A Walk Through Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary

Wednesday was my classes first field trip of the semester. I was not too thrilled about having to get up as early as I did, but I would later find out that everything would be alright. We arrived around 8:30 a.m. and our journey started shortly after. half of us went with a representative of the sanctuary and the other half (including me) went with our professor Dr. Morris. We started first at the pine flat-wood. This is the highest of terrains in Southwest Florida and where most of our mammals reside. Our second stop was the wet prairie, the middle terrain, which is mostly dominated by tall grasses. The Third and final terrain was the Cypress swamp. This was what I considered the most interesting. Now although it was more wet than usual at the sanctuary, we (I) still managed to learn a lot about where we were. We even saw two alligators which were one of the main highlights of the trip. All in all I considered it a successful trip and learned much about where I have been living all my life. I did have to wake up early , but in the end it was worth it and I can see myself visiting the "swamp" in the future.