So wonderful to see the wildlife bouncing back from the storm. It's such a beautiful place for the animals to live and for the people to come and enjoy. I bet you are thrilled to be able to get back there and spend time again with your camera! It really is a very special place. Thank you for the video and showing us an update. 😊🦆🦅🐊🐊🐢🐿️🐦🐖🐗 p.s. the feral pigs and babies were sure cute! 🐷🐷🐖🐖🐖🐖
It really is a great place for wildlife and I'm so glad it's reopened. Even though a couple trails are still closed I'm grateful to use the other trails in the meantime. I was so surprised to see the feral pigs and their little ones. It's been a long time since they've been out in the open. This was a bit of a distance from where I was standing, but cool to see nonetheless! Hope you're enjoying the weekend and have a wonderful week!
You caught so many splendidly “normal” moments in the wild on this trek. Loved the armadillo! Something you wouldn’t ordinarily see wandering by. When I was a teen, my BF worked for “Jungle Larry’s” aka Caribbean Gardens in Naples. There was a wandering tapir on the grounds and it was awesome to encounter him rutting around in the jungle. It was so much smaller back in the 60’s-70’s. I had an annual pass. Walking in there apart from group tours, was much like this ranch. Other incidental wildlife was abundant and loose everywhere.
@@MardyR925 thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed watching! It’s so nice to know you had such memorable experiences at “Jungle Larry’s” when you were growing up. In my opinion, when we develop a love of wildlife from such experiences it makes our world better. I’m grateful you found my channel and hope you continue watching! Take care! PS - I love meeting up with armadillos on the reserve! I recently shared a video that included an armadillo “talking.” It was so funny to watch! The video included in its title “Interesting Wildlife Behaviors.”
@ I love your site and your sightings! Although I live in NW CT, I do consider Naples my “heart home” where I became a young adult. My earliest childhood was in Cincinnati and we lived on 5 acres with 2 ponds and runoff formed a nice sandy creek bed. In the 50’s, kids wandered all over creation without parents. We all congregated to walk that creek catching Crawdads in Campbell’s soup cans at 4 yrs old. Playing in the woods is my specialty! I live abutting a huge protected watershed preserve. The woods beyond our house hold abundant artesian wells that flow down the hilltop into a reservoir that provides Hartford’s drinking water. I have black bear and a crazy bobcat and close encounters with each of them in our yard. Lots of amazing birds and our pair of Redtails about 1/4-1/2 mile into that preserve. So yes- I’m so with you on how this love of nature starts very young and and still strong at 71. A full Lifetime. We have a teenage grandson, but we started him early in our backwoods. It creates immense respect when it’s cultivated early. And a funny PS thing I recalled about Jungle Larry and his wife, Safari Jane. They lived across street from my mom in Naples after I got married. The Tyglons. They bred exotics.
@ thank you so much for enjoying my videos! What a wonderful childhood you had playing in the woods with friends - such a different world from present day when kids wouldn’t dare be left alone at such young ages. I used to love climbing and playing in trees in the neighborhood. Unbeknownst to neighbors we would be hanging from their trees and hiding out there during “kick the can” games. My mom would have to figure out how to get the sap out of my hair often. I think she finally would have liked to just cut it all off! 😂 I’m so glad your encounters with wildlife had all positive outcomes. I would have loved to get some photos of what you saw! I’ve had a few encounters with bobcats at Circle B Bar Reserve, but none so far with bears. What a gift it is that you share your love of wildlife and nature with your children and grandchildren. Thank you for taking the time to write about your experiences. All the best to you and have a wonderful holiday season!
