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Daily Bucket: A Walk in Abercrombie Park, St Pete FL [1]
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Date: 2025-07-30
The Daily Bucket is a regular series from the Backyard Science group. Here we talk about Mother Nature in all her glory, especially the parts that live nearby. So let us know (as close as you are comfortable) where you are and what's going on around you. What's the weather like? Seen any interesting plants, bugs or critters? Are there birds at your feeders? Deer, foxes or snakies in your yard? Seen any cool rocks or geological features? Post your observations and notes here. And photos. We like photos. :)
The brutal Florida heat has been keeping me indoors lately just as effectively as the rain does. But now the cabin fever has become unbearable, so I braved the hot humid weather and went for a walk in Abercrombie Park, near the local mall. It is not a very large park, but it gains several feet in elevation over a short distance, which in Florida is practically a mountainside, so there is a variety of habitats from coastal mangrove swamp to upland pine/palmetto forest. It contains a wide variety of wild plants and critters.
It is also a historical spot, marking one of the places where the Spanish conquistador Panfilo de Narvaez landed in 1528. He found a native Tocobaga village here, and the park still preserves the remains of a temple mound and several smaller midden piles.
Some photos from a walk in the park.
Red Mangroves Fiddler Crabs White Ibis foraging Sea Grapes Scarlet Rose Marshmallow Wild Cucumber vine Soldier Beetle, I think, on Milkweed Google puts this as a Florida Leaf-Footed Bug Google puts this as a species of Solanum, “Two-Leaf Nightshade” Sawtooth Palmetto Brown Anole dewlapping at me Coontie, a food plant for the Tocobaga natives The now-overgrown temple mound is legally protected The midden trash piles are built up from thousands of years worth of discarded shells
And now it is your turn: what’s up in your neck of the woods?
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