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wildlife & nature photography by janson jones
Anolis carolinensis, 18 March 2017
Anolis carolinensis, the Carolina green anole;
Miami-Dade county, Florida (18 March 2017).
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Anolis carolinensis, 06 April 2014
Anolis carolinensis, the Carolina green anole;
Volusia county, Florida (06 April 2014).
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Zoomed In:
Pelidnota punctata, 19 June 2013
Pelidnota punctata, the Grapevine beetle;
Lowndes county, Georgia (19 June 2013).
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Pelidnota punctata, 19 June 2013
Pelidnota punctata, the Grapevine beetle;
Lowndes county, Georgia (19 June 2013).
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AKtoFL: Robertson River, Alaska (01 June 2011)
Robertson River
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska (01 June 2011).
Day 02 of the 2011 Roadtrip from Alaska to Florida (Mile 0583 of 7221).
A wider angle shot of Robertson River’s silty, muddy waters partially corralled by top-surface ice sheets persisting well into the Alaskan summer. Quite an amazing color play, those browns and blues… a color play likely exacerbated by an imposing and somewhat ominous overcast sky.
AKtoFL: Robertson River, Alaska (01 June 2011)
Robertson River
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska (01 June 2011).
Day 02 of the 2011 Roadtrip from Alaska to Florida (Mile 0583 of 7221).
Frozen blue on silty brown… A fairly typical river texture in the midst of the short and fleeting central Alaskan summer.
AKtoFL: Alaska Highway at Delta Junction (01 June 2011)
Alaska Highway terminus at Delta Junction
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska (01 June 2011).
Day 02 of the 2011 Roadtrip from Alaska to Florida (Mile 0509 of 7221).
At Delta Junction, Alaska, I finally began the long drive on the fabled and fantastical Alaska Highway, a stretch of road (and pseudo-road) running about 1400 miles south and east to Dawson Creek, British Columbia. With eastern Alaska, the entirety of the Yukon, and much of British Columbia ahead of me, I was very much ready to experience the entirety of the Alaska Highway.
AKtoFL: Delta Junction, Alaska (01 June 2011)
Alaska Highway terminus at Delta Junction
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska (01 June 2011).
Day 02 of the 2011 Roadtrip from Alaska to Florida (Mile 0509 of 7221).
A small cabin somewhat on display for sojourners of the Alaska Highway starting at Delta Junction, Alaska. Can you imagine what this little cabin must look like in the deep, dark winter snow?
Basiliscus vittatus, 11 June 2016
Basiliscus vittatus, the Brown basilisk;
Miami-Dade county, Florida (11 June 2016).
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Basiliscus vittatus, 11 June 2016
Basiliscus vittatus, the Brown basilisk;
Miami-Dade county, Florida (11 June 2016).
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Anolis sagrei, 27 November 2015
Anolis sagrei, the Cuban brown anole;
Monroe county, Florida (27 November 2015).
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Anolis sagrei, 27 November 2015
Anolis sagrei, the Cuban brown anole;
Monroe county, Florida (27 November 2015).
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Opheodrys aestivus, 13 May 2013
Opheodrys aestivus, the Rough green snake;
Lowndes county, Georgia (13 May 2013).
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Opheodrys aestivus, 13 May 2013
Opheodrys aestivus, the Rough green snake;
Lowndes county, Georgia (13 May 2013).
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Anolis chlorocyanus, 21 January 2017
Anolis chlorocyanus, the Hispaniolan green anole;
Broward county, Florida (21 January 2017).
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Anolis chlorocyanus, 21 January 2017
Anolis chlorocyanus, the Hispaniolan green anole;
Broward county, Florida (21 January 2017).
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Deirochelys reticularia chrysea, 14 July 2014
Deirochelys reticularia chrysea, the Florida chicken turtle;
Volusia county, Florida (14 July 2014).
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Deirochelys reticularia chrysea, 14 July 2014
Deirochelys reticularia chrysea, the Florida chicken turtle;
Volusia county, Florida (14 July 2014).
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Deirochelys reticularia chrysea, 14 July 2014
Deirochelys reticularia chrysea, the Florida chicken turtle;
Volusia county, Florida (14 July 2014).
