ubeetrip: Fort Mose Historic State Park

🌐 Map

📹 Video: 2021 2022 2023 2024

Main

Wildlife & flora: Snowy egret, American white ibis, Sandpiper, Roseate spoonbill, Blue-headed vireo, Mourning dove, Great-crested flycatcher, Yellow-rumped warbler, Great blue heron, Brown pelican, Northern mockingbird, Pink camellia, Spanish moss, Trumpet vine, Hummingbird vine, Bald eagle, Eastern Bluebird, Marsh crab, Mourning dove, Bald eagle, Fish (fry). Trumpet vine, Hummingbird vine, Little blue heron, Green anole, Green heron, Wood stork, White egret, Osprey, Belted kingfisher, Red-shouldered hawk, Southeastern five-lined skink, Double-crested cormorant, Least sandpiper, Hooded merganser, Gray catbird, Brown anole, Pyrrhopappus carolinianus, Palm warbler, American white pelican, Western sandpiper, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Snail (Littoraria irrorata), Lady crab (Ovalipes ocellatus), Great egret, Atlantic sand fiddler, Horace's duskywing, Polyphemus moth, Common sandpiper, Canada goldenrod, Panicledleaf ticktrefoil, Tricolored heron, Gulf fritillary, Northern cardinal, Merlin, Red-winged blackbird, Grasshopper, Myrtle warbler, Yellow-bellied sapsucker, Clapper rail, Common yellowthroat, Carolina chickadee, Lindenleaf rosemallow, Largeleaf pennywort, Bacopa monnieri, Common starling, Smith's earthstar, Eastern redcedar, Blue dasher, Scarlet skimmer, Pileated woodpecker, Common ground dove, Green anole, Chicken of the woods, Eastern pondhawk, Hosta longipes, Marsh rabbit, Water kingfisher, White peacock, Eastern gray squirrel, Red-tailed hawk, Blackfoot daisy, Willet, Bella moth, Climbing aster, Eastern mudsnail, Eastern phoebe, Downy woodpecker, Golden wax myrtle, Ring-billed gull, Azalea, Spanish Needle, Greater yellowlegs, Cherry laurel, Spiderwort, Eastern carpenter bee, Mallard, Lyreleaf sage, Marsh woundwort, Common holly, Greenbrier, Sailfin molly, Chesapeake blue crab, Protaetia, Blue jay, North American river otter, Carolina saddlebags, American green tree frog, True crabs, Solitary sandpiper, Limpkin.

2024

⏳ 01/20/24

Yellow-rumped warbler

White egret

Great blue heron

Osprey

⏳ 01/28/24

Mourning dove

Red-bellied woodpecker

Camellia

Great blue heron

White egret

Brown anole

Eastern phoebe

⏳ 02/03/24

Eastern gray squirrel

Great blue heron

⏳ 02/23/24

Palm warbler

Snowy egret

Little blue heron

Myrtle warbler

Palm warbler

Downy woodpecker

Golden wax myrtle

Pileated woodpecker

Common sandpiper

Ring-billed gull

Azalea

⏳ 03/02/24

Spanish Needle

Northern cardinal

Roseate spoonbill

Greater yellowlegs

Little blue heron

Cherry laurel

Double-crested cormorant

⏳ 03/09/24

Spiderwort

⏳ 03/14/24

American white ibis

Eastern carpenter bee

⏳ 03/21/24

Mallard

⏳ 03/26/24

Spiderwort

Lyreleaf sage

Marsh woundwort

Green heron

⏳ 03/27/24

Common holly

⏳ 03/28/24

Wood stork

Greenbrier

Brown pelican

Trumpet vine

⏳ 03/30/24

⏳ 04/03/24

⏳ 04/10/24

Sailfin molly

Chesapeake blue crab

Protaetia

Tricolored heron

Red-tailed hawk

⏳ 04/10/24

Solitary sandpiper

⏳ 04/21/24

Blue jay

Gray catbird

⏳ 04/24/24

⏳ 08/14/24

North American river otter

Carolina saddlebags

⏳ 08/17/24

American green tree frog

Limpkin

It has begun reconstruction of 1748 Fort Mose, not in the marsh (where it originally was) but near the museum, affecting wildlife and existing trees.

What tree!!!

