Wakulla Springs State Park

Friends, Det & Judy Abel, visited Wakulla Springs State Park recently and shared the following pictures from that visit. Wakulla Springs State Park preserves the spring that is the life blood of the Wakulla River. Myriad varieties of birds winter in the warm waters welling from deep within the Florida aquifer. Wakulla Springs is one of the world's largest & deepest fresh water springs. The spring has been measured at 14,325 gallons per-second or 1.2 billion gallons per-day.

Camoflauged Great Blue Heron in Wakulla Springs State Park

This great blue heron is well camoflauged among the cattails bordering the spring run at Wakulla Springs State Park.

Little Blue Heron at Wakulla Springs State Park

Little blue herons are pretty birds. And you can get so close to them here in Wakulla Springs State Park.

White Ibis at Wakulla Springs State Park

This white ibis is a colorful bird that is common around fresh water areas in Florida.

Tour boat at Wakulla Springs State Park

Det and Judy were touring the spring on a boat like this when they took these pictures. The boat has a glass window (glass bottom) where they can see fish and other things in the spring.

Beautiful Osprey at Wakulla Springs State Park

That is an osprey or "fish-hawk".

Moorhen at Wakulla Springs State Park

And this is a moorhen. They are a brightly colored water birds.

Snowy Egret at Wakulla Springs State Park

This snowy egret is easily recognized by the black legs, yellow feet and black bill.

Large bull alligator at Wakulla Springs State Park

This large alligator decided to move when the tour boat passed by.

Lodge at Wakulla Springs State Park

And finally, the tour boat returns to the Lodge at Wakulla Springs where you can dine in the restaurant or spend a night in the Lodge.

Det and Judy were in the glass bottom boat floating over the springs when they took this picture. While floating over the spring you can look down over 100' into the crystal clear water. One of the neat things about looking down into the depths is the fossilized mastodon bones laying on a limestone shelf.

For more information about Wakulla Springs State Park you can check this site:

http://www.funandsun.com/parks/Wakulla/wakulla.html

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