Saturday, July 22, 2006

Florida Trip -- 3

Continuing up the boardwalk and over the dune, there was the Atlantic Ocean.





At low tide, there were a lot of rocks on the shore. The tide actually lifted them up and washed the shells underneath them. There were also fossilized shells in the rocks.



On the cove side of the dune, various birds would feed at low tide, ibises and rosy spoonbills. Too bad my camera does not have a stronger zoom, or I'd have a good picture of the birds.



Back at the visitor center, the fire bush was in bloom.



Inside the visitor's center was a 9 month old baby loggerhead sea turtle. This one's name was Kiwi. She's supposed to be released after a year.