Annie has been known to visit Blue Spring State Park in the winter. Aqua was first sighted at Blue Spring in December and has been a regular winter visitor since that time. She is identified by the scars on her left shoulder and has had two known calves. He weighs in at almost 1, pounds and has been a regular winter visitor since Doc has returned to Blue Spring State Park nearly every winter since He is an adult male, nearly 10 feet in length.
Doc is one of the few manatees frequently spotted in the spring in the summer. Flash is a large male manatee first identified in at Blue Spring State Park. Floyd was born in the summer of Gator was first identified in at Blue Spring State Park. He has been spotted on the webcam chasing and playing with an alligator at the park.
Howie is a sleek, large 1,pound male, known to winter at Blue Spring State Park since Lesley suffered a boat hit in She needed several surgeries and nearly three years in rehabilitation to recover from her injuries. She has had two calves and is now a winter visitor again at Blue Spring State Park. Lily is one of the few adult females to regularly winter at the Blue Spring State Park.
She has returned each year since and has at least ten calves. Lucille was born in Lucille had her first calf at an early age and, in , she became a grandmother.
Lucille regularly winters at Blue Spring State Park. Margarito is the son of Lily, another Blue Spring manatee. She brought him to Blue Spring State Park on November 24, , and he has returned every winter since that time. He can be identified by a number of scars from boat hits and a missing flipper. Merlin has been noted at Blue Spring State Park since , when attendance records first began. An adult male, Merlin is over 10 feet in length.
Moo Shoo is a female manatee first identified in , Moo Shoo loves to nudge the research canoe. She has had two calves. Nick is a small adult male who was first identified in at Blue Spring State Park.
Philip was born in the summer of He also seems to love canoes and follows the research canoe everywhere! Phyllis is thought to have been born in In , Phyllis gave birth to twins — a rare event for manatees. She is now the mother of several calves and a regular winter visitor to Blue Spring State Park. Rocket is a male manatee, rescued as a tiny orphan in Una was rescued as an orphan in She was released and gave birth to several calves.
Unfortunately, Una was rescued again because of fishing line entanglement on both flippers. Following treatment, she is once again doing well in the wild. Whiskers is a male manatee who frequents Blue Spring State Park in the winter. He is the son of Dana, a former Blue Spring adoptee. She introduced him to Blue Spring in , and he has been visiting the park ever since that time. Ariel was just two weeks old when she was rescued with her mom Amanda.
Betsy the manatee is very friendly and curious and is quick to investigate anything new. Elsie is easily identified because her tail is badly mutilated from an encounter with a boat propeller. She has been seen in the Tampa Bay area and has had at least two calves. Once, Elsie was documented traveling a distance of about miles in about 23 days. Flicker is an adult female first documented in in Ft. Patrick Rose, aquatic biologist and executive director of the Club, expresses concern that manatees continue to face tremendous challenges to their survival.
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