Wednesday, November 22, 2023
Happy Turkey Day to everyone tomorrow. This is my last kayaking for more than a week, tomorrow is Thanksgiving, then Eileen and I are headed to Lisbon, Portugal for 9 days.
Today was off and on clouds, then as I returned it started to rain. No manatees or dolphins today. 🙁
Monday November 20, 2023
Marian came with me, it was cool at first, but tee shirt weather soon. We saw birds, a dolphin and manatees, but did not get to interact with them.
Sunday, November 19, 2023
A picture perfect day. 68° and full sun, no wind.
Thursday, November 16, 2023
It has been some cooler (70’s) cloudy weather, even today not much sun (photos are not very sharp) and it is now raining.
Sunday, November 12, 2023
No manatees or dolphins today, just no wind, flat water and a few birds. First a video of me doing cleanup, then a video of a Snowy as I glided along beside him.
Saturday, November 11, 2023, Veterans Day
A quiet day, tee shirt weather, lots of birds and fish jumping.
Dolphin from yesterday (11-10-2023):
November 10. 2023, Friday
Weather is great, water up the Bear Creak is like a mirror.
No manatees or dolphin today.
November 9, 2023, Thursday
A wonderful day, temperature perfect, several birds and two dolphins running all around! They even splashed with their tales once!
November 5, 2023
Beautiful day, manatee and turtle! Wind brought me home quickly. A neighbor came out as I was returning, but I met Nature John out there.
Some say I should not play with manatees because “it is against the law”. But it is NOT, the law says that you cannot “harass” manatees. I do not harass manatees.
Manatees are protected by the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and the Florida Manatee Sanctuary Act of 1978. “It is illegal to feed, harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, annoy, or molest manatees.”
I only pet them when they come up to my kayak.
November 4, 2023
Cool 63° to start out. Windy and sunny.
No manatees or dolphins today.
About an 18 inch mullet jumped not too far from my bow:
November 3, 2023
Still cool 70° and breezy. I saw a mother and her calf manatee, but did not get photos. They disappeared quickly.
November 2, 2023
Also cooler and windy. Noa came with me today.
Amy told me that the video of the dogs does not show up,
here is the link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG1ezuo8G54
November 1, 2023
My 75th Birthday is today! Windy and cooler today.
One reply on “November 2023”
Happy Belated Birthday, John!