The weather has been so cold all over the Northern Hemisphere this winter and it is unusual for these temperatures here in the Florida Keys. There have been many deaths of fish, manatees, iguanas, and other creatures that can't adapt to such cold temperatures. Now I mostly see birds taking refuge in the mangroves or flying around looking for fish to eat. When the temperatures dropped down to the 30's and warmed up a little afterward we found many of the fish that died rise to the surface of the water and balloon, which gave off quite a foul smell in the harbor. The fish that died from the cold temperatures were not limited to small fish as we saw many parrot fish and even tarpon floating around the waters, which we would have to dodge with the dinghy. I have to say sometimes we hit them because we didn't see them in time and we would hear the thud against the bottom of the dinghy, which would freak me out. The full moon has been giving really low tides and this was the lowest tide we have ever seen with the sea grass exposed in very large quantities.
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