Wayne Hartley, Manatee Specialist, and Cora Berchem, Director of Multimedia and Manatee Research Associate, take "roll call" on a cold winter morning at Blue Spring State Park. Photo courtesy David Schrichte.
By Cora Berchem, Director of Multimedia and Manatee Research Associate All activities conducted under permits DEP #02042213 and USFWS #MA791721-6.
See photos and videos of adoptees and other manatees sighted recently and during the 2021–2022 season at Blue Spring State Park by Wayne Hartley, Manatee Specialist, and Cora Berchem, Director of Multimedia and Manatee Research Associate.
You can watch more videos from the manatee season on our Webcam and YouTube pages. Many of the manatees featured below are in our Adopt-A-Manatee® program.
After her release in September 2020 after being treated for severe monofilament entanglement, we are always glad to see Una. Here she is on March 14, 2022.
We received the tragic news that our beloved adoptee Paddy Doyle had passed away at the end of April 2025.
Volunteer Mana-team Support for Earth Day
April 1, 2025
April is the perfect time to come together and make a meaningful impact on manatee conservation and their habitat.
Sightings Update: April 2025
March 31, 2025
Late February and early March saw more cold weather and we counted over 400 manatees on February 22 and over 300 on March 8, which might be a record for March.