I know this from experience. :) You've found a southern ring-neck snake and they are common throughout Florida. Hi Larry, Thank you for your interest! For information on where to purchase fingerlings, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has a list of known hatcheries who sell fingerlings for stocking private ponds: http://myfwc.com/media/131389/Freshwater_FishStockingList.pdf If you have questions about properly stocking the pond, please call your regional FWC office at the numbers provided here: http://myfwc.com/contact/fwc-staff/regional-offices/ Good Afternoon Rhonda, It's generally safe and helps them learn about invasive species. Thank you for reading and sharing the article. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/. If a duck chooses to nest or live next to, under, or near your porch, but you are not actively containing the duck with a fence or cage, it is still a wild animal and can continue what it's doing with your blessing. I am concerned that the owl seems so isolated. The two vines look incredibly similar and can be difficult to differentiate for a lot of people. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/gx7lae6qx7j23ev/AAAXkuD6Xv6MqqXWCUMNBLO_a/Home%20Composting%20Greens%20and%20Browns.pdf?dl=0 For that reason, I strongly recommend against it. UF/IFAS recommends glyphosate products as a tool in your toolbox of weed control measures. There are several large trees in their front yard. There are certainly other places in Florida that you can observe and photograph them, but Cape Coral is fairly famous, locally, for their population. Great to hear you got to observe some of these amazing birds! If you live in a more agricultural, you might have success with a barn owl box. That is why you are observing it in the shade in your yard, while you see the Bermudagrass in the sun (it prefers sun). Red light at night or the color red during the daytime is not thought to repel the blind mosquitoes, but at night it is not expected to attract them as white or yellow light does. It is essential your sister's friend not do anything to the owls OR their burrow without first obtaining permission from Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Is this similar & can it be removed the same way? Use of Insect Growth Regulators (IGRS) in non-natural lakes like ponds and storm water features. I will be posting widely. Hopefully, the light trap and your behavior changes are alleviating the issue at least a little bit, but I do understand they can still be a horrible nuisance. We do not have any data showing it to be invasive in central Florida, so unless it is bothersome to you, it doesn't have to be removed. Florida burrowing owls are not nocturnal hunters, like most owls, so he/she may be retreating to their burrow at night. It arrives every morning and leaves at night, and doesn't seem to be bothered by us or the dog. Feel free to email me back and we could talk directly if you like. If you are a far distance away, I'd recommend stopping and allowing that bear to move on it's way. To complicate matters, some duck species will sneakily lay their eggs in another mother duck's nest, to trick her into raising the ducklings. The systems that the company installs and maintains are expensive. Poisonous to people also. You can search for specific types of plants, site conditions and even for butterfly plants. Couldnt wait to search online, thrilled to learn Id been treated to a special performance of the American White Pelicans. ( little Big Econ River State Park ) Also have watched bird hunting in pastures near river low lands. The lake has a healthy population of fishes including bass, bluegill, shell crackers and schools of minnows. It's entirely possible you have a different species in your neck of the woods, and I'm not at all familiar with Texas's lake ecology. Where is a spot I could observe the owl? During the day, they will rest on any vegetation or surface they can find, although they seem to prefer the shade and to be out of the wind. We have two large dogs, who have a history of chasing birds, but didn't chafe it, but the male peed on the owl. I live on lake Dora and walking through the grass will cause an attack. (I recommend using motion-activated lights) Good morning Madi, Hi Dawn, Another way to see fireflies is to safely conduct your very own firefly search within your surrounding area. All Florida raptors are protected under the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act and under Florida law. I am happy to answer any additional questions on weed control. It is entirely possible that you saw some air potato leaf beetles, even if you don't think there is any air potato nearby. This is a complicated question to answer in a blog post, so I will do my best. Julie, I am a property manager with palms within 12 inches of the buildings and the fronds are pushed up against the buildings and window. Thanks! Firefly populations, like most insects, do have boom years and then declines and unfortunately, we don't fully understand the cycle or the cause. Requires zero care. In case you're interested in watching a past webinar we offered on owls, you can view that here: https://youtu.be/XhTFTNucDcw And our current webinar season is about to get started and our first webinar is about common birds of prey: Thank you for any info! Good morning Mr. Rutstein, The owls in Florida are fairly easy to identify as there are only 5 common species and they are rather different looking. I am unfamiliar with the legality in FL of processing the remains of Raptors. I just photographed an Air Potato Leaf Beetle in my suburban garden in The Villages, Sumter County. One 16-oz. It could be seasonality and migration when the temperatures warmed up, it could be threatening predator (wildlife or human), or it could just be that they decided to check out a different part of town for awhile. The answers to these questions cannot predict or eliminate the possibility of lightning bug activity, but they can draw a complete picture. Is there any way of moving them to a open field next to her property. A boat from a