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AKtoFL: Tanana River, Alaska (01 June 2011)
The Tanana River
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska (01 June 2011).
Day 02 of the 2011 Roadtrip from Alaska to Florida (Mile 0487 of 7221).
A shot of the silty, slaty shoreline of the Tanana River in central Alaska. The rivers in this part of the state were very much silty during the summer months — carrying with them the annual load of earth-laden snow-melt. The earth is always on the move during the Alaskan summer months.
AKtoFL: Tanana River, Alaska (01 June 2011)
The Tanana River
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska (01 June 2011).
Day 02 of the 2011 Roadtrip from Alaska to Florida (Mile 0487 of 7221).
A wide-angle shot of the Tanana River in central Alaska. Note how creamy the silty water is. In many ways, the rivers of central Alaska reminded me of the Canadian River basin I used to stomp around as a kid in central Oklahoma. The water was laden with finely grained earth and sand.
AKtoFL: North Pole, Alaska (01 June 2011)
The Santa Claus House at North Pole, Alaska
Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska (01 June 2011).
Day 02 of the 2011 Roadtrip from Alaska to Florida (Mile 0426 of 7221).
Wall art on the side of the Santa Claus House in North Pole, Alaska. Honestly, I’m not sure if I could handle living in North Pole. I’m sure the locals have a ball with it, but I get anxious when the rest of us start Christmas in mid-November these days… I’m not sure I could handle Santa 24/7 each day of the year!
AKtoFL: North Pole, Alaska (01 June 2011)
The Santa Claus House at North Pole, Alaska
Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska (01 June 2011).
Day 02 of the 2011 Roadtrip from Alaska to Florida (Mile 0426 of 7221).
Morning of Day 2 brought me to the Santa Claus House in North Pole, Alaska (which is not, I might add, actually at the North Pole). This famous little town has made quite a bit of bank in alliance with Santa Claus. Sarah Palin once said we could see Russians from our rooftops, but, really, they walked among us — Saint Niclas being our most famous Russian insurgent.
Sistrurus miliarius barbouri, 27 September 2015
Sistrurus miliarius barbouri, the Dusky pigmy rattlesnake;
Brevard county, Florida (27 September 2015).
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Sistrurus miliarius barbouri, 27 September 2015
Sistrurus miliarius barbouri, the Dusky pigmy rattlesnake;
Brevard county, Florida (27 September 2015).
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Nerodia taxispilota, 14 March 2018
Nerodia taxispilota, the Brown watersnake
Monroe county, Florida (14 March 2018).
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Nerodia taxispilota, 14 March 2018
Nerodia taxispilota, the Brown watersnake
Monroe county, Florida (14 March 2018).
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Coluber constrictor priapus, 15 March 2012
Coluber constrictor priapus, the Southern black racer;
Lowndes county, Georgia (15 March 2012).
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Coluber constrictor priapus, 15 March 2012
Coluber constrictor priapus, the Southern black racer;
Lowndes county, Georgia (15 March 2012).
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Coluber constrictor priapus, 15 March 2012
Coluber constrictor priapus, the Southern black racer;
Lowndes county, Georgia (15 March 2012).
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Coluber constrictor priapus, 15 March 2012
Coluber constrictor priapus, the Southern black racer;
Lowndes county, Georgia (15 March 2012).
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Nerodia fasciata pictiventris, 20 March 2015
Nerodia fasciata pictiventris, the Florida banded watersnake;
Collier county, Florida (20 March 2015).
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Nerodia fasciata pictiventris, 20 March 2015
Nerodia fasciata pictiventris, the Florida banded watersnake;
Collier county, Florida (20 March 2015).
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AKtoFL: Chena Lake, Alaska (11:54pm, 31 May 2011)
Chena Lake Recreational Area
Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska (31 May 2011).
Day 01 of the 2011 Roadtrip from Alaska to Florida (Mile 0416 of 7221).
Alas, Day 1 comes to a close. This shot was taken at 11:54 pm, just six minutes shy of the The Next Day. Alaska can certainly be a bit gray and moody during much of the year, but sometimes it can really light the sky on fire — even just shy of midnight.
