Want to wander in the swamp with me a little? Come on…I’ll bring the sunscreen & bug spray…

This great blue heron was wading in Myakka River State Park. I loved his reflection.

Turtles sunbathing just off the Big Cypress Bend Boardwalk in the Fakahatchee Strand. Note the second one in line with his arms and legs stretched out. I think he looks like he is playing Superman…or doing yoga.



Later, we took a walk on the Naples Fishing Pier and saw this brown blob coming our way…

Can you tell what it is? How about now?

Now?

Stingrays. There must have been more than a hundred in this school. They swam right up under the pier, turning and swirling as if they were in a ballet. Or a poem,maybe. At any rate, they were magnificent.