A walk through six-mile cypress slough

Wife and I decided to check out the Six-Mile Slough, the cypress swamp here is not quite as old as the one at the Corkscrew Sanctuary, but this little boardwalk is still well worth the trip. As we walked we were able to distinguish the call of the pileated woodpecker, after we located it, he decided to stick around and pose for a few pics :)

 

 

The resevoir area was also buzzing with more dragonflies than I have seen in a long time.

As we continued on our walk we came across a great set of tracks leading toward the swampy water...

 

leading to this guy, 

just a few feet away.

 

 

This was turning into a very exciting trip when we heard some grunting and rooting off in the distance and stumbled across this fellow and his sister digging up some breakfast...

Another exciting adventure in the wilds of Southwest Florida, here are a few more pics from our day, can you identify them?