Blog Entry #2

When the professor asked us to view the Audubon website before we went on the Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary field trip; the first part of the website that interested me was the pictures of the boardwalk and the birds. Reading about the Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, they are known for creating an environment where birds can live in and other animals can hibernate. When we arrived at Audubon, I found it very interesting on how they have a plan on restoring the water system to help with the everglades.

Before we started our nature tour, the part of the field trip that I remembered the most was a bulletin board that had pictures of what animals you could encounter at the sanctuary and seeing those pictures made me smile. The most fascinating part about the Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary to me was the different areas that you walked through on the boardwalk and how fast the areas changed. One moment you are in a swamp with palmettos and cypress trees then all of a sudden you are in a grassy area with no trees. The areas drastically changed just by a dip in the boardwalk that we didn’t even feel or notice.

 Another park of the sanctuary that I enjoyed was spotting the birds in different spots. The woodpeckers were at the very top part of trees and then there were larger birds such as egrets in the swamp. We also saw an alligator that was relaxing above the swamp near a bed of rocks. It was nice to see so many animals all in a couple of hours. It was definitely difficult to end the field trip and get back on the bus.