February 12, 2017 – Sunday
Today we discovered, not a state park, but a park developed by Panama City Beach, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Corp of Engineers and the Florida Department of Fish & Wildlife. The 2,900-acre park was developed to protect and balance the natural environment while providing outdoor recreational opportunities.
We arrived at sunrise hoping to photograph the many animals and birds reported to be native to the park, but it just wasn’t our lucky day, they all seemed to be in hiding. Nonetheless, we had a great 6.8-mile hike and the wetlands were fascinating. We weren’t able to photo many birds, but if you have the sound up you will be able to hear them in the background of the following video.
We were able to video a bee…