Throwback Thursday: At Captain Forster Hammock Preserve

March 28, 2008 is when the photo above was taken. Sorely missed from this world are Maggy Taylor (Class of 2004) seated at the left and Joel Day (Class of 2005) standing toward the front. How swiftly comes change! Note…

Captain Forster

The weather was wonderful for an afternoon walk at Captain Forster Preserve on Saturday, March 5. Smiles abound at the end of the main trail at the Atlantic Ocean. Special thanks to Janie Gould (Class of 2016) who researched --…

Wow! Whitewood

Graytwig (Schoepfia chrysophylloides), also known as whitewood, was flowering and fruiting on Prange Island on Father's Day. Clusters of tiny orange flowers and ripening fruits in hues of green and red accented its green, wavy-edged leaves and distinctive grayish white…

Handsome Hammock Highlights

Captain Forster Preserve was the site of the first field trip for the 2015 Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory - Pelican Island Audubon Society class. The magnificent live oaks (Quercus virginiana) were flowering and were replacing their old leaves with brand…