Tomorrow is our last day at the refuge. We have enjoyed another great season and have reluctantly been saying good bye to other fellow resident volunteers and friends. It's been a very busy and the refuge believes we may have a new attendance record.
One of the highlights for me was an alligator showing up to demonstrate how it eats prey right after my interpretive talk My talks do not usually include a live demonstration, so this was a pretty cool event. There was a dead bird on the bank and after I got the crowd to move back the alligator came out of the water and retrieved it.
Click on the video below for the complete event taken by a visitor.
The refuge also organized a very nice goodbye picnic for the Resident Volunteers at the causeway. It was a delicious pot luck and many of the staff and interns also attended. We really enjoyed it and everyone thought we needed to do this more often next winter.
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| Potluck Dinner |
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| Staff, Interns, Resident Volunteers, and famil |
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| Resident Volunteers |
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| Interns |
On Saturday we will be heading north. Our next stop will be Tampa to spend a few days with John's daughter. We wish to thank all the staff, friends, and volunteers for another great season. See y'all again soon!
I'm so happy that you had a good winter even with all your trials. Big hugs and can't wait to see you again next winter!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful place to volunteer. Wish we had seen you. Maybe next winter, fingers Crosse#.
ReplyDeleteGreat eating demo, as long as I can watch from a distance!
ReplyDeleteCan't think of a better way to spend the winter,enjoy
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