I love these birds! A photo posted by Madame Jo Ann (@madamejoann) on Mar 22, 2016 at 11:47am PDT These photos were taken at a park in northwest Pinellas County, early on March 22nd, 2016.
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Swampy’s #Florida Postcards: Caspar’s Alligator Jungle!
on February 15, 2016
at 2:31 am
Here’s a postcard of the old Caspar’s Gator Jungle. I wish this postcard had two things: 1) a postmark 2) an address. I’ve seen much about Caspar’s over the years. I know I’ve read about it, but the memory is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A pair of sandhill cranes in the Everglades surveying their nesting area. This photo is from ‘The Everglades: The American Wilderness, Time-Life Books’ by Archie Carr. You can get your copy of this book by clicking here or below:[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
DANIA BEACH, Fla. – For half a century, they have haunted the swampy forests east of Federal Highway. The Dania Beach monkeys, African vervet monkeys thought to have been released by an old tourist attraction in the 1950s, beg bananas,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida visits with Christy LeDuc, full of fun insect expert, as she tells us about a few bugs in Florida. To join Christy’s Insect Safari visit the Central Florida Insect Enthusiasts on their Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/groups/165115226885822/ You can learn[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Saw first lovebugs of the year yesterday at Boomtown in Dunnellon, Florida! Millions more to come! The two flew in and then flew out. The only ones to visit the Swampy’s Florida booth. They left and didn’t even say good[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here are some of our better known state birds. Coming in a couple weeks if the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival in Titusville, Florida. A GREAT place to learn more about Florida birds! #NationalBirdDay #BirdDay
Here’s an interesting undated postcard. This is what The Florida Orchestra needs: Singing Alligators. It sure would fill some seats!
September is Chicken Month and Zuber, the cat, and Trilby, the baby alligator, celebrate by adopting a baby chicken. A real baby chicken. What name should this chicken have. It has to be a Florida place name. You can add[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a postcard from the collection from the early part of the 20th century. If we would all travel like this today in Florida… Imagine how unclogged the roads would be! (This was originally posted in August of 2010)
Today is World Elephant Day and there is even a website for it right here. Look for the Swampy’s Florida cartoon on Wednesday to learn more about elephants used to advertise if Florida.