Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Today -- 1/21/2018 -- is National Squirrel Appreciation Day. Not everyone loves squirrels. Clearly, they are crafty and eventually out-smart almost every squirrel excluder device erected to protect a bird feeder. Wildlife photographer Bob Montanaro loves squirrels. The squirrel photographs…
Despite dismal weather and some sputters of rain that caused a few folks to turn back, a group of us made it to the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA) Observation Tower on 1-1-2018. Gorgeous Gwen poses center in the midst…
Growing at the entrance to the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA) hammock loop trail near the Herb Kale Nature Trail plaque, seemingly in honor of mother's day, was pink wood sorrel (Oxalis debilis). On our New Year's Day nature walk,…
Hurricane Irma coupled with the disturbance associated with the extensive professional invasive plant control work at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA) has allowed jack-in-the bush (Chromolaena odorata) to display its weediness dramatically. This subtropical plant, a member of the daisy…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 