@ thanks for your lovely reply, Michelle. I’m so glad you also enjoyed a rowdy, happy childhood, too. Yep- in my second house at 7, it was a young and growing neighborhood with lots of children. We all played kick the can and ghost in the graveyard late into the evening until a mom would call out. We’d roam up to even 5 miles away on foot or on our bikes. Our mothers had absolutely no clue where we were- we just all showed up for our peanut butter and jelly on swishy bread and off we went again. I believe this kind of natural childhood gave me a very strong free will and sense of self. Today’s limits on kids reduce this kind of spontaneity we baby boomers enjoyed. We just made it up as we went along. It’s a totally different style of child rearing now. Very restricted and controlled and so little room given to kids to let them make honest mistakes and learn from them. Integrate the learned knowledge all by themselves. I’m a life span developmental psychologist and I have strong observational skills and an historical sense between times and cohorts. I’m not sure I’d be a happy child today. I am forever grateful that I had the freer version of childhood and I think it def played a big role in who I became. Made me more inquisitive and self directed. Have a lovely Thanksgiving in Florida. We may get the very southern edge of the storm crossing he country. Flurries? North of us gets the snowy holiday surprise! Happy a thanksgiving! Marcia 🦃
@ I agree wholeheartedly, Marcia! I wish we could bring back that sense of exploration and curiosity (without using devices all the time). On a positive note re:technology…my son learned different pitches from RUclips videos and became captain of his school baseball team. I guess when there’s balance children benefit the most. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving as well and stay warm! 😁
I've always enjoyed Nat Geo on TV and school films while growing up. Yet none of them even compare to the adrenaline charged rush of the multiple life risking experiences I've had with Florida creatures up close and personal in their natural habitats. If only i had a reliable action cam and high capacity media cards to capture all those countless encounters fishing, hiking, trail riding and exploring from semi developed areas to the Florida bush. The non stop, over developments at neck break speed of old Florida just breaks my heart. I would now be considered a trespasser at places no longer freely and publicly accessible. I especially miss all the gators I've named ,easily recognized me and 1 that even swam to me to hang out with when i called out his name across the lake. Some even protected me from other gators. Their intelligence,behaviors and "personalities" absolutely fascinating! No guns on me yet always felt safer with gators, cottonmouths, pygmies, diamondbacks,coyotes, feral hogs, bobcats, etc than with humans. 🐊🎣🦝🦊🐱🐗🐄🦨🐿🐇🐀🐸🐢🐍🦎🐟🦋🐌🕸🕷🌴🚵♀️
I can understand how you feel about the overdevelopment. It's so sad that what we once knew is no longer. I'm grateful for the reserves, state parks, and national parks that are still protected and accessible. It sounds like you had some amazing adventures! Thank you for sharing!
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So wonderful to see the wildlife bouncing back from the storm. It's such a beautiful place for the animals to live and for the people to come and enjoy. I bet you are thrilled to be able to get back there and spend time again with your camera! It really is a very special place. Thank you for the video and showing us an update. 😊🦆🦅🐊🐊🐢🐿️🐦🐖🐗 p.s. the feral pigs and babies were sure cute! 🐷🐷🐖🐖🐖🐖
It really is a great place for wildlife and I'm so glad it's reopened. Even though a couple trails are still closed I'm grateful to use the other trails in the meantime. I was so surprised to see the feral pigs and their little ones. It's been a long time since they've been out in the open. This was a bit of a distance from where I was standing, but cool to see nonetheless! Hope you're enjoying the weekend and have a wonderful week!
@@MichelleSiefkenPhotography 😊
You caught so many splendidly “normal” moments in the wild on this trek. Loved the armadillo! Something you wouldn’t ordinarily see wandering by. When I was a teen, my BF worked for “Jungle Larry’s” aka Caribbean Gardens in Naples. There was a wandering tapir on the grounds and it was awesome to encounter him rutting around in the jungle. It was so much smaller back in the 60’s-70’s. I had an annual pass. Walking in there apart from group tours, was much like this ranch. Other incidental wildlife was abundant and loose everywhere.
@@MardyR925 thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed watching! It’s so nice to know you had such memorable experiences at “Jungle Larry’s” when you were growing up. In my opinion, when we develop a love of wildlife from such experiences it makes our world better. I’m grateful you found my channel and hope you continue watching! Take care! PS - I love meeting up with armadillos on the reserve! I recently shared a video that included an armadillo “talking.” It was so funny to watch! The video included in its title “Interesting Wildlife Behaviors.”
