This morning we left St Pete Beach and headed north. We stopped for a great paddle on the Chassahowitzka River. The river is fed by a number of springs and we saw many of them on our 8 mile paddle. This photo shows the bluish tinge in the water marking one of the springs.
We started at the campground and went up Baird Creek, Salt Creek, and Potter Creek before returning to our starting point.
We saw lots of birds - great egret, great blue heron, little blue heron, tricolor heron, green heron, anhinga, cormorant, ibis, pelican, kingfisher, osprey and probably others I've forgotten. There were 4 manatee right at the boat dock that did not seem disturbed by all the traffic. We saw turtles and surprised an alligator which swam under the boat to get away. We saw several raccoons and watched them hunting for food,
and saw several river otters. A great day for wildlife.
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