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The News-Press and Naples Daily News award-winning photographer shares his favorite locations in SWFL to photograph birds.

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Learn how leaf piles, dead stems, and natural shelters support overwintering insects and animals in your backyard.

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William Logan on recently published poetry by Rosanna Warren, Moya Cannon, John Koethe, Rebecca Watts, Henri Cole & Wendy ...

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