Today we spent a couple hours in the Pelican Bay 'Lagoon' with the manatees.
Although they are hard to count, we would estimate that there are still 8-10 manatees here including what appears to be a mom with a calf/calves. At least we see a larger manatee with two juveniles swimming by her side. Twin births are very rare, but not unheard of in manatees.
A few manatee pictures follow (disclaimer - these photos were taken a few years ago at Burnt Store Marina - just my cellphone today and no great photo ops):
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| Body with propeller scar |
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| A Snout |
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| A Fluke |
Now to crocodiles. We have heard stories about a crocodile in the Pelican Bay area for years and have dismissed it as lore. American crocodiles are very rare - with only about 2000 in south Florida, most south of here.
But today we saw what we think was a 8-10' crocodile in the lagoon. Although it is hard to tell them apart from alligators, based on the fact that he was in quite salty water (alligators do not like salt water) and the profile of his snout, we believe it was in fact a crocodile!
Although it has some quality resemblance to pictures of the Loch Ness monster or Bigfoot :-) , following is a cellphone picture of our sighting:
We have also seen a few flocks of white pelicans. These amazing birds migrate over 2000 miles from the upper United States and Canada to Central America and back each year.
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| White Pelican in flight |
Tom
Anchored Pelican Bay
Cayo Costa
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