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Post by stoneage on Jul 18, 2011 22:07:32 GMT
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Post by stoneage on Jul 20, 2011 21:08:14 GMT
Nutty Gray Squirrel   Sarasota Bay  |
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Post by stoneage on Jul 22, 2011 19:21:20 GMT
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Post by Himmapaan on Jul 22, 2011 20:33:39 GMT
What gorgeous patterns and throat!
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Post by Horridus on Jul 23, 2011 20:18:51 GMT
Great photos! More please.
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Post by stoneage on Jul 24, 2011 2:44:41 GMT
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Post by totoro on Jul 24, 2011 4:46:00 GMT
Here is a photo of horridus! Ahh. the E. horridus is the spiny looking cycad creeping in from the top and sides, not the ordinary-looking green plant in the center. Good show Marc, that's not a bad mascot. Nice of you to include some Monarch photos, especially one on milkweed! The backyard of my childhood home adjoined a corn field and I spent literally hundreds of hours searching between the rows of corn for milkweeds (there it was Asclepias syriacus, I think, not that narrow-leafed variety) to find the eggs, larvae and chrysalides to rear at home. Such good memories. I miss them so much, along with toads, fireflies, cicadas, box turtles, any snake other than a garter snake, and other east-of-the-Rockies critters. We actually have toads and cicadas, but in such small numbers that they almost seem absent. |
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Post by Himmapaan on Jul 24, 2011 16:23:07 GMT
Thank you for the heron, Mr Stoneage. ;D
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Post by Horridus on Jul 24, 2011 17:49:02 GMT
Cool heron shot.
Yeah, 'horridus' is a fairly common specific name. It refers to something having a rough, lumpy and bumpy appearance. Which I took to mean 'ugly' and hence adopted it as a self-deprecating pseudonym (that and my general non-aesthetic vulgarity, you know). Of course my use of it is inspired by Triceratops horridus specifically.
Also, it has 'horrid' in it. Which is a great word.
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Post by stoneage on Jul 25, 2011 0:01:01 GMT
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Post by stoneage on Jul 25, 2011 21:23:50 GMT
The Phillippi Creek Oyster Bar is our favorite place to eat in Sarasota. It has the best sea food. The Swordfish being the best of them all. It's not bad enough that you have to worry about Alligators in the creek, but Great White Sharks?   |
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Post by stoneage on Jul 27, 2011 22:55:27 GMT
While I was in Florida I went to the South Florida Museum in Bradenton. Most of Florida was under water during the Mesozoic so there are no Dinosaur Fossils. Even where there was no water, if there were fossils they would be 1,000 feet down. Anyway most of the fossils here are from the Pleistocene. At the enterence we see Smilodon fatalis.  |
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Post by Radman on Jul 28, 2011 0:23:05 GMT
Some great pix, Stoney, thanx for sharing.  |
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Post by stoneage on Jul 28, 2011 22:45:51 GMT
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Post by totoro on Jul 29, 2011 0:36:30 GMT
Very nice Pleistocene megafauna displays! Looks like a fun museum to visit.
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Post by bokisaurus on Jul 29, 2011 3:43:55 GMT
New Career, Stoneage? ;D Cool pictures, so you own property there ? Looks like a great place to retire. I love the ocean!  |
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Post by stoneage on Jul 29, 2011 16:20:35 GMT
New Career, Stoneage? ;D Cool pictures, so you own property there ? Looks like a great place to retire. I love the ocean! No, no new careers. I hope my next career is retirement. But it is possible I may need to get a job too. I don't own any property in Florida. My Dad and Brother live there. I just go down for a week and rent a condo every year. I don't think I'll ever live there. Here is Holmesina septentrionalis which is closely related to Glyptodons. They grew to 6 feet long and weighed up to 600 pounds.They died out 9800 years ago.   |
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Post by stoneage on Jul 30, 2011 2:01:52 GMT
Canus dirus  |
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Post by stoneage on Jul 30, 2011 20:50:21 GMT
Equus simplicidens  |
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Post by stoneage on Jul 31, 2011 23:12:57 GMT
Bison antiquus  |
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