🌴🐝 This #WildWekivaWednesday during #PollinatorWeek, we want to highlight the importance of our fellow pollinator pals.

🌸 From bees to butterflies, (and even bats!), pollinators help our ecosystem thrive, and keep our wildflowers and citrus groves blooming! 🌿✨

#ParkScience #ParkPollinators

This #WildWekivaWednesday spotlights a known Florida native... the gopher tortoise 🐢

🔍 Identify them by their domed shells, thick and scaly front legs, and finding them around sandy soil.

💚 Tune in next week for more Florida Fun Facts! 

#wekivariver #wekivascience #gophertortoise

That is not your boo 👏 🪶

The Anhinga, often nicknamed snakebird, is a Florida waterbird that swims with only its long neck and head above water, looking like a snake ready to strike 🐍

Follow some of this bird's fun facts on this #WildWekivaWednesday and stay tuned for next week's trivia!

This Little Blue Heron is in its awkward "teenage" phase, shown by the patchy white spots on its wings as it transitions into its slate-blue plumage.  🪶 

Unlike egrets that like to group up, Little Blue Herons often hunt alone. Giving full-on loner teen angst out here!

#WildWekivaWednesday

🪻 Send these flowers to your future volunteer buddy! 🧤

🪻These Prairie Blazing Star are not native to Florida, but do thrive in many of Florida's varied ecosystems. We sure love the pop of color they add to our hikes!

#WildWekivaWednesday #WekivaRiverSystem #WekivaWildandScenic

#SunscreenDay reminds us to stay safe from the UV rays, while also keeping our waterways safe! When you choose reef-safe alternatives this summer, you support biodiversity, and support sensitive skin 💚

🧴 What is your go-to reef-safe? 

#WekivaRiver #SummerSafe  #WildWekivaWednesday

🌿 Time for some #WildWekivaWednesday fun! 💫

Who is this dashing little fellow? 👀 

A) Ruddy Duck
B) Hooded Merganser
C) Woody Woodpecker
D) Ring-necked Duck

🦆 Comment below and stay tuned for the answer! 

#WekivaTrivia #WekivaRiver #WekivaWildandScenic #NatureTrivia

💚 We challenge you to write poems about your favorite forests and trees. As an extra challenge, snap a pic and write as many lines as there are tree trunks.

📥 Send us your #WekivaCreations for a chance to be featured on next week's #WildWekivaWednesday

#ForestDay #PoetryDay #WekivaRiver

🛶 Some of our #WildWekivaWednesday fears...

💚🌿 If they don't appreciate the outdoors, is the date worth going on?

Tag someone who needs to hear this below 👀👇

🌿 Happy #WildWekivaWednesday ! 💚

🌿 Damselflies are smaller and slender than dragonflies, and also rest with their wings folded upward as opposed to having them perpendicular to their bodies. 

🔍 Can you identify this fellow? Challenge yourself next time you're outdoors!

#Damselfly #ParkScience

🌿 This #WildWekivaWednesday, we bring you the Black Swallowtail caterpillar (Papilio polyxenes) 🐛

🐛 When threatened this little guy pops out orange "horns" called osmeteria behind its head, and releases a smelly chemical to frighten off predators. 😤

Fabulous and Foul! 💫

#WekivaTrivia #ParkScience