by Rich Leighton | May 3, 2020 | Birds, Florida Nature Photography, Interesting Nature Facts, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife
Whooping cranes eat aquatic invertebrates (insects, crustaceans and mollusks), small vertebrates (fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds and mammals), roots, acorns and berries. MORE PHOTOS OF BIRDS MORE INTERESTING NATURE FACTS Interesting Nature Facts is a series about...
by Rich Leighton | Mar 24, 2014 | NANP, Nature & Wildlife, Photography
Easily the most beautiful of North America’s native pitcher plants, the white-topped pitcher plant (Sarracenia leucophylla), also known as the white trumpet or crimson pitcher plant, is found in the wild in the American Southeast in the states of Mississippi,...
by Rich Leighton | Nov 1, 2012 | Birds, NANP, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Photography
Welcome to the second article of my new series, “Profiles in Nature”. Thank you so much to everybody for the overwhelming response I received on the first post, I wracked my brain to make sure I followed up with an even better offering and I think I’ve done so...
by Rich Leighton | Oct 19, 2011 | Birds, NANP, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Photography, Travel
When people think of Southern Florida, they rarely think of lonely mile after mile of endless cow fields and citrus groves, or the acres upon acres of sugarcane that would resemble the enormous cornfields found in the Midwest if it weren’t for the sweltering...
by Rich Leighton | Jan 28, 2011 | Birds, Florida Nature Photography, NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, News, Published Work
I realize this post is VERY late in getting out, but due to our oldest son starting preschool this year and bringing home the plague, I’ve been suffering for most of the winter with a whole host of kiddie germs and hadn’t had the time to post this until...
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