Air-plants, 104.
Alligator, 131, 146.
Azalea, 172, 206, 216.
Baptisia, 206.
Beggar’s-ticks, 27.
Blackberry, 27, 29, 117, 152, 163, 217.
Blackbird, red-wing, 97, 106, 134, 145, 147, 161, 167.
Bladderwort, 29.
Bluebird, 4, 115, 147, 170, 218.
Blue-eyed Grass, 30.
Butterworts, 27, 28, 29, 173.
Buzzard, turkey, 20, 36, 38, 66, 126, 128, 145.
Calopogon, 125.
Carrion Crow (Black Vulture), 40, 134, 191.
Catbird, 65, 233.
Cedar-bird, 80.
Cedar, red, 90.
Chat, yellow-breasted, 226.
Cherokee Rose, 125, 165, 172, 201, 206.
Cherry, wild, 175.
Chewink (Towhee):—
red-eyed, 65, 167, 218, 227, 234.
white-eyed, 5, 65, 115, 227.
Chickadee, Carolina, 21, 97, 218, 224.
Chimney Swift, 209.
Chuck-will’s-widow, 96.
Clematis Baldwinii, 125.
Clover, buffalo, 191.
Cloudberry, 29.
Coot (Fulica americana), 134.
Coquina Clam, 55.
Coreopsis, 30.
Cormorant, 66, 78, 124, 134, 145.
Crab-apple, 172.
Creeper, black-and-white, 97, 218.
Cross-vine, 172.
Crow, 5, 35, 37, 100, 114, 124.
Cuckoo, yellow-billed, 176, 222.
Cypress-tree, 127.
Dabchick, 124, 128, 134, 145.
Dove:—
Carolina, 147.
ground, 65, 147, 218, 226.
Duck, wood, 222.
Eagle, bald, 43, 79, 143, 145.
Egret:—
great white, 76.
little white, 75.
Fish-hawk, 42, 44, 79, 116, 127, 143, 147.
Flicker (Golden-winged Woodpecker), 4, 65, 81, 106.
Flowering Dogwood, 172, 206, 216.
Flycatchers:—
Acadian, 224.
crested, 153, 224.
kingbird, 176, 190, 191, 227.
phœbe, 8, 65, 81.
wood pewee, 170, 234.
Fringe-bush, 206, 216.
Frogs, 185.
Gallinule:—
Florida, 132, 217, 228.
purple, 137, 139.
Gannet, 46.
Gnatcatcher, blue-gray, 224.
Golden club, 27.
Goldenrod, 26.
Grackle, boat-tailed, 107, 124, 145.
Grebe, pied-billed, 124, 128, 134, 145.
Grosbeak:—
cardinal, 64, 81, 114, 118, 166, 176, 191, 212, 218, 226, 234.
blue, 187, 191, 224.
Gull:—
Bonaparte’s, 48.
ring-billed, 49.
Hawk:—
fish, 42, 44, 79, 116, 127, 143, 147.
marsh, 36, 38, 176, 213.
red-shouldered, 106, 115, 218, 227.
sparrow, 76, 169.
swallow-tailed, 138.
Heron:—
great blue, 35, 36, 39, 50, 70, 107, 134, 145, 190, 217.
great white (or Egret), 76.
green, 76, 107, 133, 181.
little blue, 74, 107, 134, 145, 181, 218.
Louisiana, 74, 75, 107, 145.
night (black-crowned), 133, 145.
Honeysuckle:—
scarlet, 172.
white, 151, 172.
Houstonia, round-leaved, 26, 82, 105, 116.
Humming-bird, ruby-throated, 114, 118, 153.
Hypoxis, 27.
Iris versicolor, 29, 112, 139.
Jay:—
Florida, 61.
Florida blue, 62, 153.
Judas-tree, 27.
Killdeer Plover, 39, 78.
Kingbird, 176, 190, 191, 227.
Kingfisher, 6, 36, 39, 145, 147.
Kinglet, ruby-crowned, 81, 153, 170, 214, 233.
Kite, fork-tailed, 138.
Krigia, 27.
Lantana, 151, 172.
Lark, meadow, 6, 145, 183.
Leptopoda, 30.
Live-oak, 96, 104.
Lizards, 115.
Lobelia Feayana, 30.
Loggerhead Shrike, 5, 111, 123, 177, 190, 191, 200, 218.
Lygodesmia, 125.
Martin, purple, 65, 124, 145, 147, 158, 176.
Maryland Yellow-throat, 116, 218, 227.
Mocking-bird, 4, 64, 81, 123, 167, 170, 176, 191, 210, 212, 218, 232, 234.
Mullein, 27.
