My Florida Backyard

This has been an interesting winter on the lake in My Florida Backyard. Perhaps because of a lot of new vegetative growth in the lake itself...

A year ago, we would have told you that this little water bird that's recently started making appearances in My Florida Backyard was kno...

Every winter around this time, we get a very strange visitor to the lake in My Florida Backyard. It's unusual and yet expected, so even ...

We get many wading bird visitors in My Florida Backyard. A couple of our favorites are Limpkins ( which we've written about before ) and...

When we opened the blinds on the back windows this morning, we squinted into the morning sun and were greeted with this sight: Taking pic...

This weekend, a splotch of pink suddenly appeared on the trunk of our little cypress tree. Upon closer inspection, we discovered a clutch o...

Recent rains have raised the level of our lake dramatically - in fact, after the eight inches of rain we got in just three days a few weeks ...

Winter months bring a variety of seasonal residents to My Florida Backyard, including several varieties of diving ducks. In the fall, we had...

Lately My Florida Backyard has had a daily parade almost as reliable as the one at Disney World - although there's nothing animatronic a...

The first official duck babies of spring have arrived - and boy, are there a lot of them! By our count, this proud mama duck has TWENTY b...

Spring is most certainly here, and the animals in and around My Florida Backyard are making the most of it. While birds are building nests i...