marina across my private dock tied a 60' boat to my dock with out my permission in preparation for Irma. There are also many protected burrowing sites very close by, so relocation would not seem difficult for it to manage on its own. Good morning Mark, Bird is 70% black,smooth feathers, 30% white on breast, no crest on head. Good morning, Jean, few areas of my property. In the future, please only use properly sterilized water for nasal rinsing. Hi Jacquie, Limit the spray just to the spot where the basket grass is dominating. We have a wooden box 7.5' x 7.5"x 12" with a larger hole that was originally made for squirrels. It should find a new perch eventually. A challenge to say the least. Refer to this document for herbicide recommendations: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/AG/AG26200.pdf Dr. Canfield is an expert in the field, so I would defer to his recommendations. It's hard to know why wildlife do things, sometimes, so I can't answer your question as directly as you would probably like me too. Help!! This event is not being offered at this time. Hello, You can find plans for a barn owl box, here: https://nestwatch.org/learn/all-about-birdhouses/birds/barn-owl/ Hi there, And, I've seen some in Winter Haven recently, too! Thank you for your comment and encouragement. Great question. My lawn is challenging because part of it srays so sunny it will grow bermudagrass, the other part so shady (under HUGE black-ear trees) it just grows this basketgrass. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/40663469 webinar about owls in Florida: https://youtu.be/XhTFTNucDcw you can speed it up if 35 minutes is too long. -Shannon, Hi Vicktoria, Every time I jump in a lake, pool, or river, I get a flash of panic if water goes up my nose. A company which installs water circulators and fountains performed an "analysis" suggesting that these deep areas are a problem due to low dissolved oxygen and that installing water circulators in these areas would alleviate the midge problem. Great question and I hope you have a lovely day! If you cannot find these plants locally, perhaps the nursery can order them for you. Eric, Here is a link where you can choose the appropriate form for the site you are sampling and instructions for collecting and shipping your samples. Can you please provide me with all the necessary details (such as class date, study materials, cost, etc) as soon as possible? Good morning, Maria, I found that I need more than one application during the growing season. They don't reproduce in puddles as true mosquitoes do. Not "troublesome." Do you see other wildlife and abundant insect activity? I'm in polk county FL. It was dusk so hard to take pictures but they were bigger than screech and smaller than barred. If you are continuing to see abundant amounts of vines, you may want to consider chemical control to help reduce the root systems. Unless it starts acting odd or approaching your family, I'd encourage you to let it be and leave the owl alone. Its a perennial that produces little spikelets of purplish-red flowers. If you are concerned about surprising a bear while biking, you could add a "bear-bell" to your bike frame which might alert the bear to your presence and give him or her time to hide or leave the area. Is the lake a natural Florida lake or is it actually a man-made pond? Hi John, And now I cant remember when the last time I seen one .but then I think back and remember the truck that would come around and spray mosquitoes we would ride behind the trucks on our bicycles like the little dumb kids we were it's no wonder we dont glow in the dark .but I'm wondering if that spray truck might be why we dont see them like we used too . Unfortunately not much can be done about owl noises at night. Whatever comfort it may be, infections using city-treated water are considered very rare. We will update first on eventbrite, and then on facebook, when more events like this are available. Congrats on such a fun sighting, keep an eye in the sky. never having any idea how long and hard I would search, only to find information on the Oplismenus varieties found in Maryland and such, but zilch for the Florida variety except as a desirable. According to the CDC, and mentioned in this blog post, "You cannot get infected from drinking water contaminated with Naegleria. and our lake manager. I do completely agree about not taking leaves off higher then 3-9 oclock. Thank you! and I immediately realized that it might be a bad idea. Best wishes for your owl adventures, please feel free to reach out if you have questions! what is different between burrowing owls and regular owls? - Try a light trap in addition to the two suggestions above. I learned that it likes hot water. I came home with a trunk full of butterfly loving plants and a caterpillar. I live in Jacksonville FL and would like to obtain my round up license. Hi Christine, You sure can repot and replant your oakleaf hydrangea. There's property across the way and they've been working on it for about 3 months or so,and I did not know how to stop any of this. After reading this, I'll have to recommend that she find a livestock agent in her area that can help her manage and treat the problems that can so negatively affect the animals and the overall agriculture. If your dock sustained any damage as a result of this action, I would encourage you to seek professional legal advice. We are like Ms. Jacob above; we built a new home on 50 acres where a 5 acre pond is yards from our backdoor. How can we get some. They make for some adorable sightings, that's for sure! 407 493 0227. We did not order beetles but are seeing some skeletonized leaves. Find the information for the Plant Clinic here: http://sfyl.ifas.ufl.edu/polk/gardening-and-landscaping/residential-horticulture/ 4-H overnight camping also offers great volunteer opportunities for teens that you can consider for summer 2020, as those positions are now filled. Shannon, Mr. Bly, you may submit samples to the UF/IFAS Extension Soil Testing Laboratory in Gainesville. 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