Check out this great ‘above-water’ view from view of Florida’s Silver Springs Park where manatees congregate during the winter months when the river temperature drops below the temperature of the spring. The spring run is a constant 72 degrees year-round making it a vital warm-water sanctuary for manatees in the winter time.
This area is completely closed-off to people and any people seen in the footage are researchers with special permits. In addition to manatees, occasionally alligators, double-crested cormorants, anhingas, great blue herons, limpkins, egrets, black vultures, turkey vultures, snakes, turtles and a variety of fish can be seen. Rarely even a deer, otter or a black bear may make an appearance, too.
Manatees who regularly winter at Blue Spring State Park near Orange City, Florida, have been chosen as adoptees for Save the Manatee Club’s Adopt-A-Manatee® program. To learn more, visit their website, savethemanatee.org/adopt.
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