AKtoFL: Lithobates sylvaticus in Alaska (31 May 2011)
Lithobates sylvaticus, the Wood frog
Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska (31 May 2011).
Day 01 of the 2011 Roadtrip from Alaska to Florida (Mile 0416 of 7221).
Learn more about this species at iNaturalist.org.
I was undoubtedly excited to find a few Wood frogs, Lithobates sylvaticus, scampering about near my campsite in Chena Lake Recreational Area. For a person such as myself, the relative lack of reptiles and amphibians was a real challenge while I lived in Alaska. This species, the Wood frog, was a welcome exception. This species is ridiculously well-adapted to surviving the long, dark, and brutal winters of the Great White North. For Wood frogs, spring and summer is a short and intense affair. Much work to do in so short a period of time! (and by “work” I mean eating and making baby frogs)
HETEROKONTS
• Sargassum
ALISMATALES
• Water lettuce
ARECALES (Palms)
• Cabbage palmetto
COMMELINALES
• Pickerelweed
FABALES
• Arctic lupine
LAMIALES
• Black mangrove
MALPIGHIALES
• Red mangrove
NYMPHAEALES
• Spatterdock
POALES (Grasses)
• Saltmarsh cord grass
• Sea oates
SALVINIALES
• Water spangles
SOLANALES
• Beach morning glory
ARTHONIALES (Lichen)
• Christmas lichen
AGARICALES (Gilled Mushrooms)
• Fluted birds nest
HYPOCREALES (Fungi)
• Ophiocordyceps parasitic fungi
POLYPORALES (Shelf Fungi)
• White-pored chicken of the woods
• Artist's bracket
• Zonatum bracket
TREMELLALES (Fungi)
• Leafy brain fungus
• Snowy fungus
• Witch's butter fungus
ANTHOZOA
• Hitchhiking anemone
• Christmas anemone
HYDROZOA
• Portuguese man o' war
• Blue button
SCYPHOZOA (True Jellyfish)
• Cannonball jellyfish
ASTEROIDEA
• Royal starfish
ECHINOIDEA
• Five-slotted sanddollar
BIVALVE MOLLUSKS
• Eastern oyster
• Coquina
GASTROPOD MOLLUSKS
• Lettered olive
• Rosy wolf snail
• Tinted cantherus
• Grey Atlantic auger
• Florida tree snail
• American crown conch
• Shark eye sea snail
• Eastern whitelip snail
• Banded tree snail
• Sargassum nudibranch
• Lightning whelk
• Cuban brown snail
BARNACLES
• Titan acorn barnacle
• Ribbed barnacle
SHRIMP & CRAYFISH
• Mitten crayfish
• Slender sargassum shrimp
• Brown grass shrimp
• Arrow shrimp
CRABS
• Mangrove tree crab
• Speckled swimming crab
• Flame-streaked box crab
• Atlantic blue crab
• Blue land crab
• Thinstripe hermit crab
• Caribbean land hermit crab
• Atlantic mole crab
• Blackback land crab
• Mangrove root crab
• Thin-shelled rock crab
• Calico box crab
• Atlantic sand fiddler crab
• Atlantic mangrove fiddler crab
• Longnose spider crab
• Portly spider crab
• Florida stone crab
• Atlantic ghost crab
• Mottled shore crab
• Atlantic mud crab
• Mottled purse crab
• Green porcelain crab
• Tidal spray crab
• Sargassum swimming crab
HORSESHOE CRABS
• Horseshoe crab
DADDY LONGLEGS
• Aldrichi harvestman
SPIDERS
• Twinflagged jumping spider
• Yellow garden spider
• Okefenokee fishing spider
• Six-spotted fishing spider
• Spinybacked orbweaver
• Giant crab spider (Huntsman)
• Field wolf spider
• Southern house spider
• Magnolia jumping spider
• Golden jumping spider
• Green lynx spider
• Rabid wolf spider
CENTIPEDES
• Florida Keys centipede
MILLIPEDES
• Bumblebee millipede
• North American millipede
MANTIDS
• Grizzled mantis
WALKING STICKS
• S. Two-striped walking stick
ANTS, BEES, WASPS, Etc
• Neotropical paper wasp
CICADAS
• N. dusk-singing cicada
• Resonant cicada
• Hieroglyphic cicada
