Bird Watching Series: Songbirds (Part 2)

Week 2 of Songbirds! How many songbirds were you able to identify last week from part 1? If you missed it last week’s Songbirds (Part 1) post, click here. This week, we will be learning more… Read More
by Taylor Davis
Posted: May 5, 2020
Week 2 of Songbirds! How many songbirds were you able to identify last week from part 1? If you missed it last week’s Songbirds (Part 1) post, click here. This week, we will be learning more… Read More
Category: 4-H & Youth, Agriculture, Lawn, NATURAL RESOURCES, Recreation, UF/IFAS Extension, Wildlife
Tags: 4-H, Activity, birds, conservation, Highlands County, Master Gardener, wildlife
by Taylor Davis
Posted: April 24, 2020
Have you been practicing your bird identification skills from last week? I hope you were able to identify one new bird outside. If you missed it last week’s Raptors & Vultures post, click here. This week,… Read More
Category: 4-H & Youth, Agriculture, Conservation, NATURAL RESOURCES, Recreation, UF/IFAS Extension, Wildlife
Tags: 4-H, Activity, birds, conservation, HCLivestock, Highlands County, wildlife
by Taylor Davis
Posted: October 7, 2019
In the technological advanced world we live in today, many people take to Facebook or other social media outlets to receive their “news”. This is not the best way to get unbiased news because majority… Read More
by David Austin
Posted: June 18, 2019
Love and Hate Facebook gardening groups will light up at the mention of Mexican Petunia, Ruellia simplex. Comments like “Worst weed ever!”, “My favorite plant!”, “Invasive! Pull it out quickly!”, and “It’s so easy to… Read More
by David Austin
Posted: March 29, 2019
Learning to Landscape If you are a gardener and you have lived anywhere else, you realize pretty quickly that Florida is different. The weather, the bugs and a whole lot of other gardening issues… Read More
by David Austin
Posted: January 14, 2019
Florida Agriculture When you think of Florida, you may think of citrus. In Highlands County we live among the many orange groves. We are the 3-4th largest citrus producing county in the state, depending on… Read More
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Conservation, Crops, Farm Management, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Horticulture, Livestock, Turf, UF/IFAS Extension, Water
Tags: Ag Tour, Agriculture, Citrus, conservation, Highlands County, Highlands Horticulture Digest, Horticulture, livestock, Tours, turfgrass
by Taylor Davis
Posted: May 3, 2018
Why host a Birds. Workshop in Highlands County? Part of my responsibilities as an extension agent is to educate others on the importance of Natural Resources. Getting out in the community, I get asked a… Read More
Category: Agriculture, Conservation, NATURAL RESOURCES, Recreation, UF/IFAS Extension, Wildlife
Tags: conservation, HCLivestock, Highlands County
by David Austin
Posted: April 24, 2018
I wrote about feral cats earlier in the year and promised to elaborate on Florida’s native cats later. Other cats that visit your yards and neighborhoods may be those native cats such as bobcats and… Read More
Category: NATURAL RESOURCES, UF/IFAS Extension, Wildlife
Tags: bobcats, cats, conservation, Highlands County, panthers, wildlife
by kathywarner
Posted: August 22, 2017
Appearance: The gopher tortoise is a moderate-sized, terrestrial turtle, averaging 23–28 cm (9–11 in) in length. The species is identified by its stumpy, elephantine hind feet and flattened, shovel-like forelimbs adapted for digging. The shell… Read More
by kathywarner
Posted: August 21, 2017
If you hear a loud buzz coming from trees in the daytime, the noise is most likely caused by cicadas. These buzzing critters make their presence known by leaving their brown exoskeletons on tree trunks… Read More
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