The gopher tortoises live with huge hotels for neighbors!
There are more pictures of other places to come! But first, Tim took a couple of short videos of the gopher tortoises and lizards…
It still amazes me how the gopher tortoises can go about their business so close to so much human activity….
Amazing!! Special thanks for sharing the videos. Thanks for giving us the feel of Amelia island. We never spotted so many turtles in my hometown in Goa. Not so common.
You’re welcome, Sonali! I bet you have other creatures in Goa that would fascinate me – each place on the earth seems to be blessed with its own unique flora and fauna.
I showed your pictures to one of my friends from Goa, and she loved them. She too started dreaming about the beach walk, the sun set, peace and relaxation. She says, its nice that you guys went vacationing to a coastal place like Georgia. We can relate so much.
It’s nice to think of you and your friend on the other side of the earth, dreaming about walks on the beach and finding the same magic and restoration found by the sea… The ocean connects us all.
Waaaaaaaay Cooooooooool! Thank you for taking your readers along – this is great!
You’re welcome, I’m glad you’re enjoying the pictures and videos, Laurie! 🙂
Hi,
Great photos, and I loved the videos, I couldn’t get over how long the tail was on the sand lizard, just amazing.
Thanks, Mags! I was amazed by the length of that tail, too. He was such a busy little thing and we couldn’t figure out why he kept digging up such a storm in one place after another…
We don’t have turtles on this coast – the videos are a great addition.
No turtles!?! I thought turtles of one kind or another could be found just about everywhere in the world!
Fascinating!
It was! 🙂
A friend and fellow blogger is moving down to Palm City, Florida, and I just commented to her that while it’s a place of great commercial development, it has somehow retained its natural beauty. Your line about the turtles and hotels reminded me of that, and suggests that the same may be true of Amelia Island. I hope so. Great photos and videos!
Thanks, Charles! The same can be said for Cape Cod, Massachusetts, our favorite place – no matter how many tourists are there it is still teeming with wildlife and has kept its charm. It seems like more and more development projects are including the reservation of open spaces in their plans, a good step in the right direction.
I bet that lizard is as fast as the turtle is slow!
Definitely! The lizard was zipping around on the sand, kicking up little sandstorms in one place after another! 🙂
Look at that turtle go! He’s on a mission, I didn’t think they could move that fast. 🙂 The wildlife must be used to the people living nearby, which is surprising, but they must feel safe there or they wouldn’t stay.
Maybe that’s the reason the wildlife feels safe there – no one interferes with their lives. It was remarkable how fast they moved! 🙂
Turtles yay!
Another turtle fan? 🙂