• Lyric cicada
• Similar dog-day cicada
TRUE BUGS (Non-Cicada)
• Giant leaf-footed bug
BEETLES
• Eastern eyed click beetle
• Grapevine beetle
• Harlequin flower beetle
• Giant stag beetle
MOTHS
• Eastern grass tubeworm
• Luna moth
• Wittfeld's forester
• Spiny oakworm moth
• Pink-striped oakworm moth
• Polyphemus moth
• Spotted apatelodes moth
• Wood tiger moth
• Black witch moth
• Ailanthus webworm moth
• Io moth
• Pink-shaded fern moth
• Laugher moth
• Angle-winged emerald moth
• Soybean looper moth
• Angle-lined prominent moth
• Scarlet-bodied wasp moth
• Manto tussock moth
• Pickleworm moth
• Rosy maple moth
• Imperial moth
• Spotted oleander moth
• White furcula moth
• Banded tussock moth
• Harris's three-spot moth
• Esther moth
• Five-spotted hawk moth
• Southern flannel moth
• Live oak metria moth
• Red-bordered emerald moth
• Skiff moth
• Echo moth
• Agreeable tiger moth
• Sweetpotato armyworm
• Black-dotted spragueia moth
BUTTERFLIES
• Gulf fritillary
• Great southern white
• Polydamas swallowtail
• Queen butterfly
• Canadian tiger swallowtail
• Eastern giant swallowtail
• Eastern tiger swallowtail
• Palamedes swallowtail
DRAGONFLIES etc
• Common green darner
• Four-spotted pennant
• Ebony jewelwing
• Halloween pennant
• Regal darner
• Scarlet skimmer
• Swamp darner
• Prince baskettail
• Eastern pondhawk
• Seaside dragonlet
• Dragonhunter
• Rambur's forktail
• Citrine forktail
• Lilypad forktail
• Bar-winged skimmer
• Slaty skimmer
• Great blue skimmer
• Royal river cruiser
• Roseate skimmer
• Blue dasher
• Eastern amberwing
• Common whitetail
• Carolina saddlebags
KATYDIDS
• Florida oblong-winged katydid
• American shieldback
• Robust shieldback
GRASSHOPPERS
• Long-headed toothpick
• Brown winter grasshopper
• Elegant grasshopper
• Short-winged green grasshopper
• Eastern lubber grasshopper
• American bird grasshopper
• Mischievous bird grasshopper
• Rusty bird grasshopper
PLANARIAN FLATWORMS
• Arrowhead flatworm
• Mollusc eating hammerhead worm
• Caenoplana flatworm
SHARKS & RAYS
• Cownose ray
BONY FISH
• Sargassum fish
• Atlantic tripletail
• Northern puffer
FROGS & TOADS
• Dwarf american toad
• Oak toad
• Southern toad
• Eastern spadefoot
• Greenhouse frog
• Eastern narrowmouth toad
• Southern cricket frog
• Pine woods treefrog
• Squirrel treefrog
• Barking treefrog
• Cope's gray treefrog
• Green treefrog
• Cuban treefrog
• Spring peeper
• Plains leopard frog
• Bronze frog
• Pickerel frog
• Southern leopard frog
• American bullfrog
• Pig frog
• Wood frog
AMPHIUMAS
• Two-toed amphiuma
SALAMANDERS
• Dwarf salamander
TURTLES
• Florida softshell turtle
• Spiny softshell turtle
• Green sea turtle
• Common snapping turtle
• Chicken turtle
• Gopher tortoise
• Striped mud turtle
• Eastern mud turtle
• Diamondback terrapin
• Florida red-bellied cooter
• Loggerhead musk turtle
• Common musk turtle
• Eastern box turtle
• Ornate box turtle
• Common slider
WORMLIZARDS
• Florida worm lizard
LIZARDS
• African redhead agama
• Carolina green anole
• Puerto Rican crested anole
• Hispaniolan green anole
• Hispaniolan stout anole
• Bark anole
• Cuban knight anole
• Jamaican giant anole
• Cuban brown anole
• Six-lined racerunner
• Western whiptail
• Brown basilisk
• Eastern collared lizard
• Black spiny-tailed iguana
• Indo-Pacific gecko
• Tropical house gecko
• Mediterranean gecko
• Green iguana
• Northern curly-tailed lizard
• Eastern glass lizard
• Southeastern five-lined skink
