Our field trip to Corkscrew Sanctuary was the hardest to pay attention so far. I had already heard most of the information before in Biology of South West Florida. Some stuff I re-learned, was how the different ecosystems such as pine flat wood and the grassy meadows, are only separated by a few inches of elevation. We also talking about how many plants are fire resistant. Slash pines don't tent to have branches lower down, because they've been burned off.
One thing I did enjoy, was just observing nature. We got lucky enough to come a few inches from an
owl! We also got to see plenty of feeding baby alligators. Unfortunately the sanctuary was dry due to lack of rain, so the gator holes are quite small. After this weeks rain though, I would be interested to see what the water holes look like now.
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