6 Mile Cypress Slough Preserve. Paul Goldfinger photo. © Click left to see the egret.
By Paul Goldfinger, Editor @Blogfinger
A slough is not a fuzzy night-crawling animal—it is a swamp. This Cypress Slough in Fort Myers, Florida is a delicately balanced ecologic system that cleans ground water and provides home to many species of plants and animals. There are alligators, wild pigs, and a wide variety of wading birds like the egret above.
Cypress trees, in the foreground above, nurtured and protected here, are being destroyed around the country for lumber and mulch. Better to buy pine mulch at Home Depot.
There is a 1.4 mile boardwalk that winds through the slough, and a guide tells you all about it, such as the fact that the lichens on the trees (whitish patches above) are perfectly harmless.
BERTIE HIGGINS from his album Just Another Day in Paradise. “Key Largo” (Play it again, Sam?)