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Inspired by the cooler weather — well, cooler for Florida! — Rick and Cathy talk about Florida's passionate college football scene.

Links We Mentioned

Servant of the Bones by Anne Rice

Coalition of Immokalee Workers

Fearsome Creatures of Florida

University of Tampa football (historic)

Rick and Cathy's Top Five Favorite Florida Sports Things

1. Tom Petty played at UF games between 3rd and 4th quarter
2. FSU's partnership with the Seminole Tribe of Florida
3. UCF Space Week
4. Reitz Union
5. USF Tampa architecture

Honorary least-favorite Florida college sports thing: New College's Mighty Banyans

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Question or comment? Email us at cathy@floridaspectacular.com.

Subscribe to The Florida Spectacular newsletter, and keep up with Cathy's travels at greatfloridaroadtrip.com. Keep up with Rick at studiohourglass.blogspot.com and get his books at rickkilby.com.

Find Cathy on social media: Facebook.com/SalustriCathy and everywhere else as @CathySalustri; connect with Rick Facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth, Bluesky (@oldfla.bsky.social), and IG (@ricklebee).

NEW: Florida landscape questions — Send us your Florida plant questions and we'll have an expert answer them on the show! Use this link!

Send us your Florida questions!

Steve Barlow, a former US Fish and Wildlife Services wildlife biologist pilot and co-host Palm and Pine podcast, joins the podcast to talk about one of the least-known Florida critters.

Links We Mentioned

Native Tongue by Carl Hiaasen

Florida salt marsh vole

Florida bonneted bat

Podcast about fossils near Suwannee

Steve-Approved Bat House

Want a bat house Steve built? Reach out to him at biologistbarlow@gmail.com or buy one here.

Support the Palm and Pine on Patreon.

Top Places To See Bats and Bat Houses in Florida

Micanopy Post Office and ballfields

Water Works Park in Tampa

Newberry Road, west of Jonesville, at West End Animal Hospital

University of Florida bat houses

Image courtesy of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Support the show

Question or comment? Email us at cathy@floridaspectacular.com.

Subscribe to The Florida Spectacular newsletter, and keep up with Cathy's travels at greatfloridaroadtrip.com. Keep up with Rick at studiohourglass.blogspot.com and get his books at rickkilby.com.

Find Cathy on social media: Facebook.com/SalustriCathy and everywhere else as @CathySalustri; connect with Rick Facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth, Bluesky (@oldfla.bsky.social), and IG (@ricklebee).

NEW: Florida landscape questions — Send us your Florida plant questions and we'll have an expert answer them on the show! Use this link!

Send us your Florida questions!

Ryan Worthington grew up in Florida's State Parks and loves Florida's wild spaces. And he's the subject of an FWC investigation — but no one will tell him why.

Links We Mentioned

Craig Pittman's reporting on the secret investigation

Ryan Worthington on Instagram

Ryan's Top Five Things To Do in and Near Green Cove Springs

1. Ocala National Forest — Salt Springs, Alexander Springs, Juniper Springs, Silver Glen Springs and others
2. Spring Park in Green Cove Springs
3. Payne's Prairie Preserve State Park — Rim Ramble Saturdays at 10 a.m. in cooler months
4. Big Talbot Island State Park
5. Safe Harbor Seafood (Take the ferry)
6. Odd Todd's Tacos in Salt Springs

Support the show

Question or comment? Email us at cathy@floridaspectacular.com.

Subscribe to The Florida Spectacular newsletter, and keep up with Cathy's travels at greatfloridaroadtrip.com. Keep up with Rick at studiohourglass.blogspot.com and get his books at rickkilby.com.

Find Cathy on social media: Facebook.com/SalustriCathy and everywhere else as @CathySalustri; connect with Rick Facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth, Bluesky (@oldfla.bsky.social), and IG (@ricklebee).

NEW: Florida landscape questions — Send us your Florida plant questions and we'll have an expert answer them on the show! Use this link!