It's prairie season and recently Footpaths revisited Kamama Prairie to hike a section of the preserve that we missed on our visit last year. It was a great outing full of sun, diverse habitats, prairie flowers, and butterflies.

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We were continuing our search for a Great Blue Heron rookery, and at the suggestion of a naturalist with the Great Parks of Hamilton County, we headed to Glenwood Gardens, a venue that we have enjoyed before. #greatparks

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Happy Earth Day to all who celebrate and advocate for Mother Earth. Stay strong.

This week's Footpaths post unfolds the history of the ubiquitous ornamental pear tree and the threat they pose to our native habitats. Sorry, it is not an uplifting story.

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We saw two forms of Funnel-veil mushrooms while hiking in the Florida Panhandle recently. The cap is bulbous when it first appears, then opens to the form on the right.

I've seen many lovely photos of colorful and unique fungi on Bluesky and they have brought me peace. So I thought that I would share a photo of a cluster of mushrooms that interestingly blended into the Longleaf Pine woodland forest of the Florida Peninsula floor remarkably.