What’s North America’s most colorful song bird? The male Painted Bunting, vivid blue, red, and green. Lucky Amelia islanders have the opportunity to get a glimpse of this beautiful wild bird species right here in Fernandina Beach.
Archive | September, 2011
Fernandina’s Fabulous For Bike Riding
Pedaling a bicycle at water’s edge right on the beach at low tide is one of the great pleasures of island living. Bike riding on Amelia Island’s wide, flat beaches has caught on with visitors, too.
Amelia Island, Tale of a House Sale
Housing market hurdles include artificially low appraisals, tight credit, and the potential shadow market — more foreclosures. Some homeowners may be shell-shocked to realize how much their home’s value has eroded from peak market prices.
The Unforgettable American Beautyberry
Take a nature walk in Amelia Island’s Egans Greenway or Fort Clinch State Park to see the fall color of American beautyberry. With its intense purple berry-like fruit in clumps along the stem (a shish-ke-bab for birds), once discovered is hard to forget.
Nassau County Extension Free Gardening Programs
Florida Master Gardeners and horticulture agents with the Nassau County Extension offer free gardening clinics in Yulee, Florida. Also, the Annual Fall Plant Sale will be held October 21-22, 2011.
John Crawford’s Message of Austerity, Nassau County
“We’re fixing to get inundated (with foreclosures),” Crawford says. “We’ve always felt immune in Nassau County.” Government — at all levels — will experience “shrinking tax revenues for some time to come,” he says.
Reflections of 9/11, Fernandina Beach Memorial Service
Across the “land of the free and home of the brave,” in small towns like Fernandina Beach and urban hubs, memorial services were held over the weekend to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attack on America. Representative of the sentiments and ceremonies across the land, citizens and officials came together in Fernandina Beach. A nation reflected on the historic event that changed the world as we knew it.
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Isle of 8 Flags Shrimp Festival Fernandina May 4-6, 2012
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May 2012 Gardening Classes, Continuing Ed in Nassau County, Florida
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Counting Blessings, Amelia Island. Live, Play, Work on Florida Resort Island
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Rainlily Ideal Flowering Plant For Northeast Florida Gardens
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It’s Easy To Grow Mint in Florida, Feeding Hummingbirds
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What’s Happening on Amelia Island? Event News April — June 2012
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GOLF LOVERS: Omni Amelia Island Plantation Among Top Golf Resorts
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Miss Shrimp Festival Scholarship Pageant 2012, Fernandina Beach
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Nassau County Extension Gardening News, Free April Clinics
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