True crabs

⏳ 09/05/24

2023

⏳ 05/30/23

⏳ 04/30/23

Common yellowthroat

⏳ 04/06/23

⏳ 03/23/23

⏳ 03/14/23

Myrtle warbler

⏳ 05/30/23

Carolina chickadee

Lindenleaf rosemallow

⏳ 06/03/23

Green heron

Largeleaf pennywort

Bacopa monnieri

Double-crested cormorant

Common starling

⏳ 06/05/23

⏳ 06/08/23

Smith's earthstar

Eastern mudsnail

⏳ 06/20/23

Eastern redcedar

Red-bellied woodpecker

Blue dasher

Scarlet skimmer

Pileated woodpecker

⏳ 06/25/23

Common ground dove

Green anole

⏳ 07/23/23

Chicken of the woods

Green heron

Eastern pondhawk

Hosta longipes

⏳ 08/05/23

Marsh rabbit

Water kingfisher

Osprey

⏳ 08/19/23

Eastern bluebird

⏳ 08/19/23

Green heron

White peacock

Eastern gray squirrel

Osprey

Red-tailed hawk

Blackfoot daisy

Belted kingfisher

⏳ 10/29/23

⏳ 10/31/23

Eastern phoebe

⏳ 11/09/23

Bald eagle

Willet

⏳ 11/25/23

Bella moth

Climbing aster

2022

⏳ 01/02/22

Pyrrhopappus carolinianus

⏳ 01/25/22

Palm warbler

American white pelican

⏳ 02/19/22

⏳ 03/02/22

⏳ 06/01/22

Western sandpiper

Red-winged blackbird

⏳ 06/11/22

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Snail (Littoraria irrorata)

Lady crab (Ovalipes ocellatus)

⏳ 08/06/22

Great egret

⏳ 09/03/22

Atlantic sand fiddler

Horace's duskywing

⏳ 09/22/22

⏳ 09/24/22

Polyphemus moth

Common sandpiper

Canada goldenrod

Panicledleaf ticktrefoil

⏳ 10/02/22

⏳ 10/06/22

Tricolored heron

Gulf fritillary

Northern cardinal

⏳ 10/08/22

Merlin

⏳ 10/15/22

⏳ 02/13/22

2021

⏳ 12/05/21

Brown anole

Gray Catbird

Hooded merganser

They can not to refrain from putting a ring on bird's foot

⏳ 11/27/21

⏳ 11/21/21

Least sandpiper

⏳ 11/20/21

Double-crested cormorant

⏳ 10/31/21

⏳ 10/23/21

Southeastern five-lined skink

⏳ 09/26/21

Northern mockingbird

Red-shouldered hawk

Belted kingfisher

Osprey

⏳ 09/06/21

Great egret

Wood stork

Green heron

⏳ 06/05/21

Mourning dove

Marsh Crab

⏳ 05/28/21

⏳ 05/13/21

Snowy egret

American white ibis & Little Blue Heron

Sandpiper

Roseate spoonbill

Little Blue Heron juvenile

Blue-headed Vireo

Crab

Mourning dove

Great crested flycatcher

⏳ 01/21/21

Yellow-rumped warbler

Snowy egret

Great blue heron,

Brown pelican

Camellia

Mockingbird

2020

⏳ 10/06/20

Tricolored heron

Grasshopper

⏳ 12/16/20

Myrtle warbler

Yellow-bellied sapsucker

Snail

Clapper rail

2019

⏳ Dec 27, 2019

Fish (fry)

Little Blue Heron

Green anole

⏳ Mar 2019

Pink Camellia

Spanish Moss (bromeliad)

As Florida climate is subtropical (North and Central) and tropical (South) Spanish Moss, which is an epiphytic flowering plant (growing on trees), thrives. In French Polynesia is known as "grandpas beard".

Its scientific name Tillandsia usneoides means "resembling Usnea", the beard lichen.

The "hair from trees" was used commercially as upholstering material (read about the thriving industry in this 1937 article).

The tropical and subtropical plant is used in the desert regions of the southwestern United States in the manufacture of alternative, less expensive, air conditioning, the evaporative coolers (swamp coolers, desert coolers). Naturally these can be used only in low-humidity areas: "A pump squirts water onto a pad made of Spanish-moss plants. A fan then pulls air through the pad and into the building. Evaporation of the water on the pads serves to reduce the air temperature, thus cooling the building". These are great coolers as fresh air comes in and warm indoor air escapes partially opened windows. Learn more.

Spanish Moss Dream

Trumpet vine, Hummingbird vine (Campsis radicans)

Bald eagle

Wood storks (Mycteria americana)

Considered to be threatened in United States this tropical and subtropical bird needs fluctuating water levels (Everglades levee and drainage system is not favorable). Only 31% of nests (3-5 chicks) fledge a chick in any given year.