Another day another Deer

Don't let the title fool you it isn't every day you see deer swimming across bodies of water.I have been fortunate enough to see 3 of them so far. This is out of the about 100 days I have spent on the water canoeing so far. 

This one saw me coming and picked up speed going across the river. I managed to get this one picture of it leaping onto the show and then disappearing into the thick woods that line the shores of the Wacissa River. Each time I see a deer I am thankful, and when I see them swimming I am very thankful. I will keep going down to the river and keep my eyes open. 

Peace
 

Wild life on the Santa Fe River

This was a group of Turkeys I spotted. This was the edge of someone's backyard right on the edge of the woods. This picture was taken early in the morning. There was another grouping of 4 or 5 just in the tree line. I wasn't able to get a decent picture of them. 

This alligator was cruising along in the river. It looked to be about a 6 footer. He headed over to the bank and I stayed on the other side of the river.  In the picture he is floating pretty high in the water. As I got closer he sank down until only his eyes and nose was out of the water and then he disappeared completely.

These 2 turtles had a nice little rock to sit on and check things out. They were keeping an eye on me as I passed by. Of course I was keeping an eye out for submerged rocks. I did manage to get a few new scratches on the bottom of the boat. 
I spotted this deer standing in the brush. As I got closer she started to walk up towards the trees. Finally she turned and looked back posing for a picture and then walked off into the trees.
This Yellow Crowned Night Heron was hanging out fishing. He looked at me once and then went back to fishing. I took a few pictures as the current carried me by.  
This snail appeared to be laying this eggs on the side of the Cyprus Tree. This was another early morning picture. 

I saw a good bit of wild life along the river including some Wood Storks , Red Tailed Hawks and some Cattle Egrets. I also saw 2 snakes swimming across the river in the rain so I wasn't about to get out the camera.

I have lots more pictures and don't forget Black and White Wednesday

Wacissa River 12/29/07

Yesterday I drove over to Tallahassee to see Tami. She was working in Tallahassee this week and was driving over to pick the kids up at the grandparents house in Jay Fl. We had our Date night in Tallahassee this week. Today I woke up an the weather was looking really bad. A front was pushing into the area. So I decided to go check out the river at the very least, since I was all the way over here. When I got to the river there were some people putting a canoe in. Of course this made me want to paddle as well. As soon as I got the boat in the water I see this deer swimming across the river. I hurry and paddle up towards it and take some pictures. The deer gets out of the water and stares at me for a minute and then moves off into the woods. I ended up seeing 2  deer today both of them swam across the river. The Second one was being chased by hunting dogs. When the dogs finally got to the river one of them jump in and swam across. The second dog decided it wasn't a good day for a swim and waited on the bank for a while before disappearing back into the woods. 

After paddling for a short while I saw this turtle sitting on a log. He was just hanging out he watched me go by and stayed where he was.

This was a group of Ibis, there were 6 of them these 4 were pretty close together. They were standing on the bank. 2 of them were fishing around for something.