature">
199        	Read More</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Posted: 2015-11-26</p><a href="#top" alt="click to go to top of page" title="click to go to top of page"><hr /></a><p><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//lake-disston.html" target="_blank" alt="Lake Disston" title="Lake Disston">Lake Disston</a><br /><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//lake-disston.html" target="_blank" alt="Lake Disston" title="Lake Disston"><img src="/psubs/5cn7d01/LakeDisston_cypress_0094.jpg" width="350"></a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Earlier this year(2015) I had the pleasure of going on on a small motorboat to Lake Disston in nearby Flagler County. This state designated Outstanding Florida Water has been on my list of places to go kayaking, so when my day job boss's husband and fellow Florida Master Naturalist Dale Dittbenner suggested a late afternoon trip I quickly accepted. Also on our little excursion was Chapman Root and Victor Kowal, a visionary artist of St. Augustine. <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//lake-disston.html" target="_blank" alt="Lake Disston" title="Lake Disston">
200        	Read More</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Posted: 2015-10-19</p><a href="#top" alt="click to go to top of page" title="click to go to top of page"><hr /></a><p><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//exhibits.html" target="_blank" alt="Exhibits" title="Exhibits">Exhibits</a><br /><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//exhibits.html" target="_blank" alt="Exhibits" title="Exhibits"><img src="/exh/ArgentMirror_10x30.jpg" width="350"></a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The photography of Paul Rebmann is being shown in two public venues.
201The Halifax Historical Museum is featuring the exhibit "Our Natural World Around Us" and one of the entrance displays at the Ormond Beach Library will be filled with Wild Florida Photos during The month of August(2015
201).
202<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//exhibits.html" target="_blank" alt="Exhibits" title="Exhibits">
203        	Read More</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Posted: 2015-07-31</p><a href="#top" alt="click to go to top of page" title="click to go to top of page"><hr /></a><p><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//2-spiders.html" target="_blank" alt="Spiders" title="Spiders">Spiders</a><br /><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//2-spiders.html" target="_blank" alt="Spiders" title="Spiders"><img src="/psubs/5cn7d01/Argiope_aurantia_9008.jpg" width="350"></a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;There are many interesting spiders that can be seen in Florida. I will show you a few of them and their webs. <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//2-spiders.html" target="_blank" alt="Spiders" title="Spiders">
204        	Read More</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Posted: 2015-06-30</p><a href="#top" alt="click to go to top of page" title="click to go to top of page"><hr /></a><p><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//florida-verve.html" target="_blank" alt="Florida Verve" title="Florida Verve">Florida Verve</a><br /><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//florida-verve.html" target="_blank" alt="Florida Verve" title="Florida Verve"><img src="/featurep/Egretta_caerulea_7421rf.jpg" width="350"></a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The nature photography of Paul Rebmann was the subject of a profile earlier this year(2015) in Florida Verve, an online art and culture magazine. <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//florida-verve.html" target="_blank" alt="Florida Verve" title="Florida Verve">
205        	Read More</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Posted: 2015-06-15</p><a href="#top" alt="click to go to top of page" title="click to go to top of page"><hr /></a><p><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//florida-state-forests.html" target="_blank" alt="Florida State Forests" title="Florida State Forests">Florida State Forests</a><br /><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//florida-state-forests.html" target="_blank" alt="Florida State Forests" title="Florida State Forests"><img src="/psubs/5cn7d01/Lyonia_lucida_5064.jpg" width="350"></a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In my years of photographing wildflowers I have found that Florida State Forests provide some of the best locations to locate interesting subjects.
206The natural habitats in forests throughout the state allow native, and sometimes rare, wildflowers to thrive.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//florida-state-forests.html" target="_blank" alt="Florida State Forests" title="Florida State Forests">
207        	Read More</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Posted: 2015-05-25</p><a href="#top" alt="click to go to top of page" title="click to go to top of page"><hr /></a><p><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//florida-orchids.html" target="_blank" alt="Florida Orchids" title="Florida Orchids">Florida Orchids</a><br /><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//florida-orchids.html" target="_blank" alt="Florida Orchids" title="Florida Orchids"><img src="/psubs/3cr300d/Encyclia_tampensis_5715c.jpg" width="350"></a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Florida is home to over a hundred orchid species, making up about half of the orchids found in North America.
208Many may think of orchids as being a tropical plant, but orchids are one of the most diverse plant families and can be found almost anywhere on the planet.
