September 19, 2019

Location: Fort Pierce Inlet State Park

This is a Gumbo Limbo tree
Great-crested Flycatchers like its fruit.
It's bark is reddish and peels like
The skin of a tourist in a swim suit.

Sources: Florida Native Plant Society - Bursera Simaruba

Photo and text © 2018 Dee Fairbanks Simpson


Special Announcement: Our 2020 Nature of Indian River County wall calendar is now available for sale - and for the first time ever, we are also offering a limited edition Dee at 8 a.m. version. To order, click here, and drop me an email that you would like the Dee at 8 a.m. edition.  You can also purchase the calendar at Ditch 13 Gallery and Gifts in Fellsmere,  Riverview Coffee, Tea and Books in Sebastian, or on any Birding with David Simpson tour or event. 

February 18, 2018

Location: Satellite Beach, Samsons Island

Welcome to the first official video edition of Dee at 8 a.m. Today I take you on a poorly filmed tour of the beautiful Samson Island in Satellite Beach.  I apologize in advance for the videography. In the future, I think I will either use a tripod or get someone who is steadier than I to do the filming.  This video is close captioned.


Video © 2018 Dee Fairbanks Simpson