A Walk North from Mashes Sands at Low Tide

These photos were taken on March 7, 2015 during a walk northward along the Gulf shoreline from Mashes Sands Beach. It was a beautiful blue sky morning with fabulous high, white clouds. A strong northeaster moved the water out to expose vast expanses of the sand flats. I walked north then west as far as Ulmore Cove.

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This panorama was made by stichting 6 photos together> The

cool sand formation is near the mouth of Ulmore Cove.

Pics of February 2015

February 2015 in review - All 38 images were shared on Facebook

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Red Head - St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge

Great Egret - St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge

Horned Grebe - St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge

Leaf Boat - Along Florida Trail between the Wakulla River
and Wakulla Beach Road, St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge

Shelf Fungi - St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge

Mistletoe Berries - St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge

Osprey - Wakulla Springs State Park

Anhinga - Wakulla Springs State Park

Double-crested Cormorant - Wakulla Springs State Park

Common Gallinule - Wakulla Springs State Park

Alligator living the good life at the Wakulla Springs State Park

Limpkin: This bird was frequently seen on river
boat tours during a 3 week time span in February.
Wakulla Springs State Park

This Limpkin was observed eating Apple Snails and mussels.

Wakulla Springs State Park

Anhinga - Wakulla Springs State Park

Great Egret - Wakulla Springs State Park

Male and Female Hooded Mergansers
Wakulla Springs State Park

Male Hooded Merganser
Wakulla Springs State Park

Pied-billed Grebe with crayfish
Wakulla Springs State Park

Anhinga with sunfish
Wakulla Springs State Park

Banded Water Snake - Wakulla Springs State Park

Wood Ibis - Wakulla Springs State Park

American Coot - Wakulla Springs State Park

Common Gallinule - Wakulla Springs State Park

Alligator - Wakulla Springs State Park

Fishing pier at Mashes Sands

Smoke From Controlled Burn in the St. Marks National 

Wildlife Refuge - This is a 180 degree panorama looking east

from Bottoms Road!

Controlled Burn along Skipper Road
St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge

Scalloped Edged Sand Formation
Mashes Sands

Low tide at Mashes Sands

LARGE jellyfish - Mashes Sands

Plant Artists 1 - Mashes Sands

A glorious blue sky winter morning!
Mashes Sands

Dancing Diamonds - Mashes Sands

Plant Artists 2 - Mashes Sands

Beach Abstract - Mashes Sands

Limpkin - Wakulla Springs State Park

Brown Thrasher - Tall Timbers

Carter

Pics of January 2015

January 2015 in review - All 27 images were shared on Facebook.

Holy Log - St. Marks Refuge south of Alligator Lake

Canal dug to drain Alligator Lake- St. Marks Refuge south of Alligator Lake

Gnarly Oak - St. Marks Refuge south of Alligator Lake

Tree Ornaments- St. Marks Refuge south of Alligator Lake

Fiddlers Point Sunrise

Sand Patterns 1 - Mashes Sands

Sand Patterns 2 - Mashes Sands

Bracken Fern - Along Florida Trail west of Hwy 98, St. Marks Refuge

Blue sky morning, small pond along Hwy 98 south of Panacea

Vause Branch along Smith Creek  Road north of Sopchoppy

Foam - Vause Branch

Foam and Leaves - Vause Branch

Willet - Carrabelle Beach

Water's Edge - Carrabelle Beach

Long view of  Carrabelle Beach

Black Skimmers at Mashes Sands on a cold & windy winter monring

Great Egret - Mashes Sand Road

Bonnet Pond Sunrise, St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge

Pine Tree Love - Sunrise, St. George Sound

Florida Trail boardwalk over a wetland, St. Marks Refuge west of the Wakulla River

Along Florida Trail, St. Marks Refuge west of the Wakulla River

Reddish Egret, Hagens Cove near Steinhatchee

Eastern Pheobe, Hagens Cover near Steinhatchee

An Adventure Paddling the Steinhatchee with the Florida Wildlife Corridor

Steinhatchee River below the falls

Looking up river toward the Steinhatchee River with polar smoke

Steinhatchee River Falls before sunrise - The air temperature was 28 degrees!