Showing posts with label Dolphin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dolphin. Show all posts

Friday, February 2, 2024

A Trip to the Gulf Coast!


 It takes us less than an hour to drive to the Gulf Coast so this is one of our favorite day trips!


And no we didn't travel by horse cart but hubby was kind enough to pull into this little convenience store for me to get a few photos! I can't imagine getting out in this on the main road! 


Every trip to the Withlacoochee Bay Trail is an adventure!


I love the winter brown grasses all along the canal.

We have honestly never seen so many birds and such a variety but I'll skip around and show a few highlights.


This fisherman was checking his baskets and the pelicans followed closely to see if they might get an easy meal.


It was amazing to watch!

And something else that caught our eyes!


Dolphins!


We spotted several out in the bay and that's always a treat!


A cropped view!

Lots of beautiful scenes as we hiked to the end of the trail.


It was a brisk winter day and perfect for walking!

Do you have a special place to visit to see birds and wildlife?


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Saturday, May 14, 2022

The Dolphin, a small-toothed cetacean

 
This will probably be the easiest post I've ever written. I could add one photo and one photo only. But of course you know I can't do that! 


We DID have an amazing encounter with a Dolphin on our drive over to the Withlacoochee Bay Trail on the Gulf Coast of Florida.


We were standing on an observation platform looking out over some shallow water and saw a Dolphin swimming our way. 


For starters, we can see the dorsal fin of Dolphins swimming out in the deeper waters. That's not unusual. But to have one swim right in front of us is most unusual and very exciting. 


Can you see the water coming out of his blow hole?


And then to have it splishing and splashing, fishing for it's lunch was something to watch!


Fish were flying out of the water, hoping to live another day! lol


It was an incredible display to be so close to with our cameras clicking away.


And to share a Tricolored Heron that we spotted from the top of the tall tower I bravely climbed (more on that in the previous post).


He was a beauty!


I'll finish with a cropped photo of the Dolphin coming out of the water to give us a smile! 


Amazing! We were very thankful to witness something so special!

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