Wild Beauty on the Wakulla River

by Carla Parris

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Wild Beauty on the Wakulla River

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Carla Parris

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Photograph - Digital Photograph

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WILD BEAUTY ON THE WAKULLA RIVER is a digital photograph by Carla Parris.

The Wakulla River in northwest Florida is fed by Wakulla Springs, which is one of the largest springs in the world, discharging a staggering 260 million gallons of water per day.

Edward Ball Wakulla Springs State Park, suth of Tallahassee, is a peaceful and serene outdoor area where the pristine natural beauty of the springs and the river are preserved and can be enjoyed.

This idyllic scene was captured on the early part of a river boat tour a short ways downstream from the Edward Ball Lodge near the source of the spring. After first passing along one bank of the Wakulla River, the boat turns back into an expansive open stretch where there are beautiful scenes such as this.

There are old-growth hardwood forests on the river banks, a section with maintained longleaf pines, and majestic bald cypress trees with unusual woody projections from their root systems, called cypress knees.

Wakulla Springs is a bird lover's paradise which frequently affords sightings of elegant white egrets, ibis, blue herons, common moorhens, colorful wood ducks, the occasional limpkin, and even vultures.

On a sunny day, there are often gatherings of turtles assembled on fallen tree trunks.

The river has alligators galore, and they can almost always be seen during the boat ride, whether on the banks of the river, or in the water, or lurking among bulrushes which are said to be similar to those growing in the Nile River in Egypt.

During the cooler months, manatees may also be sighted.

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November 17th, 2015

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