Arthur R Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge

We arrived at our volunteer job at A.R.M. Loxahatchee NWR near Boynton Beach, FL on June 4.  Bill worked in the maintenance and I worked in the administrative offices.

 Bill on electric cart called "the banana"

 

Cypress Swamp Boardwalk at the Visitors Center

 

We had a funny experience with a raccoon that was a frequent visitor to the dumpster next to the trailer sites.  Bill had the bread maker outside and while the bread was rising, "Rocki" must have smelled the bread and decided to try it.  We found the rising loaf outside of the bread maker on the tuff bin and some small dirty paw prints around the bread maker.  She was very entertaining to watch.

 

 

 

 

 

 

We also saw alligators, many birds, butterflys, dragonflys, and turtles. 

 George is a 13' guy that hands out at the fishing pier

 

Do you see the fish?

 

Anhinga

Egret

 

 Great Blue Herron

 

Hawk

 

 Curly tailed lizard

 

 

Views of various fowl from the Marsh Trail

 

 

 We had the opportunity to go out into the Everglades on an airboat with one of the water quality biologists to check water samples.  We even saw a white tail deer (buck) on one of the tree islands.  It was great fun as well as educational.







 

 

 

The Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar, visited the refuge while we were there.  This was a big event for everyone at the refuge.