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The boat house is flanked by walkways.
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A flock of cattle heron enjoy the temporary marshland after summer rains.
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This eastern view of the marshland shows the historic district in the background.
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The sun rises over the temporary lake at Admiral Mason Park.
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The home is located in the Tiger Point Subdivision on Santa Rosa Sound.
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Common wildlife includes several species of salamanders and snakes as well as the wild turkey, southern flying squirrel, great horned owl, eastern screech owl, barred owl, pileated woodpecker, gray fox, bobcat and white tailed deer.
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Water oak, overcup oak, diamond-leaf oak, water hickory, sugarberry, several species of ash, American sycamore and river birch are among the more commonly seen trees.
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The entrance to the home is accessible over a quaint wooden bridge with a key code at the gate.
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The wooden bridge is built across a wetland area. which forms a development buffer between the shoreline homes and a subdivision to the north.
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The third level of the home with a top level cupola is visible at the roof line. The development to the north can be seen across the wetland area.
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The Amangiari gourmet shop has an amazing assortment of items, plus the best fresh-baked French bread in Pensacola.
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During preliminary site work for Gulf Power's corporate offices, archaeologists discovered artifacts from a prehistoric occupation of over 2000 years ago. Known as the Deptford Culture, these people were located near a saltmarsh and thrived on shellfish, wild game, nuts and berries from the area.
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Escambia County marine specialist, Robert Turpin follows Adventure Crusoe TV host, Darian Voyle on a canoe adventure through the Big Lagoon park that is separated from the open waters of the Gulf of Mexico by the narrow strip of sandy land that makes up Perdido Key. Marsh areas are generally confined to inland bays and the landward sides of barrier islands.
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The boardwalk offers a panoramic view of Big Lagoon, the park and Gulf Islands National Seashore across the Intracostal Waterway.
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Valued as wetlands, the salt marshes attract and provide important habitat for numerouse birds and animals.
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The dock has been built adjacent to a lot in the Mackey Point development.
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The ecosystem function of this river corridor system directly affects the water quality in the Perdido River and Perdido Bay and the estuaries of the system.
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In the biology of trees, a cypress knee is a distinctive structure in a root of a cypress tree of any of various species of the subfamil Taxodioideae. A likely function is that of structural support and stabilization and assist in anchoring the tree in the soft, muddy soil.