Getting there | Bigkitty Gallery

Created on: Sunday 17 February 2008
Posted on: Thursday 1 January 2009
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Albums: Vacations / Florida / Nature / Sunset at the private beach
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Woody Woodpecker in person

Wonderfully calm and serine

Wonderful weather

What do manatees eat?

Various plants on Mound Key, FL

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

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

Tree up-shot, we love these.

This island was home to the Calusa

This is how close we were while kayaking.

They have left the park

There are a lot of these pink flowers

Sun starting to set.

Starting to leave the park

Setting out into Estero Bay

Rainbow at sunset

Private community beach.

Paddling next to the shore

Other creatures you can see at the park

One coming to the surface

Nice view of a tail

Mound Key State Archaeological Site information

More small islands

Manatee vs. Human

Manatee skeleton

Manatee is related to an elephant

Lots of birds live in there

Looks like a smaller area on a map

Little Blue Heron

Left: Little Blue Heron Right: Anhinga

Left: Anhinga paddling Right: Anhinga drying

Just about there

Is the world realy round? Looks flat!

How they made their canoes

Heading toward a slightly larger island

Going down soon

Going around different small islands

Gathering family members

Erica's white legs that got very burnt

Drying out - Anhinga

Dad's got the rear of the kayak

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

Common Cooter Turtle

Calves and parents together

Cactus growing everywhere

Bright pink ones

Black-Crowned Night-Heron

Basic oyster bar

Backside of an Anhinga

Another view (officially Pileated Woodpecker)

Anhinga and Common Cooter turtle

Anatomy of a Manatee

Along the mangrove trees

All gone...what a beauty to watch!

Airplants growing on trees

About 7 manatees

A mature air plant with flower stem

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

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