Falling Waters State Park
April 15th, 2010A Photo Essay from Falling Waters State Park
The highest water fall on the highest hill in Florida…
Most of the long-leaf pine forests in the American South were clear-cut during the first half of the 20th century…
Here at the Falling Waters State Park in Florida, there is an ongoing experiment to bring them back by introducing fire every two to three years…
A pine forest is prime habitat for woodpeckers, and this park is known for the red-headed woodpecker migration in the spring. Unfortunately, the migration is late this year due to the long, cold winter, so we were a tad early to catch it on this trip…
We did spot a pileated woodpecker and a couple of red-bellied woodpeckers and were able to check out their habitat, but couldn’t get close enough for a clear shot…
This park is also known for its limestone sink holes. This one looks like the entrance to a cave…
There’s a small lake where you can fish and swim. They say alligators are about, but we didn’t see any…
The cherry blossoms were quite pretty this time of year…
And there were a number of butterflies about the place…
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April 15th, 2010 at 11:17 am
W’ve got to get out of here before the Civil War reenactors all get here for the weekend…
April 15th, 2010 at 8:41 pm
cool………