209I have been pleasantly surprised to come across orchids in both Michigan's upper peninsula and in Oregon's Mt. Hood National Forest.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//florida-orchids.html" target="_blank" alt="Florida Orchids" title="Florida Orchids">
210        	Read More</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Posted: 2015-04-30</p><a href="#top" alt="click to go to top of page" title="click to go to top of page"><hr /></a><p><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//ocklawaha-river.html" target="_blank" alt="Ocklawaha River" title="Ocklawaha River">Ocklawaha River</a><br /><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//ocklawaha-river.html" target="_blank" alt="Ocklawaha River" title="Ocklawaha River"><img src="/featurep/FL_Ocklawaha_6228rf.jpg" width="350"></a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Florida's Ocklawaha River flows north 74 miles from Lake Harris in Lake County passing through Marion County and along the western border of the Ocala national Forest, ending in Putnam County, entering the St. Johns River just upstream of Welaka. 
211The Ocklawaha is the largest tributary of the St. Johns River, and Silver River is the largest tributary of the Ockalwaha.
212The 5-1/2 mile Silver River is the outflow of Silver Springs, one of the state's largest freshwater springs. <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//ocklawaha-river.html" target="_blank" alt="Ocklawaha River" title="Ocklawaha River">
213        	Read More</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Posted: 2015-03-24</p><a href="#top" alt="click to go to top of page" title="click to go to top of page"><hr /></a><p><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//appalachian-trail-photography.html" target="_blank" alt="Appalachian Trail Photography" title="Ap
213palachian Trail Photography">Appalachian Trail Photography</a><br /><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//appalachian-trail-photography.html" target="_blank" alt="Appalachian Trail Photography" title="Appalachian Trail Photography"><img src="/featurep/GA_SpringerMtn_summit_7961f.jpg" width="350"></a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;My first section hike of the Appalachian Trail and photography along the way.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//appalachian-trail-photography.html" target="_blank" alt="Appalachian Trail Photography" title="Appalachian Trail Photography">
214        	Read More</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Posted: 2015-02-17</p><a href="#top" alt="click to go to top of page" title="click to go to top of page"><hr /></a><p><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//operation-migration-whooping-cranes.html" target="_blank" alt="Operation Migration Whooping Cranes" title="Operation Migration Whooping Cranes">Operation Migration Whooping Cranes</a><br /><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//operation-migration-whooping-cranes.html" target="_blank" alt="Operation Migration Whooping Cranes" title="Operation Migration Whooping Cranes"><img src="/featurep/Grus_americana_OpMig_7618f.jpg" width="350"></a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each year since 2001 the non-profit organization Operation Migration has used ultralight aircraft to lead that year's juvenile whooping cranes from the breeding grounds in Wisconsin to Florida for the winter. After being shown the migration route once, the cranes head north on their own in the spring and return to Florida each succeeding winter.  In 2011 I photographed the young cranes and ultralight as they were flying to their winter home.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//operation-migration-whooping-cranes.html" target="_blank" alt="Operation Migration Whooping Cranes" title="Operation Migration Whooping Cranes">
215        	Read More</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Posted: 2014-12-11</p><a href="#top" alt="click to go to top of page" title="click to go to top of page"><hr /></a><p><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//kayak-photography.html" target="_blank" alt="Kayak Photography" title="Kayak Photography">Kayak Photography</a><br /><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//kayak-photography.html" target="_blank" alt="Kayak Photography" title="Kayak Photography"><img src="/featurep/Pseudemys_floridana_peninsularis_8181f.jpg" width="350"></a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;My 'on the water' photography has increased greatly the past 4 years since purchasing a sea touring kayak that I found on Craig's List. Kayaking is a great way to see natural Florida and its flora and fauna.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//kayak-photography.html" target="_blank" alt="Kayak Photography" title="Kayak Photography">
216        	Read More</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Posted: 2014-11-20</p><a href="#top" alt="click to go to top of page" title="click to go to top of page"><hr /></a><p><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//the-fairchild-oak.html" target="_blank" alt="The Fairchild Oak" title="The Fairchild Oak">The Fairchild Oak</a><br /><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//the-fairchild-oak.html" target="_blank" alt="The Fairchild Oak" title="The Fairchild Oak"><img src="/featurep/FairchildOak_7743f.jpg
217" width="350"></a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;One of the highlights of the local Ormond Scenic Loop and Trail is the Fairchild Oak, a majestic live oak tree estimated to be over 400 years old.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//the-fairchild-oak.html" target="_blank" alt="The Fairchild Oak" title="The Fairchild Oak">
