This is a juvenile Cooper’s Hawk, which can be seen from the brown upper feathers and streaks of brown on the under feathers. Adults have blue-gray upper feathers and dark bands on the tail and under the wings. Cooper’s Hawks mainly eat small birds and sometimes feast on chipmunks, hares, and squirrels.

There are 20 subspecies of deer in North America, and Florida has three of those species. The deer in the picture above is most likely a white-tailed deer. White-tailed deer are herbivores that consume flowers, plants, leaves, mushrooms, fruit, and even acorns. In Florida, deer consume about 2.5 to 4 pounds of food or about […]

Coyotes have become an important part of the Florida ecosystem as they create a balance by feeding on the smaller animals. Black coyotes are extremely rare as the black coloration of their coat, also called melanism, is from a genetic mutation. Coyotes have shown great adaptation and resilience to the human effects on their environment. […]