Vanessa Alimo 
Pictured above is a flowering dogwood (left) and a roughleaf dogwood (right). There are a number of species of dogwoods all but one have opposite leaf arrangements. The Alternate-Leaf Dogwood is the one exception. Dogwoods are usually shrubs to small trees and can easily be recognized by the veins in their leaves. If you see … Read more
Lenticulata Pike Cichlids are a very interesting and attractive fish which makes them a species used in the aquarium fish trade. They are found Rio Negro mostly with a few scattered populations in the Amazon Basin of South America. They are predatory and feed mainly on smaller fish. Natural Habitat The Lenticulata Pike Cichlid originates … Read more
My friend Jake and I had long enjoyed hunting together. One weekend we decided to scout the local woodland area, as rumors circulated of a rare white boar sighting in the region. Such an uncommon creature piqued our interest. We rose at first light to prepare our rifles, knives, rations, and other provisions for the … Read more
Inshore Lizardfish inhabit the shallow sand and mud bottoms of the inshore waters of the Western Atlantic Ocean. There range extends from Massachusetts to Brazil including the Gulf of Mexico. But Inshore Lizardfish are uncommon in the northern part of their range. Inshore Lizardfish are a relatively small fish reaching lengths of about 18 inches … Read more
Hunting is primarily a cold weather sport that is awakened by the falling of leaves and the blowing of those cold north winds. Hunters’ closets are filled with cold weather gear all covered in their favorite camo patterns, just waiting for the first chilly day to be used in that long awaited hunt. The great … Read more
The stocky hawkfish is the largest of the hawkfishes and are plenitfully found amoung shallow coral reefs from the Red Sea, East Africa Eastward to the the Marquesan Islands and Mangareva, also north to Japan and East to the Hawaiian Islands. The species is also found in the atlantic ocean near the southern tip of … Read more
American Holly – Ilex opaca: A small to medium-sized tree. Leaves alternate, persistent, simple, 2-4 inches long, and 1-2 inches wide. The leaf margin is wavy with stout, stiff, sharp spines. Fruit is a spherical red berrylike drupe about .25 inches in diameter, each containing several 1 seeded nutlets. The bark is Gray and thin … Read more
I have always had a fascination with prehistoric man and his hunting ability. He could do something that we no longer can. He could make all that he needed and survive indefinitely off the land. Modern civilization has taken away our most basic skills which had sustained mankind for many thousands of years. We no … Read more
The Woodchuck aka groundhog (Marmota monax) is a rodent belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots but is sufficiently different in its habitat to warrant a page all to itself. Most marmots, such as yellow-bellied and hoary marmots, live in rocky and mountainous areas, but the woodchuck is a lowland creature. … Read more
Largemouth Bass (Micropterus salmoides) also know as Black Bass and green trout. They are caught throughout much of the continental United States and all of Louisiana. Largemouth Bass can be identified by their olive to green coloring with a black stripe down the side and a whitish belly. They have a large mouth that extends … Read more