In November, Dr. Katie Tripp, Save the Manatee Club's Director of Science and Conservation, took this sweet snout shot at
the Marina Park Boat Ramp in Titusville, Florida.
Photo by Katie Tripp
Carol Lang spotted a manatee mom and calf in December. Her photos were taken at The Sunset Islands on Biscayne Bay near Miami Beach, Florida.
Photos courtesy Carol Lang
In July, Jill Eardley Stephenson sent photos of a manatee gathering (possibly a mating herd) at Ponce Inlet, Florida. Jill describes the island as a sandbar that appears at lower tides and is at the ocean inlet. There is a narrow channel between the island and the vegetation you see in the pictures. "In this channel was a group of manatees that hung around in the quiet waters despite many boaters and people," says Jill. "It was amazing how reverent people were at leaving them alone and how passionately people defended them (yelling, waving arms) when people approached with boats. It was nice to see how much people cared."
Photos courtesy Jill Eardley Stephenson
Get a Bird's Eye View
Chopper 2 from WESH-TV in Orlando, Florida, captured this footage in January during a cold day as manatees gathered in large numbers in Blue Spring State Park. Special thanks to WESH for posting the footage on YouTube.
