THINGS TO DO IN JUPITER- WILDLIFE SIGHTINGS

April 9, 2021

THINGS TO DO IN JUPITER!

Wildlife is under, above and all around when you go for a paddling or bicycling adventure at Jupiter Outdoor Center.

Here’s some of our favorite outdoor characters we’ve seen during Things To Do in Jupiter adventures:

BIRDS, BIRDS, BIRDS

Owls, great blue herons, osprey, ducks, sandhill cranes, hawks, turkeys, bald eagles — even if you can’t tell a feather from a fantail you’ll have fun birdwatching in Riverbend Park and around Jupiter Inlet watersways.

Binoculars are great, but the naked eye is enough to see and hear all kinds of birds in the towering cypress trees, along the shore and squawking as they fly overhead during your Things To Do in Jupiter adventure.

Check out JUPITER OUTDOOR CENTER’S birding, kayaking, canoeing, bicycling and other many wildlife adventures.

a turtle in the water

TURTLES

Sea turtles – graceful and surprisingly swift swimmers — are constant companions on both Jupiter Inlet waterways and the Loxahatchee River.

Visitors will quickly understand why the Seminoles called the river Loxahatchee, which means river of turtles. Yellow bellied slider turtles like to gather on fallen cypress tree branches, sometimes half a dozen at a time.

They stretch out their legs and neck to catch the sun. Is that turtle yoga?

Loggerhead, green and other sea turtles are common on Things To Do in Jupiter tours in Jupiter Inlet waterways.

Take a paddle near DuBois Park — we call that Turtle Cove — and you’re likely to see them frolicking in the sea grass.