By Stan Hill These two photos were taken Monday while monitoring the blue bird nesting boxes that are scattered around our golf course. The nesting boxes were erected last year as part of the effort…
By Stan Hill Holy cow, there is a lot of wildlife we share our homes with here at Marsh Creek Country Club! I think it would be nice to make some introductions and I think…
Here is a sight … what Penny and Dave Jones woke up to Saturday morning. A big, robust bald eagle, lording over the lake behind their home. At that hour, as it is most days,…
Reprinted Courtesy of the Wall Street Journal By Adam H. Graham I walk along a narrow boardwalk that crawls low over a swamp. The smell of decay hangs in the humid air as shards of…
Patagonia (Spanish pronunciation: [pataˈɣonja]) refers to a geographical region that encompasses the southern end of South America, governed by Argentina and Chile. The region comprises the southern section of the Andes Mountains with lakes, fjords, temperate…
Editor’s Note: Do not miss Stan Hills’s terrific photos below! By Mike Sprinkle We had 4 kayakers paddle the beautiful Lake Disston today, Max, Stan, Marty and Mike. Marty was the only one who had…
By Peter Clayton The Audubon Certification project group recently installed eight blue bird houses on the golf course while Chad Hansen and his team had earlier erected a purple martin house next to the second…
“They’re just birds!” Well, not in my mind. I kinda like to look at them as neighbors. They occupy Marsh Creek as we do, and providing much more beauty than some of us (self included)…
A beauty, just wandering aimlessly around a Fiddlers Point pond.
By Meri-Kathryn Peed Living in Florida, we have the wonderful opportunity to learn about an abundance of wildlife. Some of us have our favorites: shore birds, freshwater birds. butterflies, deer, rabbits, fish, dolphins, manatees and…
By Peter Clayton Chad Hanson, Golf Course Superintendent at the Marsh Creek Country Club, is currently engaged in obtaining Audubon certification for…
By Brian Nelson Photo by Brenda Fenech-Soler They showed up unannounced, NINE thirsty, famished Roseate Spoonbills. They were first seen waddling around in a local pond, seemingly under the control of a sinister-looking Wood Stork….
Residents and visitors can help protect nesting sea turtles Sea turtle nesting season is officially underway in St. Johns County through Oct. 31. Residents, visitors, and businesses are asked to help protect natural sea turtle…
Photo by Mohammed Mirzai The rumored “gator sighting” at the Mizell retention pond a few months ago has now moved from Yeti-like myth to fact, and this time, the critter in question has taken up…
… can sometimes be appealing. Oddly, and counter-intuitively, you have to get up real close to find some beauty in these two birds. But yes, WOOD STORKS (THANKS TO ALL FOR THE CORRECTION) turkey vultures…
Every once in a while, we all need a drive down Scenic A1A on a warm sunny day … (right click for a larger image)
