Rainbow at sunset | Bigkitty Gallery

Created on: Sunday 17 February 2008
Posted on: Thursday 1 January 2009
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Light playing with the water droplets in the clouds. - Light playing with the water droplets in the clouds.

A grown up oyster bar, now a mangrove tree island.

A mature air plant with flower stem

About 7 manatees

Airplants growing on trees

All gone...what a beauty to watch!

Along the mangrove trees

Anatomy of a Manatee

Anhinga and Common Cooter turtle

Another view (officially Pileated Woodpecker)

Backside of an Anhinga

Basic oyster bar

Black-Crowned Night-Heron

Bright pink ones

Cactus growing everywhere

Calves and parents together

Common Cooter Turtle

Couple of manatees (one with part of head out of water)

Dad and Penny enjoying the dock on the private beach.

Dad's got the rear of the kayak

Dad, Erica, and Penny

Drying out - Anhinga

Erica's white legs that got very burnt

Front door entry way lined with plants.

Gathering family members

Going around different small islands

Going down soon

Heading toward a slightly larger island

How they made their canoes

Is the world realy round? Looks flat!

Jazz in her car seat

Jazz says "this is the only way to be in a pool."

Just about there

Left: Anhinga paddling Right: Anhinga drying

Left: Little Blue Heron Right: Anhinga

Little Blue Heron

Looks like a smaller area on a map

Lots of birds live in there

Manatee is related to an elephant

Manatee skeleton

Manatee vs. Human

More small islands

Mound Key State Archaeological Site information

Nice view of a tail

One coming to the surface

Other creatures you can see at the park

Paddling next to the shore

Penny on the lanai

Private community beach.

Rainbow at sunset

Rest of the lanai

Setting out into Estero Bay

Starting to leave the park

Sun starting to set.

There are a lot of these pink flowers

They have left the park

This is how close we were while kayaking.

This island was home to the Calusa

Tree up-shot, we love these.

Upper: Louisiana [aka Tricolor] Heron Lower: Purple Gullinule

Upper: Louisiana [aka Tricolor] Heron Lower: Purple Gallinule

Various plants on Mound Key, FL

What do manatees eat?

Wonderful weather

Wonderfully calm and serine

Woody Woodpecker in person

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