Today was an eventful day for seeing birds and other wildlife in the swamps of Florida. At the beautiful and pristine Wakulla Springs, we saw our first manatees in groups of three and four. I like to think of them as lil manatee family groups, although the manatees weigh up to 2000 pounds each.
We also were fortunate to view a bird that has just this year returned to Wakulla Springs State Park after an absence of seven years. Seems that the hurricanes in the 1990's caused high water which destroyed the apple snail habitat which is the main food source of this bird, the Limpkin. This one Limpkin is the only one who has returned (so far).
To top off the day, we saw another Life List bird for us...the Red Cockaded Woodpecker.
Check out this encounter with a manatee...it could have been me!
Ya can't let a cranky Giant Pincher Crab stop you from exploring the Florida Keys. If only the world knew that inside that shell is a beautiful crab soul just trying to express itself! "Just say no to crab cakes! Save my cousins!" (Or long-lost relatives. Whatever the connection, can't we all just get along?)
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