Hurricane Wilma: One year later: A slow healing
A pelican perches on a dead red mangrove on a small key off Caxambas Pass near Marco Island this past Tuesday. None of the red mangroves on this key, as with many islands for wading birds, are regrowing vegetation nearly a year after Hurricane Wilma caused damage.
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A white ibis walks on a fallen dead red mangrove on the most-western ABC Island near Marco Island. Ted Below, an avian ecologist, said the damaged mangrove island has forced out many smaller wading birds, such as the ibis and egret.
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October 2006: The sparse dead mangrove island at the mouth of Morgan Pass on Cape Romano has further eroded since Hurricane Wilma came ashore on Oct. 24, 2005.
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A small piece of land and shredded mangroves remained in late October 2005 after the eye of Hurricane Wilma came ashore at Cape Romano.
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