Duck Pond at Yamato Scrub
I’ve named this marsh pond “Duck Pond,” a simple but fitting name. As I hiked past, these two Mallards were “tipping up” through the water.
Bright Beautyberry and tall pines at Yamato
There were patches of this wild flower Feay’s Palafox, which particularly liked to stem up the smallest saplings of Oak Scrub:
Thanks Emilia for the identification of the Feay’s Palafox!
Up in the Pines
Here is an Osprey with fish in talons flying off from a snag (diseased) Sand Pine tree:
Long live Marzocchi MTB shocks
After nine-plus years and thousands of rough miles, my Marzocchi front fork is still alive, to the dismay and bafflement of the bike-shop mechanic.
Before the Rain
Moments before an afternoon rain storm, I heard a Blue Jay call out. Soon the Blue Jay was joined by a Mockingbird in this tall pine tree at Leon M. Weekes Preserve:
