Manatee Grayton Beach
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We saw one come up to the edge of the water 5 years ago in front of One Seagrove Place. I had just used the last film in my camera (which is one of the reasons I went digital) and did not even get a picture of it. It stayed around quite a while and several young men were petting it. What a wonderful sight.
RiverOtter
got any pics?
Now that right there is plain funny :funn:
Great comments. I also saw a scorpion with my kids while they were down and just got back from Seaside where I saw Coach Sean Payton of the N.O. Saints. Of course, he recognized me from my book and asked if he could take a picture with me lol
kathydwells
Darlene is my middle name, not my nickname
the manatees
Hi! We're finally here in Grayton after a not wonderful trip w/ mechanical difficulties, and the weather has been wild! Jumping in on manatees. The females will beach themselves and appear to be wobbling up onto the beach/shallows when being followed by groups of males during mating season, (don't get in the water with them when this is going on!)so it could have happened, just usually not in the p.m. They manage to extricate themselves from the sand although a few times in my neck of the woods/beaches Fish and Wildlife have jumped in to help. We had a very large female do this just a few weeks ago in Vilano Beach (in St. Aug.), and some well-meaning touristas kept trying to push the poor thing out into the fray of males. Finally some folks in the know asked them to leave her alone and let nature take it's course. Looking forward to another week of Grayton memories. Gal.
Here is an image of the actual Manatee that we saw. Not too high resolution, but my brother did capture it.