Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary Fieldtrip, May 16

On May 16 we went to the Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary. The ride to the swamp took about an hour. When we got there Mr. Morris and a Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary worker talked to us about the swamp for a little to give us a brief overview. After that we split into groups and Mr. Morris took a group and the Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary worker took the other group. I was in the group with Mr. Morris. We walked through the swamp stopping at certain points of the boardwalk. We saw different types of trees, plants and animals. During our field trip we saw an owl, which was really cool. The owl was up in the tree so serene and peaceful. It didn't even move when all of us walked by and it was pretty close to the boardwalk. Another interesting thing that we saw was the alligators. We saw an alligator in the beginning of the day just laying there by itself. Then we saw an alligator and it's babies at the end of the day. When we saw the alligator and it's babies I thought that was very awesome. There was a little pond for them to swim in and they would sun bathe around the pond. The mother would get into the pond and the little ones would follow her. It looked as if she was teaching them to swim and to hunt for their food in the pond. We sat there for a while just looking and observing them. After we observed them for a while we left the Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, it was a very successful day. The Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary taught us many different types of life other than human lives. Obviously, we know that there is more than human life but more than likely we are too blind to see it. On May 16th during the Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary Field trip we realized this. There was so many lives around us other than ours that it was hard not to notice. We also learned about plants and trees. We learned that the three main plants of the Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary are pine trees, sabil palms and saw palmettos. Sabil palms are our state tree and saw palmettos are mainly underground. There was also pine upland and pine flat woods. These plants are good for the environment because