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Welcome to Zinnysworld. Featured on these pages are images of fauna and flora common
to Florida. Occasionally, there will be images from other states or countries that
I have traveled to. On the Field Trips pages you will find summaries of recent field
trips, along with some images, that I have taken either by myself or with other groups,
such as the Thursday birding group I go out with, the Peace River Audubon Society,
or the Photo Adventures Camera Club to which I belong.
The Gallery pages contain
images of birds, insects, mammals, reptiles, wild flowers, and trees found throughout
the state of Florida. The Birding pages contain information on upcoming birding and
wildlife festivals and birding hotspots, organized by county, found throughout Florida.
Links to various Audubon web sites, birding sites and sites to find information
on birds, insects and plants are found on the Links page. A list of books on the
fauna and flora of Florida and the rest of the United States are found on the References
page.
The image of the Blue Grosbeak, shown above, was taken on the access road to
Prairie Creek Preserve in Charlotte County on April 7, 2012. This bird is a uncommon
summer resident of northern Florida. It is quite rare in southern Florida, sometimes
seen during migration as this one was. The image was captured with a Canon EOS 7D
camera and a 100-
