Community Trips
On our first day of vacation at Sanibel Island, we decided to go for a drive through the Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge. This section of the island is a nature preserve where water fowl, by the hundreds migrate to for the Winter.We paid our $5 fee and followed the normal Wildlife Drive route. Much to our delight, there were 100s of birds! It was low tide and close to sunset and...
We went for a bike ride through the Ding Darling Natioal Wildlife Refuge in Sanibel, Florida. Our bike ride started at the visitor center, we followed the Wildlife Drive until it joins with the Sanibel-Captiva Road.On this ride we saw Cormorant, Little Blue Heron, Osprey, Snowy Egret, and Hawk.
Ding Darling Nature Refuge, Sanibel Island, FL, USA. Start at Tarpon Bay, bike through Ding Darling and return along San-Cap Road
The is a pontoon boat ride around the Tarpon Bay area of Sanibel Island FL, USA. The center of the bay has narrow sliver of an Island, called The Rookery Islands, with lots of birds!
Sanibel Bike Ride - Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge
Sanibel, Florida, United States
12.9 miles
12.9 miles
While on vacation in Captiva, we drove over to the Ding Darling Wildlife Refuge, rented bikes at the Tarpon Bay Nature Tour center.Our bike ride went from Tarpon Bay, West along Sanibel-Captiva Road, through Ding Darling on Wildlife Drive, then looped back along San-Cap Road.San-Cap road has excellent two-lane bike paths; Wildlife Drive is a crushed limestone road that bikes share with cars -- the speed limit is 10mph and most cars...
--------------------------------This trip was created with the REI Bike Your Drive App
Bike Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge - Sanibel Island, FL
Sanibel, Florida, United States
8.0 miles
8.0 miles
We went for a bike ride throug the Ding Darling Wildlife Refuge. We started at the visitor center and followed the Wildlife Drive loop.Along the way, we saw Yellow-Crown Night Heron, Red-Shoulder Hawk, Osprey, Little Blue Heron, Snowy Egret, Great Egret, Reddish Egret, Roseate Spoonbill and Rabbit.Much to our delight we saw two hawks actively hunting. We saw them catch lizards. One flew over my shoulder and pounced on a critter on the ground just infront...
Bike Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge -- Baby Eagles!!
Sanibel, Florida, United States
13.1 miles
13.1 miles
It was a windy morning, too windy to go kayaking, so we decided to go for a bike ride through the Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge. We started at the Tarpon Bay bike bike rental, headed West on Sanibel-Captiva Road, entered Ding Darling, followed the Wildlife Road path, then looped around and headed back.This morning, it was low tide and there were lots of birds: White Pelicans, Great Egrets, Great Blue Heron,...
