By Pat Foster-Turley November 27, 2021 Editor’s Note: Many of you know Pat Foster-Turley through her…
Author: Pat Foster-Turley
Pat Foster-Turley is an international biodiversity specialist with a Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of Florida and more than 30 years of international work assignments throughout Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). She has lived in Fernandina Beach with her husband Bucko for more than 20 years. Since 2005, Pat has written a local wildlife/nature/travel column, “Wildways," while still leading short term international biodiversity assessment teams.
Pat’s Wildways: Fall sights
By Pat Foster-Turley, Ph.D. November 25, 2021 Autumn is a beautiful time here on Amelia Island.…
Pat’s Wildways: That time of year again
By Pat Foster-Turley, Ph.D. November 18, 2021 It’s that time of year again, the time…
Pat’s Wildways: Gone but not forgotten
By Pat Foster-Turley Ph.D. November 11, 2021 Recently I’ve been browsing and rereading some of…
Pat’s Wildways: Lost in Bigfoot Country
By Pat Foster-Turley Ph.D. November 4, 2021 I recently took a road trip to see the…
Pat’s Wildways: Georgia fall crops
By Pat Foster-Turley, Ph.D. October 28, 2021 Fuju Persimmons are grown in more than 60 orchards…
Pat’s Wildways: Heritage River Road in Autumn
By Pat Foster-Turley, Ph.D. October 21, 2021 It’s no secret that a favorite place that Bucko…
Pat’s Wildways: Happenings at the Inlet
By Pat Foster-Turley, Ph.D. October 14, 2021 Living in Fernandina Beach there are always unexpected happenings…
Pat’s Wildways: Country Roads
By Pat Foster-Turley, Ph.D. October 7, 2021 I often write about short road trips emanating from…
Pat’s Wildways: Visit Darien and Harris Neck
By Pat Foster Turley September 30, 2021 Sometimes Bucko and I just want to go…
Pat’s Wildways: Cicadas and Lovebugs
By Pat Foster-Turley September 23, 2021 I’m sure most of you have heard the loud…
Pat’s Wildways: Leaping Lizards
Pat Foster Turley September 16, 2021 Many of you living here in Nassau County are very…
Pat’s Wildways: Free-ranging chickens of the Keys
By Pat Foster-Turley September 9, 2021 I’m sure many of you have heard about the chicken…
Pat’s Wildways: The Reef is Dead
Pat Foster-Turley, Ph.D. September 2, 2021 It’s been ages since I’ve snorkeled on a coral reef,…
Pat’s Wildways: “Nature Watching From the Porch”
By Pat Foster Turley, Ph.D. August 26, 2021 Pat’s Wildways: Nature Watching from the Porch It…
Pat’s Wildways: Gardening Trials and Tribulations
By Pat Foster-Turley August 19, 2021 Well, I keep trying to grow vegetables but long ago…
Pat’s Wildways: One fine morning
By Pat Foster-Turley, Ph.D. August 12, 2021 My recent day started with a routine medical appointment,…
Pat’s Wildways: Exotic Invaders
By Pat Foster-Turley, Ph.D. August 5, 2021 Looks like its time again to post warnings about…
Pat’s Wildways: Magnolia Plantation and Gardens
By Pat Foster-Turley Ph.D. July 29, 2021 It’s a bit far for a day trip but…
Pat’s Wildways: Natural History Museum and more in Gainesville
By Pat Foster-Turley, Ph.D. July 22, 2021 If you are looking for a cool way to…
Pat’s Wildways: Closing a chapter
By Pat Foster-Turley Ph.D. July 15, 2021 I finally acknowledged to myself that my professional…
Pat’s Wildways: Fourth of July at “Our Beach”
By Pat Foster-Turley, Ph.D. July 8, 2021 Usually I avoid our beaches on the Fourth of…
Pat’s Wildways: A visit to the Ark
By Pat Foster Turley, Ph.D. July 1, 2021 For years now I’ve been hearing about the…
Pat’s Wildways: Best birthday ever!
By Pat Foster-Turley, Ph.D. June 24, 2021 It was that time of year again: my birthday.…
Pat’s Wildways: Nature at the Zoo
By Pat Foster-Turley, Ph.D. June 17, 2021 When you visit a zoo you expect to…
Pat’s Wildways: A Day at the Zoo
By Pat Foster-Turley, Ph.D. June 10, 2021 How many of you have been to the Jacksonville…
“Pat’s Wildways: Rabbit trials and tribulations”
By Pat Foster-Turley, Ph.D. June 3, 2021 Welcome loyal readers and new ones too. I…