Myrtle Bird. See Warbler.
Night-hawk, 176.
Nuthatch, brown-headed, 6, 106, 218.
Orange, wild, 87, 105.
Oriole, orchard, 177, 183, 191, 194, 200, 226, 234.
Osprey. See Fish-Hawk.
Oven-bird, 80.
Oxalis, yellow, 26, 37, 81, 152.
Papaw, 125.
Paroquet, 147.
Partridge-berry, 105.
Pelican:—
brown, 47.
white, 66.
Persimmon, 175.
Phœbe, 8, 65, 81.
Pipewort, 30.
Poison Ivy, 116.
Poppy, Mexican, 152.
Quail, 115, 118, 167, 176, 218, 227, 234.
Rail:—
Carolina, 217.
clapper, 98.
king, 138.
Redbird (Cardinal Grosbeak), 64, 81, 114, 118, 166, 176, 191, 212, 218, 224, 226, 234.
“Ricebird,” 161.
Robin, 4.
Salvia lyrata, 82.
Sanderling, 49, 59.
Sandpiper:—
solitary, 181, 191.
spotted, 35, 78.
Sassafras, 175.
Schrankia, 125.
Senecio, 139.
Shrike, loggerhead, 5, 111, 177, 190, 191, 200, 218, 227.
Sow Thistle, 26.
Snakebird (Water-Turkey), 66, 79, 141, 228.
Sparrow:—
chipping, 234.
field, 15, 233, 234.
grasshopper (yellow-winged), 212.
pine-wood, 6, 13, 106, 118, 234.
savanna, 65, 145.
song, 65.
white-crowned, 190, 191, 201, 227, 234.
white-throated, 153, 191, 227.
Spiderwort, 81.
St. Peter’s-wort, 27, 28.
Strawberry, 173.
Swallow:—
barn, 222.
rough-winged, 218.
tree (white-bellied), 8, 65, 124, 145, 147.
Swift, chimney, 209.
Tanager, summer, 96, 153, 184, 191, 213, 227, 234.
Tern, 49, 59, 78.
Thorns, 172, 216.
Thrasher (Brown Thrush), 17, 64, 168, 191, 218, 229, 232.
Thrush:—
hermit, 80, 170.
Northern water, 80.
Louisiana water, 80.
Titlark, 38.
Titmouse:—
Carolina, 21, 97.
tufted, 96.
Towhee. See Chewink.
Turkey, 147, 220, 223.
Vaccinium, arboreum, 172.
Venus’s Looking-glass (Specularia), 152.
Verbena, 81.
Violets, 27, 81, 116, 173.
Vireo:—
red-eyed, 218, 224.
solitary, 97, 233.
white-eyed, 36, 115, 170, 218, 226.
yellow-throated, 191.
Virginia creeper, 116.
Vulture (Carrion Crow), 40, 134, 191.
Warbler:—
black-throated green, 21.
blue yellow-backed, 96, 124, 147, 218, 224.
myrtle (yellow-rumped), 36, 65, 97, 124, 145, 191, 214.
palm (yellow redpoll), 65, 81, 145, 191, 218, 227.
pine, 4, 106, 115, 214, 218, 227, 234.
prairie, 81, 97, 124, 234.
yellow-throated (Dendroica dominica), 21, 97, 153, 184, 213, 218, 227, 234.
Water Lily, 206, 228.
Water Thrush:—
Louisiana, 80.
Northern, 80.
Water-Turkey (Snakebird), 66, 79, 141, 228.
Wood Pewee, 170, 234.
Woodpecker:—
downy, 4.
golden-winged (flicker), 4, 65, 81, 106.
ivory-billed, 190, 214.
pileated, 25.
red-bellied, 106, 169, 227.
red-cockaded, 6, 24.
red-headed, 177.
Wren:—
Carolina (mocking), 64, 116, 153, 200, 218, 224, 234.
house, 81, 166, 214, 218, 227, 233, 234.
long-billed marsh, 38, 100.
winter, 17.
Yellow Jessamine, 105, 216.
Yellow-legs (Totanus flavipes), 181, 191.
About This Book
A sequence of travel essays that trace walks and rides through Florida’s varied landscapes — flatwoods, marshes, beaches, rivers, and small towns — with close attention to local plants, weather, and human scenes. Vivid natural-history observation, especially of coastal and inland birds, records behaviors, migrations, and interactions among pelicans, gannets, herons, ospreys, and shorebirds. Interwoven with these ornithological notes are anecdotal sketches of plantations, roads, mills, and shrines, and reflective descriptions of daily life in places visited. The tone is observational and contemplative, blending field notes, travel memoir, and quiet meditations on place and season.