Egmont Key 
October 20, 2015
Temperature- 79 degrees overcast
19mph winds 11:00am

This is an island on accessible by boat. 

                                               

In 1848 the lighthouse was completed to safely guide ships en route to Tampa. The island was a brief and tragic home to Seminole Indians who where defeated in war. The light on the lighthouse beams every 15 seconds. 

There are many tortoises inland. They survive due to the dry sandy environment along with indigo snakes. 

On the boat ride there (15 min) we where able to see 1 bottle nose dolphin. 

On this island grows: Poison ivy, sea grapes, sea oats, sea birds, pine trees, and what we believed to be an aloe plant. They are able to grow here due to the beach like and sandy atmosphere that is also dry. 

The sand was very Shelley due to the islands wave activity. 

The ecosystem of this state park is a beach on the outer island and gets forest like inland. 

We saw many crabs and jelly fish on the beaches! 

                                                  
                                                 

                                                 

All the jelly fish were dead and had been washed up on the shoreline! There were millions! We had to look down every step or we would step on one! EW!

                                                 

We where also able to identify the different dunes of the beaches! 

At 12:00pm it was 81 degrees
No clouds 
with a wind speed of 19mph.

The island is 1.6 miles long
Less than .5 miles wide.
400 Acres. 

We saw very many waxy leaves by the beach environment due to the adaptation of the salty environment. 

At 3:00pm it was 85 degrees and sunny! 

                                           

All in all our first field trip was a blast to our state park! We look forward to going back soon except we plan to bring more sunscreen and water!