• Broadhead skink
• Plateau fence lizard
• Eastern fence lizard
• Florida scrub lizard
• Little brown skink
• Ornate tree lizard
• Common side-blotched lizard
SNAKES
• Florida cottonmouth
• Florida scarlet snake
• Black racer snake
• Eastern diamondback rattlesnake
• Timber rattlesnake
• Ringneck snake
• Mud snake
• Rough earth snake
• Brahminy blindsnake
• Scarlet kingnsnake
• Eastern kingsnake
• Striped swamp snake
• Eastern coachwhip
• Eastern coral snake
• Salt marsh watersnake
• Salt marsh x Banded watersnake
• Plainbelly watersnake
• Banded watersnake
• Florida green watersnake
• Diamondback watersnake
• Northern watersnake
• Brown watersnake
• Rough green snake
• Eastern "Yellow" rat snake
• Eastern "Gray" rat snake
• Eastern "Everglades" rat snake
• Red "Corn" rat snake
• Burmese python
• Ball python
• Queen snake
• Pine woods littersnake
• Desert patchnose snake
• Pigmy rattlesnake
• Florida brown snake
• Eastern garter snake
• Peninsula ribbon snake
CROCODILIANS
• American alligator
• Spectacled caiman
• American crocodile
ACCIPITRIFORMES
• Turkey vulture
• Black vulture
• Osprey
ANSERIFORMES
• Coming Soon
CHARADRIIFORMES
• Western sandpiper
• Brown noddy
• Ruddy turnstone
• Mew gull
• Laughing gull
• Black skimmer
• Royal tern
• Willet
CICONIIFORMES
• Wood stork
GALLIFORMES
• Coming Soon
GRUIFORMES
• Sandhill crane
• Limpkin
• Purple gallinule
PASSERIFORMES
• Florida scrub jay
• Prothonotary warbler
• Boat-tailed grackle
PELECANIFORMES
• Roseate spoonbill
• Great egret
• Great blue heron
• Little blue heron
• Reddish egret
• Snowy egret
• Tricolored heron
• American white ibis
• Yellow-crowned night heron
• Black-crowned night heron
• American white pelican
• Brown pelican
• Roseate spoonbill
• Glossy ibis
PHOENICOPTERIFORMES
• American flamingo
PODICIPEDIFORMES
• Pied-billed grebe
STRIGIFORMES
• Barred owl
SULIFORMES
• Anhinga
• Magnificent frigatebird
• Double-crested cormorant
• Masked booby
ARTIODACTYLA
• Moose
• Key deer
• Common bottlenose dolphin
MARSUPIALIA
• Virginia opossum
CARNIVORA
• American mink
• Raccoon
PRIMATES
• Human
RODENTIA
• Arctic ground squirrel
SIRENIA
• West Indian manatee
The TOMOKA & BULOW Circuit: Photographs from the Ormond Beach area through and around the Tomoka Basin. Includes Tomoka, Bulow Creek, North Peninsula, and Bulow Plantation Ruins State Parks.
ANOLIS Lizards: Photographs of all Anolis lizards featured on Floridensis to date. This includes native and non-native species alike, all photographed in the wild.
NERODIA Watersnakes: Photographs of all non-venomous Nerodia watersnakes featured on Floridensis to date. Includes species photographed in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and Oklahoma.
Salt Marshes & Coastal Habitats. Photographs taken on various kayak sojourns through Florida's coastal, salt marsh, and estuarine habitats.
Freshwater Habitats: Photographs taken on various kayak sojourns throughout Florida's freshwater habitats.
From Alaska to Florida, 2011: In the summer of 2011, I sojourned 7,221 miles from Alaska to Florida, exploring the vast range of North American eco-diversity, camping, hiking, and photographing along the way. From mountains to deserts, from glaciers to swamps, it was a bewilderingly awesome trip. These are the photos I collected along the way.
Tropical Storms & Hurricanes: Photographs and posts covering life beneath and within Florida's tropical storm and hurricane events.