218        	Read More</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Posted: 2014-10-25</p><a href="#top" alt="click to go to top of page" title="click to go to top of page"><hr /></a><p><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//1-summer-vacations.html" target="_blank" alt="Summer Vacations" title="Summer Vacations">Summer Vacations</a><br /><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//1-summer-vacations.html" target="_blank" alt="Summer Vacations" title="Summer Vacations"><img src="/oos/OR_MtHood_8411.jpg" width="350"></a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With the passing of Labor Day marking the end of summer from a cultural perspective, though not quite the closing of the season in either a meteorological or astronomical calendar, I thought summer vacations would be a fitting subject. As someone who still has a non-photography day job, vacations often present opportunities to pursue my part-time career while still providing recreation and 'down-time'.  Over the years Virginia and I have traveled to a number of places, during which I have managed to capture some interesting subjects, branching out from my mainstay of Florida photography.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//1-summer-vacations.html" target="_blank" alt="Summer Vacations" title="Summer Vacations">
219        	Read More</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Posted: 2014-09-03</p><a href="#top" alt="click to go to top of page" title="click to go to top of page"><hr /></a><p><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//1-chertok-photo-contest.html" target="_blank" alt="Chertok Photo Contest" title="Chertok Photo Contest">Chertok Photo Contest</a><br /><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//1-chertok-photo-contest.html" target="_blank" alt="Chertok Photo Contest" title="Chertok Photo Contest"><img src="/images/wHomerAndBart2014June.jpg" width="350"></a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Every year the Orange Audubon Society conducts the Kit & Sidney Chertok Florida Native Nature Photography Contest. This year (2014) I was asked to be one of the judges for the 26th annual contest. A number of other years I have won awards in this contest, including first place in 2009 for the just hatched loggerhead turtle "Heading Out To Sea".<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//1-chertok-photo-contest.html" target="_blank" alt="Chertok Photo Contest" title="Chertok Photo Contest">
220        	Read More</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Posted: 2014-06-22</p><a href="#top" alt="click to go to top of page" title="click to go to top of page"><hr /></a><p><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//butterflies-and-brown-velvet.html" target="_blank" alt="Butterflies and Brown Velvet" title="Butterflies and Brown Velvet">Butterflies and Brown Velvet</a><br /><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//butterflies-and-brown-velvet.html" target="_blank" alt="Butterflies and Brown Velvet" title="Butterflies and Brown Velvet"><img src="/featurep/Hermeuptychia_sosybius_0201f.jpg" width="350"></a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;My tweet of a Carolina satyr photograph prompted an exchange with a butterfly expert that lead to my discovering that among my images that I thought were Carolina satyrs were a newly described species of butterfly.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//butterflies-and-brown-velvet.html" target="_blank" alt="Butterflies and Brown Velvet" title="Butterflies and Brown Velvet">
221        	Read More</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Posted: 2014-05-07</p><a href="#top" alt="click to go to top of page" title="click to go to top of page"><hr /></a><p><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//years-ago-today.html" target="_blank" alt="...Years Ago Today" title="...Years Ago Today">...Years Ago Today</a><br /><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//years-ago-today.html" target="_blank" alt="...Years Ago Today" title="...Years Ago Today"><img src="/featurep/FL_HighlandsHammockSP_sunsetf.jpg" width="350"></a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Since we are over a quarter of the way through 2014, I thought I would explain my "...years ago today" tweets. Since the beginning of 2014 almost every day I have posted on twitter.com/WildFlPhoto a photo that was taken on that date sometime in the previous fifteen years. In the first three months there were only six dates that I had not taken photos on. <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//years-ago-today.html" target="_blank" alt="...Years Ago Today" title="...Years Ago Today">
222        	Read More</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Posted: 2014-04-08</p><a href="#top" alt="click to go to top of page" title="click to go to top of page"><hr /></a><p><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//great-horned-owls.html" target="_blank" alt="Great Horned Owls" title="Great Horned Owls">Great Horned Owls</a><br /><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//great-horned-owls.html" target="_blank" alt="Great Horned Owls" title="Great Horned Owls"><img src="/p46867/Bubo_virginianus_9415.jpg" width="350"></a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In 2007 my image of a Great Horned Owl titled "Don't Mess With My Chicks" won 3rd Place in the Florida Birds! category of the Orange Audubon (Orlando Florida) Kit & Sidney Chertok Nature Photography Contest. This is the story about how I made this photograph. <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//great-horned-owls.html" target="_blank" alt="Great Horned Owls" title="Great Horned Owls">
223        	Read More</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Posted: 2014-03-06</p><a href="#top" alt="click to go to top of page" title="click to go to top of page"><hr /></a><p><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//1-artist-interview.html" target="_blank" alt="Artist Interview" title="Artist Interview">Artist Interview</a><br /><a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//1-artist-interview.html" target="_blank" alt="Artist Interview" title="Artist Interview"><img src="/images/PR_headshot_4452f.jpg" width="350"></a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Florida author Christopher Tozier interviews award-winning photographer Paul Rebmann<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://paul-rebmann.pixels.com/blogs//1-artist-interview.html" target="_blank" alt="Artist Interview" title="Artist Interview">
224        	Read More</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Posted: 2014-02-20</p><a href="#top" alt="click to go to top of page" title="click to go to top o
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