In Florida Bay
After our paddle to and from Coot Bay, we swapped canoes and paddled out into Florida Bay, a very shallow but very large body of water at the southern tip of Florida, It is less than 6 feet deep in most places, and we could touch the bottom with our paddles where we were most of the time. This picture was taken of the many birds - pelican, ibis, heron, osprey, etc. - perched in the mangrove trees along the shore. Believe we saw an eagle with a fish in its talons flying along the shoreline but couldn't get a good picture of it
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