{"id":1617,"date":"2014-01-13T15:47:08","date_gmt":"2014-01-13T19:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/?p=1617"},"modified":"2014-01-13T16:09:54","modified_gmt":"2014-01-13T20:09:54","slug":"florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/florida\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"

I left you on the Atlantic shore of Georgia. Going to visit friends on the Gulf of Mexico in Florida, I cuted through the land and joined Florida, stopping at two State parks preserving the forest swamps. The weather was not in the game and since I haven’t received the kayak that I ordered yet, I was a little frustrated not being able to bury myself in these swamps full of life…
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\n1. Pine forest in the rain…
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\n2. In the morning, not far from my camp, a deer…
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\n3. Wild turkeys were also there in their typical environment.
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\n4. They are often small group of 6-10 individuals…
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\n5. A greater yellowlegs.
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\n6. Small train station on my way…
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\n7. Still a forest swamp in the Apalachicola National Forest, with an incredible atmosphere in the rain with bird cries, croaking frogs and crickets rattles, a jungle atmosphere! \ud83d\ude00
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\n8. The \u00ab\u00a0bear claw swamp\u00a0\u00bb is aptly named! The Florida black bear is present in these forests and some can weight up to 300 pounds.
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\n9. Then I reached the Gulf of Mexico. Here mirages on offshore islands.
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\n10. The coast south of Apalchicola Forest is beautiful, still rather preserved.
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\n11. Nice inlet.
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\n12. I was visiting friends living in Panama City Beach, a seaside resort known for its emerald coast, is white sand and the \u00ab\u00a0Spring Break\u00a0\u00bb which is the scene of many excess each spring for two weeks … But the buildings built along nearly 30 km completely distort that coast.
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\n13. The day I arrived, I could see a beautiful but cold sunset, with a strong offshore wind…
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\nThe following day, I went to visit the St. Andrew State Park that protects the end of a spit of sand and was able to observe various birds.
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\n14. A female red-breasted merganser.
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\n15. A turnstone
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\n16. A willet.
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\n17. A sanderling with a wounded leg. I managed to approach it at two meters, super close.
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\n19. A great heron, a different specie than in Europe.
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\n20. And while I was going to go, I just saw a neck out of the water and then disappearing again … I approached as much as possible to discover an anhinga! He walks underwater to hunt and head out for a few moments to observe and breathe. It seems to be one of the oldest birds on our planet…
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\nThat’s it for today. To be follwed in a few days… \ud83d\ude09
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