Tag Archives: Green

Leaving a Trail

September 13, 2020 Ellen Jennings 2 Comments

I heard this young Alligator chirping at the edge of a duckweed covered pond. I’ve seen juveniles in this area off and on over the summer and suspect they are now around six months old and about 2 feet (60 cm) long.

From there he headed out into the pond, using his full body and tail to propel forward. I didn’t hear any more chirping and didn’t see any siblings. Or mama.

Young Alligator Swimming Through Duckweed

Then he made a 90 degree turn.

Finally he straightened out and headed for the other side of the pond, leaving a squiggly trail in the thick duckweed behind him.

Reptiles

Alligator In The Green

September 7, 2020 Ellen Jennings Leave a comment

The greens seem more intense in some places as we head into fall. This Alligator slid from the walking path into the water as I approached, then bobbed up in the duckweed as I passed by.

Animals

More Tree Frogs

September 6, 2020 Ellen Jennings 6 Comments

Surprising to me in these 90+ degree F days (32 C) we’ve been having the tree frogs are out in the sun.

Do frogs yawn?

Their camouflage is pretty good.

Insects, Reptiles

I Spy In The Green

September 4, 2020 Ellen Jennings 12 Comments

… a Tree Frog and a Grasshopper, and a lot of green.

The Tree Frog appeared to spy me, too, but he didn’t much care about me or the grasshopper.

The grasshopper ignored us both, too.

Animals

Green on Green: Frog

June 4, 2020 Ellen Jennings 2 Comments

It was his shape that caught my eye as I rounded a corner to a small pond. He sat perfectly still, until he was GONE!

Insects

Dragonfly, First of the Season

May 9, 2019 Ellen Jennings 3 Comments

First decent photograph, that is. It seems like all of the dragonflies I’ve encountered this spring have been frantic, with none of that rhythmic pause, fly off and return to the same spot routine I got used to last year.

I liked the first image as much for the seed heads as the insect. The second image is the same dragonfly, on another nice piece of foliage.

Landscape

Green World

February 10, 2018 Ellen Jennings 3 Comments

Partly man-made and partly from nature, this green rock-scape caught my eye on a beach on Route A1A in northeastern Florida. Damage from Hurricane Matthew in 2016 was evident with many of the homes overlooking this beach still in ruins. I suspect some may have fallen in.

I’m sure there is a story behind the placement of these pieces, maybe they were part of a wall or dock. The green algae or seaweed that now covers them was a gorgeous shade of green and the whole thing looked like a back drop in an old Star Trek TV episode.

A storm was brewing with dark skies over the ocean adding to the eeriness of this scene. I would have liked to stay and watch how the incoming tide would work its way over this but that didn’t fit the day’s schedule.