Thursday, July 23, 2009

St. Vincent Island, Florida, National Wildlife Refuge

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Not to be confused with St. Vincent of St. Vincent and Grenadines, we took a morning trip to St. Vincent Island National Wildlife Refuge just east on Indian Pass, Florida, and south of Apalachicola, Florida.
 
This island is fairly pristine and totally undeveloped.  It has beautiful beaches with shells galore.  It is an important habitat for nesting for various shorebird species as well as sea turtles.  The interior of the island is hotter and more humid and is populated by numerous mosquitoes, as wells as deer, eagles, lots of lizards, and other wildlife, including wolves.
 
We took a pontoon boat shuttle over there this morning.  Now, it's on to the Indian Pass Oyster Bar.

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