@ I love your site and your sightings! Although I live in NW CT, I do consider Naples my “heart home” where I became a young adult. My earliest childhood was in Cincinnati and we lived on 5 acres with 2 ponds and runoff formed a nice sandy creek bed. In the 50’s, kids wandered all over creation without parents. We all congregated to walk that creek catching Crawdads in Campbell’s soup cans at 4 yrs old. Playing in the woods is my specialty! I live abutting a huge protected watershed preserve. The woods beyond our house hold abundant artesian wells that flow down the hilltop into a reservoir that provides Hartford’s drinking water. I have black bear and a crazy bobcat and close encounters with each of them in our yard. Lots of amazing birds and our pair of Redtails about 1/4-1/2 mile into that preserve. So yes- I’m so with you on how this love of nature starts very young and and still strong at 71. A full Lifetime. We have a teenage grandson, but we started him early in our backwoods. It creates immense respect when it’s cultivated early.
And a funny PS thing I recalled about Jungle Larry and his wife, Safari Jane. They lived across street from my mom in Naples after I got married. The Tyglons. They bred exotics.
@ thank you so much for enjoying my videos! What a wonderful childhood you had playing in the woods with friends - such a different world from present day when kids wouldn’t dare be left alone at such young ages. I used to love climbing and playing in trees in the neighborhood. Unbeknownst to neighbors we would be hanging from their trees and hiding out there during “kick the can” games. My mom would have to figure out how to get the sap out of my hair often. I think she finally would have liked to just cut it all off! 😂 I’m so glad your encounters with wildlife had all positive outcomes. I would have loved to get some photos of what you saw! I’ve had a few encounters with bobcats at Circle B Bar Reserve, but none so far with bears. What a gift it is that you share your love of wildlife and nature with your children and grandchildren. Thank you for taking the time to write about your experiences. All the best to you and have a wonderful holiday season!
@ thanks for your lovely reply, Michelle. I’m so glad you also enjoyed a rowdy, happy childhood, too. Yep- in my second house at 7, it was a young and growing neighborhood with lots of children. We all played kick the can and ghost in the graveyard late into the evening until a mom would call out. We’d roam up to even 5 miles away on foot or on our bikes. Our mothers had absolutely no clue where we were- we just all showed up for our peanut butter and jelly on swishy bread and off we went again. I believe this kind of natural childhood gave me a very strong free will and sense of self. Today’s limits on kids reduce this kind of spontaneity we baby boomers enjoyed. We just made it up as we went along. It’s a totally different style of child rearing now. Very restricted and controlled and so little room given to kids to let them make honest mistakes and learn from them. Integrate the learned knowledge all by themselves. I’m a life span developmental psychologist and I have strong observational skills and an historical sense between times and cohorts. I’m not sure I’d be a happy child today. I am forever grateful that I had the freer version of childhood and I think it def played a big role in who I became. Made me more inquisitive and self directed. Have a lovely Thanksgiving in Florida. We may get the very southern edge of the storm crossing he country. Flurries? North of us gets the snowy holiday surprise! Happy a thanksgiving! Marcia 🦃
@ I agree wholeheartedly, Marcia! I wish we could bring back that sense of exploration and curiosity (without using devices all the time). On a positive note re:technology…my son learned different pitches from RUclips videos and became captain of his school baseball team. I guess when there’s balance children benefit the most. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving as well and stay warm! 😁
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@@Snowkitty1424 😂🤣
I've always enjoyed Nat Geo on TV and school films while growing up.
Yet none of them even compare to the adrenaline charged rush of the multiple life risking experiences I've had with Florida creatures up close and personal in their natural habitats.
If only i had a reliable action cam and high capacity media cards to capture all those countless encounters fishing, hiking, trail riding and exploring from semi developed areas to the Florida bush.
The non stop, over developments at neck break speed of old Florida just breaks my heart.
I would now be considered a trespasser at places no longer freely and publicly accessible.
I especially miss all the gators I've named ,easily recognized me and 1 that even swam to me to hang out with when i called out his name across the lake.
Some even protected me from other gators. Their intelligence,behaviors and "personalities" absolutely fascinating!
No guns on me yet always felt safer with gators, cottonmouths, pygmies, diamondbacks,coyotes, feral hogs, bobcats, etc than with humans. 🐊🎣🦝🦊🐱🐗🐄🦨🐿🐇🐀🐸🐢🐍🦎🐟🦋🐌🕸🕷🌴🚵♀️
I can understand how you feel about the overdevelopment. It's so sad that what we once knew is no longer. I'm grateful for the reserves, state parks, and national parks that are still protected and accessible. It sounds like you had some amazing adventures! Thank you for sharing!