Setting out into Estero Bay | Bigkitty Gallery

Created on: Wednesday 20 February 2013
Posted on: Sunday 3 September 2017
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Private community beach.

Dad and Penny enjoying the dock on the private beach.

Rainbow at sunset

Sun starting to set.

Dad, Erica, and Penny

Going down soon

Is the world realy round? Looks flat!

Just about there

All gone...what a beauty to watch!

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

Basic oyster bar

This is how close we were while kayaking.

Penny on the lanai

Rest of the lanai

Front door entry way lined with plants.

Airplants growing on trees

A mature air plant with flower stem

Tree up-shot, we love these.

Black-Crowned Night-Heron

Little Blue Heron

Common Cooter Turtle

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

Left: Anhinga paddling Right: Anhinga drying

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

Backside of an Anhinga

Drying out - Anhinga

Woody Woodpecker in person

Another view (officially Pileated Woodpecker)

Anhinga and Common Cooter turtle

Left: Little Blue Heron Right: Anhinga

Setting out into Estero Bay

Looks like a smaller area on a map

Paddling next to the shore

Wonderfully calm and serine

Going around different small islands

Along the mangrove trees

More small islands

Dad's got the rear of the kayak

Heading toward a slightly larger island

Lots of birds live in there

Wonderful weather

Erica's white legs that got very burnt

Various plants on Mound Key, FL

There are a lot of these pink flowers

Bright pink ones

Cactus growing everywhere

This island was home to the Calusa

How they made their canoes

Mound Key State Archaeological Site information

Jazz in her car seat

Other creatures you can see at the park

Manatee vs. Human

Manatee skeleton

Anatomy of a Manatee

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

Nice view of a tail

About 7 manatees

Calves and parents together

One coming to the surface

Starting to leave the park

Gathering family members

Manatee is related to an elephant

What do manatees eat?

They have left the park

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

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