For this final blog, I will name few of the
numerous species I thought were really interesting. When I went to Corkscrew
Sanctuary Swamp I found different species as I walked around, but one of
favorite ones was the baby alligators. It was my first time seeing so many so
up-close. I was walking by the boardwalk and then I realized there were a lot
of baby alligators laying around. I t was so hard to even recognize them
because their body camouflaged along with the ground, it was so tricky! I
learned when these baby alligators become adults they can weigh up to 1,000
pounds and between 10 to 15 feet tall. A tour guy said that the largest
alligator reported was 19.8 ft, but that was not fully researched yet or
proven, but is still a mystery. I kept looking around to see if I can see the
mother alligator and to my surprise I did. She was not too far from them in the
lake. She was too far to really get a good picture, but I zoomed in my camera
and I got a pretty good glimpse of her. She looked huge and long, I could not
even imagine how big she really was. 
Another specie I really enjoyed learning about
was the Barred Owl. I was almost done with my walk when I see a few people
looking into binoculars and trying to be really quiet. I asked what they were
looking at and soon enough one pointed at a tree for which I grabbed my camera
and zoomed in (again) to see if I could see what everyone was looking at so amusingly.
I finally saw it and it was Barrel Owl! It was sleeping though and it looked so
adorable and gently. I heard another tour guy saying that they try to avoid any
harm so they like to isolate in big natural trees hollow, which they build
their nests on.
Both species were my favorites, and I learned a
lot about them when I attended the field trip. I was glad I had I had the
opportunity to see them and take pictures!
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