Saint Marks – Page 6 – James Leon Young

October 4, 2014March 4, 2020

Saint Marks NWR Monarch Festival

The 26^th Annual Monarch Butterfly Festival will be held 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m on October 25^ththis year.

This is a great event and there are lots of activities for adults and children!

Call the refuge at 850-925-6121 for more information.

As you probably know the monarchs are having a tough time due to a variety of factors and we all hope the monarchs will show up this year.

In any event there will be a lot of beautiful pollinators to see.

There is always something to see at St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge. For more info check the Calendar of events.

Jim

April 22, 2014October 2, 2014

Why we need public lands.

Visitors to St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge are often startled to see an unwelcome sight as they approach the refuge gate. Instead of the beautiful natural landscape they expect, they are greeted by a huge clear-cut, devoid of vegetation. Plies of tree stumps are scattered across the barren scarred earth.
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August 30, 2013March 3, 2020

Shadow on the Wing – Operation Migration class of 2012

Shadow of bird on Operation Migration trike or spirit of crane number 10-12? – St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge.

On November 25th 2012 this picture of a crane shadow on an ultralight airplane wing appeared in a moving Operation Migration Field Journal entry entitled “THE SENSATIONAL SIX BECOMES FABULOUS FIVE” by Liz Condie.

The shadow on the wing to many “Craniacs” represented the spirit of whooping crane number 10-12 (aka “Ruthie Louise”) who had been the “diva” of her small flock before she died with a broken leg, weeks earlier during the migration.

Many recall seeing the photo, but few know the story behind that particular image. Continue reading “Shadow on the Wing – Operation Migration class of 2012”

August 25, 2013September 16, 2013

Strange ocean sounds at Saint Marks NWR

I have often commented that St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge is a great place to take photographs and there is always something new to see.

This was particularly true New Years Eve December 31, 2012.

My wife and I were walking along the lighthouse levee trail on the bay side when we heard a bubbling (gurgling) sound coming from the water. It was the kind of sound you hear when waves splash over a hollow log or container and the air bubbles out.

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