“Sittin’ on a Spot on the Pond ….”

… at Heron’s Nest and Fiddlers Point Dr.

Gator Sighting at the Park

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…

Marsh Creek Heron

Enjoy a peaceful Sunday!

A Kingfisher Tale

By Doug and Barbara O’Connor On a warm Saturday afternoon in September, we were heading out to the pool for a swim.  No sooner had we opened the glass slider, a sizable bird flew full…

Marsh Creek: Not a good place to die (if you are a deer)

St. Johns County Animal Control 904-209-6190 By Mohammed Mirzai Saturday evening, August 26th, about 6ish, I went to close the side garage door (I leave it open during the day for some air circulation in…

Live Wire, Gator and Power Outage

FP&L Restored Power shortly after 11am. A power cable connecting to a FP&L utility transformer at the Mizell Rd entrance to the Commodores Club suffered a malfunction at 8:44am this morning. The “live” cable fell…

Daytime Prowler

The beauty of Marsh Creek is the diversity of wildlife. You go out chasing photos of heron and ducks, and then this big boy jumps across the street in all his magnificence. Ya just got…

A Love Story

By Robert Knowlton This pair a buck and young fawn, have been wandering around the Herons Nest Lane area for at least three weeks.   The fawn clearly latched onto the buck, following him wherever…

Animal Control to the Rescue

St. Johns County Animal Control 904-209-6190 After leaving a voicemail for St. Johns County Animal Control, I imagined I had spoken into a Black Hole. The cynic in me whispered, “they’ll never respond”. An hour…

Just One Early Morning in Marsh Creek

You lookin’ at Me?

Sunday visitors to the Martin-Lafleur “Wildlife Reserve’ …

Meeting at Big Bird Pond

Around Marsh Creek, it always pays to have your smartphone handy when out for a walk or a bike ride. Yesterday, the Marsh Creek Avian Club held its morning meeting in the big pond at…

A Cardinal Landing

By Bob Knowlton While walking our dog Henry the other day, I noticed a male cardinal sitting on the ground atop a palm frond by the 14th green.  As it took notice of neither Henry…

Caring for Our Animal Neighbors

By Sharon Mirzai Aren’t we lucky to live in a community so generously blessed with such an abundance of diverse wildlife?  Especially notable are the variety of birds that keep us entertained and mesmerized. As I…

“Deer Me …”

Photos courtesy of John Martin and Nina Lafleur, from their Marshside Drive “sanctuary” this morning.

Gone …

“We lost our babies”, said Carmen O’Brien Thursday morning. The “babies” in question were the four embryonic ducklings gestating in four large eggs found nesting Monday in the mulch behind the bushes of her Fiddlers…