Everglades, Day Five
On Wednesday, the Advanced Ecology class visited Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, an extraordinary refuge established and operated by the Audubon Society. One of our best stops to see bird foraging activity. And among the stars—this white ibis, wearing Wabash red.
Professor Krohne check out the board listing the many species seen at Corkscrew the day we visited.
Some of the cypress trees at Corkscrew are more than 800 years old.
A brown anole was one of the first creatures to greet us.
A green anole appeared a few yards later.
A red shouldered hawk looks over the lettuce lake.
A great egret cautiously checks out an alligator.
…then tiptoes on by.
The three little ibises
The beautiful purple gallinule was a student favorite.
Professor Krohne, up early as always, gets breakfast ready for the students. A warm, breezy, beautiful Wednesday morning.
Wednesday was our last day at one of our favorite campgrounds—Flamingo on Florida Bay. So here's the Wabash Florida campus at sunrise.