Sightings
Sirena
| LOOK CLOSELY IN THE springs and on the river, and you may catch a glimpse of a very rare underwater inhabitant of the Ichetucknee—Sirena! The Gainesville painter Margaret Ross Tolbert has reported several sightings. Click on the images for larger views.
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