The St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge was extablished in 1931 for migratory birds and covers parts of three Florida counties, Jefferson, Taylor, and Wakulla. It stretches along 43 miles of the Gulf Coast of northwest Florida, encompassing over 70,000 acres. It consists of coastal marsh, islands, tidal creeks and the estruaries of seven Florida rivers.

A view of the Darien, Georgia waterfront as seen from the Darien River bridge looking from the pleasure boats toward the shrimp boat fleet to the east. Darien has a major commercial shrimping industry.

This is the beach in front of the Iguana Lodge on the Golfo Dulce in Puerto Jimenez, Costa Rica.

Greer Island Park, with dunes, sea oats, and morning glories, located on the Gulf of Mexico in Sarasota County,
Florida, is a hard to find spot on Long Boat Key.

Looking southwest across Tampa Bay, Florida toward the Sunshine Skyway bridge from the Apollo Beach Nature Preserve one evening, I saw these thunderstorms on the horizon.

Sundown looking west from the Cockroach Bay boat ramp toward Tampa Bay, Florida.

Sundown looking west from the Cockroach Bay boat ramp toward Tampa Bay, Florida.

The Anna Maria City Pier in Manatee County, Florida as seen from one of the parking areas along the shore.

The St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge was extablished in 1931 for migratory birds and covers parts of three Florida counties, Jefferson, Taylor, and Wakulla. It stretches along 43 miles of the Gulf Coast of northwest Florida, encompassing over 70,000 acres. It consists of coastal marsh, islands, tidal creeks and the estruaries of seven Florida rivers.

The St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge was extablished in 1931 for migratory birds and covers parts of three Florida counties, Jefferson, Taylor, and Wakulla. It stretches along 43 miles of the Gulf Coast of northwest Florida, encompassing over 70,000 acres. It consists of coastal marsh, islands, tidal creeks and the estruaries of seven Florida rivers.

The end of a beautiful day of scalloping on St. Joe Bay in the panhandle of Florida.

Sundown looking west from the Cockroach Bay boat ramp toward Tampa Bay, Florida.