Calusa indians | Bigkitty Gallery

Created on: Wednesday 20 February 2013
Posted on: Sunday 3 September 2017
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Albums: Vacations / Florida / Nature / Kayaking in Estero Bay
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They have left the park

What do manatees eat?

Manatee is related to an elephant

Gathering family members

Starting to leave the park

One coming to the surface

Calves and parents together

About 7 manatees

Nice view of a tail

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

Anatomy of a Manatee

Manatee skeleton

Manatee vs. Human

Other creatures you can see at the park

Mound Key State Archaeological Site information

How they made their canoes

This island was home to the Calusa

Cactus growing everywhere

Bright pink ones

There are a lot of these pink flowers

Various plants on Mound Key, FL

Erica's white legs that got very burnt

Wonderful weather

Lots of birds live in there

Heading toward a slightly larger island

Dad's got the rear of the kayak

More small islands

Along the mangrove trees

Going around different small islands

Wonderfully calm and serine

Paddling next to the shore

Looks like a smaller area on a map

Setting out into Estero Bay

Woody Woodpecker in person

Another view (officially Pileated Woodpecker)

Left: Little Blue Heron Right: Anhinga

Anhinga and Common Cooter turtle

Drying out - Anhinga

Backside of an Anhinga

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

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

Left: Anhinga paddling Right: Anhinga drying

Common Cooter Turtle

Little Blue Heron

Black-Crowned Night-Heron

Tree up-shot, we love these.

Airplants growing on trees

A mature air plant with flower stem

This is how close we were while kayaking.

Basic oyster bar

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

Just about there

All gone...what a beauty to watch!

Is the world realy round? Looks flat!

Going down soon

Sun starting to set.

Rainbow at sunset

Private community beach.

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