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River Wildlife: Barred Owl
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On our last trip up the St Johns River, we stopped at Hontoon Island and docked for the night. They have a nice museum and a video you should definitely watch if you are in the area. They have campsites and cabins for rent. We took a short walk up the trail …. Towards the Indian Shell Mounds and spotted this Barred Owl. It was quite content to sit there for a few pictures. I was surprised at how large the Barred Owl is, and that it has brown eyes where most other owls eyes are yellow. Please pick it up.
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River Wildlife: January 2010
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These little wadding birds are very prettily colored and fun to watch. They look like they have yellow lipstick. I guess I was getting a bit close.they are slowly sneaking back into the vegetation where I can’t see them anymore. Here they are swimming with American Coots. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Maverick and Miss Murphy at Rascals Rescue Ranch. Please pick it up. View my complete profile. Wild Life Around Us. Target=" blank" onclick="return fbs click()".
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River Wildlife: July 2009
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I love to watch them. We spend some of our free time aboard a boat. We might be out for a few days or a few weeks. We cruise at a slow 5 mph. It’s a slow moving trawler. So we get to see a lot of wildlife that most folks miss. Look at this beauty. Just out of the water and still clean and shiny. This is another good sized gator. Look at the size of his thigh and claws. It’s not just the teeth you have to worry about. He was about 10 feet from us. Links to this post. I saw a lot of splashing and thought t...
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River Wildlife: Herons
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During our last trip on the boat.on the St Johns River, FL, we had to tie up to the city dock in Palatka, Fl to make engine repairs. Our alternator had quit and Jim was going to replace it with a new one. We didn’t realize the shrimp were running and how busy the dock would be at night with folks trying to catch as many as they could. It was a lot of fun. Everyone was using cast nets and their catch was dumped on the dock…shrimp went into a pail and small fish tossed back into the water. Those pictures a...
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River Wildlife: August 2009
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We just spent 3 nights on the St Johns River, FL. It was hot and humid, with afternoon thunderstorms. But it was a good trip. We spotted this big gator on our way home. The hunting season hasn’t opened yet, but he was still pretty wary of us making a “U” turn and coming back to take pictures. But he didn’t make a big run and splash. He just casually turned and glided in. I hope he makes it through the season. He sure was a handsome guy. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Please pick it up.
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River Wildlife: Common Moorhen
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These little wadding birds are very prettily colored and fun to watch. They look like they have yellow lipstick. I guess I was getting a bit close.they are slowly sneaking back into the vegetation where I can’t see them anymore. Here they are swimming with American Coots. January 19, 2010 at 1:32 PM. Very pretty birds and photos. Is this the Common Moorhen? January 19, 2010 at 2:51 PM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Maverick and Miss Murphy at Rascals Rescue Ranch. Please pick it up.
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River Wildlife: 5 day, 4 night , 160 mile trip on our “project” boat….Wellcraft 255
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5 day, 4 night , 160 mile trip on our “project” boat….Wellcraft 255. I should have been posting everyday…but it was so good being on the water…the nights so nice….I just couldn’t get interested in messing with the computer….so you’re getting it all in one installment. The weather finally turned a little warmer at night. This week it’s supposed to be close to 50* each night, after tonight. Since we are “senior” residents of Florida….we get to stay there for half price. A very goo...This was our fastest tr...
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River Wildlife: October 2009
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Salt Springs Run Manatees. We have spent many nights in Salt Springs and never knew Manatees were frequent visitors here. There is a boat launch, ramps and gift shop. If you look close you can see tow of the Manatees (grey spots in the water). You can see it’s back raising out of the water. This looked like the smallest one…maybe 5 or 6 ft long. You can see several prop scars on it already. In this photo you can see the same one, on the right, with another much larger one. Here are 3 of them together.
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River Wildlife: December 2009
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Manatees of the St Johns River, FL. We stopped to photograph a fairly large alligator…and Jim called to me that he saw a Manatee. So we shut down the boats engine and drifted. Sure enough a female Manatee surfaced. We were surprised to see a very small one with her….and even more surprised to see two. We thought we had found a female with twins. The little one surfaced together. And then they dove under the boat (we were glad the motor was off) and continued an S towards Blue Springs. Links to this post.
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River Wildlife: February 2011
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5 day, 4 night , 160 mile trip on our “project” boat….Wellcraft 255. I should have been posting everyday…but it was so good being on the water…the nights so nice….I just couldn’t get interested in messing with the computer….so you’re getting it all in one installment. The weather finally turned a little warmer at night. This week it’s supposed to be close to 50* each night, after tonight. Since we are “senior” residents of Florida….we get to stay there for half price. A very goo...This was our fastest tr...
