The Everglades

We went to the Everglades on a long weekend in February. We say a lot of cool stuff.

 

 

We went to a pull-off to grab a geocache and saw a duck showing off.

 

 

 

Here he is eating.

 

 

Getting ready for take-off!

 

 

Flying away!

 

 

We went to the Welcome Center of the Everglades after the pull-off.

They had a fake turtle there and information about animals in the Everglades.

 

 

 

They had information about storks and stork babies.

 

 

 

They had information on everything.

Alligators or crocodiles.

 

 

 

Baby alligators or crocodiles.

 

 

 

Birds.

 

 

 

 

This sign was by the parking lot.

 

 

 

We saw birds all kinds of birds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We also saw alligators. Lots of those too.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is a baby alligator. (In the middle.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

More birds

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We saw butterflies.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After that we went to a Turtle Hospital. We saw all kinds

of rescued turtles some had bubble butt. That is where they get hit by a boat and air gets in their shell and makes an air bubble and they can't get to the bottom of the ocean. Also

turtles can get a disease called Fibropapilloma tumors that can form on the outside or inside.

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is a turtle skeleton.

 

 

 

 

A turtle skull.

 

 

 

The largest turtle the leatherback.

 

 

 

A big turtle skull.

 

 

 

 

Turtle eggs hatching.

 

 

 

 

A loggerhead.

 

 

 

 

We also went to Key West but no pictures camera was dead.