We spotted this giant Manatee in a quiet area on the bay side of Sanibel Island. When we first passed her I thought it was a sunken kayak covered with algae.
A Snowy Egret waiting for fish scraps near a fish cleaning station on San Carlos Island.
Brown Pelican diving for fish scraps near the fish cleaning station.
San Carlos Island, FL
Small shark caught off of the Sanibel Lighthouse. It's likely some type of sand shark or dogfish because of the teeth.
An Anhinga, also called a Snake Bird because of it's long, thin neck. Perched in a Mangrove tree in Estero Bay.
Note how blue it's eye is!
Pulled this Sea urchin growing on an old Pen shell up while fishing off the Sanibel Lighthouse. The shell was encrusted with barnacles and some form of thin orange coral.
A fallen tree covered with Resurrection Ferns. The fern is an air plant that attaches itself to other plants and gets its nutrients from the air. It gets its name for its ability to survive during long periods of drought. It curls up and appears dead but unfolds at the first sign of moisture.
It was very wet and rainy the day before I took this photo and drizzling an hour before.
Cypress trees and accompanying air plants at the Six Mile Cypress Slough in Fort Myers.
Juvenile Potbelly pig in his nest of hay at the Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium in Fort Myers.
An Anhinga drying his wings on the bulkhead behind Big Game Bar & Grill on San Carlos Island.
