CREW Bird Rookery Swamp – 2/18/2022 by Bill Gadbow CREW stands for Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed. The CREW Bird Rookery Swamp has a three-mile trail through a working cattle ranch, and it is about eight miles from the Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary. On the half-mile car ride from the rookery entrance sign Read more »
Month: March 2022
JN “Ding” Darling NWR – Sanibel Island, Florida
JN “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge – Sanibel Island, Florida – 2/16/2022 Sanibel Island is a barrier island in the Gulf of Mexico not far from Fort Meyers. You access it by crossing over a really long and tall bridge / causeway. About half of the island is dedicated to an excellent wildlife refuge Read more »
Bunche Beach and Hanging Out Poolside
Bunche Beach and hanging out poolside in Florida – 2/21/2022 by Bill Gadbow Chris and I got a great deal for eight nights at the La Quinta in Fort Myers Beach on Summerlin Road. It has the best pool in the area, and we spent days sitting poolside, Read more »
Angelfish
Bringing Nature Inside – Breeding Angelfish by Bill Colombo and Dave Gadbow The Gadbow family is pretty large and one of the ways we stay in touch is with family group texts. In January and February of this year, we all got to witness a really interesting project done by our Read more »
Safety List
Safety Rules by Bill Gadbow …. an excerpt from “The Balderson Drive Conspiracy One” by Bill Gadbow, available on paperback or as an e-book on Amazon Books … When I got back from New Mexico, a few things happened at home that I had to take care of. Once I got through Read more »
Corkscrew Swamp
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary– 2/18/2022 by Bill Gadbow Two of my best days birding ever were in the Audubon Society’s Corkscrew Sanctuary in February of 2017. I was super-excited to be able to show this fantastic birding Mecca to Chris in 2022. We were required to set up a timed reservation and bought our Read more »