Wednesday, January 25, 2017

St. Marks Wildlife Refuge in Newport, FL

After a good visit with our friends Joni and Nell, we headed north and they headed south.

St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge encompasses about 70,000 acres and includes about 43 miles of north Florida's Gulf coast.
Views of the drive in
 Two herons and two ibis share a raft
 The tide has come in
Guess who's coming to dinner

Visitor Center

Seen from the visitors center viewing platform

Great white heron

 Great blue heron

 Tri-colored heron

Turtles


 Great blue heron with common moorhen

 A well constructed osprey nest with at least one chick

 Kingfisher


Historic St. Marks Lighthouse, in continuous use since 1830



 The palm on the left didn't loose his top, these are 2 different palms

An assortment of ducks


We think this is a common grackle looking for dinner

Just a note to the alligators, "we do not taste like chicken" respectfully, Callie and Shelby

An immature heron

Slime gator

Views of the drive out of the park


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