Aloha, mi amigos. Today, my colleage M.W. Kanagy and I braved the dangers of Florida interstate traffic to attempt a 12 hour blitzkrieg of the natural history of South Florida. Though the adventure did not yield findings as topographically and tropically diverse as those of the Caribbean archipelago, the everglades proved fascinating nonetheless.
Notable birds seen were thousands of bonaparte's gulls, the sandhill crane (just like the one's living in my backyard (very loud)), and wood storks. No alligators! Can you believe it?
The biodiversity highlight was definitely the mysterious Falconiformes with vertical wingbands and mysterious markings on its chest. More to come on this.
Moral of the story: Native Florida is marvelous, vast, and flat. A 12 hour driving survey may have been enough to satiate one's propensity for the 3ft elevation ecosystem.
To the top of the world,
E.M. Keen, Ltd., Prefect-at-Large
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