The firebird appears to be a Carolina wren.
This Thryothorus ludovicianus didn’t seem to mind that I was three feet from it. Continue readingTag Archives: Brown Dog
Swamp boat burn 2020-03-02
Dogs like water more than fire.
Yellow Dog and camouflaged Brown Dog
And yes, Gretchen was putting out fires with a coffee cup and swamp water.
But she found something unexpected. Continue reading
Video: Wasps 2020-04-12
Something to avoid on the water.
As good a video as I could get, since I didn’t want to get any closer: https://youtu.be/ezt2ksMwz8I.
Stay tuned for great blue herons and a red-bellied woodpecker.
-jsq
Video: what is this floating bottom plant? 2020-04-12
Gretchen wants to know what is this plant that she found on the floating bottom?
She plucked it from here. Continue reading
Azaleas, Pond, Dogs, Herons, Red-Bellied Woodpecker 2020-04-12
The dogs like this.
Some pretty things bloomed on the way to the pond. Continue reading
Brown Thrasher 2020-03-30
Seen through a window screen.
It’s the state bird of Georgia, a Brown Thrasher. Continue reading
Swamp burn 2020-03-01
When you live in a fire forest, you must burn every few years. We caught up on about 23 acres of burning of piney woods, seepage slope, and swamp. All this was inside concentric rings of firebreaks, with no danger of it escaping off our property.
Don’t worry, for the wildlife there are plenty of brambles and woods and swamp unburned this year. More next year. And quail, gopher tortoises, and other wildlife don’t like the woods too thick anyway.
Gretchen spreading fire with a rake
For why we burn, see Continue reading
Tiny spring 2020-03-15
A very tiny spring or seep.
Brown Dog thinks it’s a puddle, but it never goes dry.
Next to it is a sycamore tree.
Gretchen likes sycamores.
-jsq
Greens and grits for 401 West Restaurant 2019-11-22
Our restaurant customer came to pick up some produce.
You’ll be able to eat these greens and grits at 401 West, St. Marys, GA. Continue reading