Florida Trip

February 24th, 2010 at 1:50 pm (camping)

Canoeing through mangroves

We spent about 10 days in Florida exploring the Everglades and The Keys.  Five days of our trip was spent taking a fire training course, which was a lot of fun.  When I get some photos from a crew mate I will post them.  But when we weren’t in training, we were out taking advantage of all the ranger-led programs, such as this canoe ride through a mangrove.

Nine mile pond in the Everglades It was a great time of year to see lots of birds, as well as alligators, crocodiles, and manatees.  (We didn’t get a photo of the manatee, it was an unexpected sighting!)

Double-crested Cormorant

Double Crested Cormorant

Anhinga

Anhinga (this bird is awesome, because it will dive under water to get fish and will stay under for quite awhile.)

Tricolored Heron

Tri-Colored Heron

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Night Heron (not seen very frequently)

Wood Stork

Wood Stork (endangered species, luckily the Everglades has quite a few of them)

Alligator babies

Baby Alligators (We saw them on a ranger-led night walk, there were about 10 of them.  So cute!)

John Pennekamp, Key Largo

Hanging out at the John Pennekampe State Park.  It was a bit chilly and choppy that day, so the snorkeling was not that great.  But it was beautiful to see the ocean.

Great Blue Heron with a fish

Blue Heron with some dinner

American Alligator

We saw LOTS of alligators.

It was an amazing trip with lots of really cool sightings.  I’ve put a lot of pictures up here, but you can see more at http://www.flickr.com/photos/amie/sets/72157623323172097/.

5 Comments

  1. Marlene said,

    February 24, 2010 at 2:15 pm

    Wow, Amie. Love the birds. Alligators…not so much.

  2. Jerry Levine said,

    February 24, 2010 at 2:35 pm

    Amie,
    GREAT PHOTOGRAPHY, good shot (composition) of the Blue Heron.
    Did you dive on the reef that is about 6 miles off Pennykampe? I have spent a number of semester breaks scuba diving on the Pennykampe reefs.
    How was the wedding?
    Love to you and Mat
    Jerry

  3. J-P said,

    February 24, 2010 at 3:28 pm

    Awesome!

  4. Phil Scoville said,

    February 24, 2010 at 4:37 pm

    Love the gators! I wish I was with you. Reminds me of pictures I saw of some cities in Brazil.

  5. Mary Scoville said,

    March 1, 2010 at 10:39 pm

    Amie and Mat,
    Wow, amazing pictures of the birds. It is pretty impressive that you know the names of all of the birds. Love You, Mom

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