Black Bear and Manatee in Blue Spring...

[The Chairman]

Today I did back to back classes in Blue Spring. The morning saw a pair of black bear getting a drink right by the head spring and there was an immature manatee in the run mid afternoon. Of course, there were Great Blue Herons, White Ibis, a hawk, Plecos, flounder, perch, bream, mullet, gar, bowfin, catfish, carp, and... well there was a lot of wildlife there today. If you walked down to the river, there were plenty of gators, a cool banded water snake, tilapia and the other critters as well.

What a FUN, FUN day!

 

[bennedc]

SuPrBugMan saw Manatee today, too. I think he said Destin? Cool. Love those critters, especially the babies. Too cute. They are so sweet.

Sounds like you had an all-around-National Geographic-kind-of-day.

 

[SuPrBuGmAn]

Yep, 6 or 7 off the beach in Destin First time seeing them in the Gulf. Jealous of the bears for sure though, would have been great camera material

 

[MB]

Today I did back to back classes in Blue Spring. The morning saw a pair of black bear getting a drink right by the head spring and there was an immature manatee in the run mid afternoon.

Too cool! Looks like we've got another creature to start imitating on dive trips...