West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus)
The best, and easiest, place for bird photography is the Anhinga Trail.
Double-crested cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus) and their prey, the spotted gar fish (garpike), Lepisosteus oculatus:
Anhingas (Anhinga anhinga):
Ospreys (Pandion haliaetus):
Herons and egrets:
Great blue herons (blue and white morphs, Ardea herodias):
Green heron (Butorides virescens):
Tricolored heron (Egretta tricolor):
Little blue heron (Egretta caerulea):
Great egret (Ardea Alba):
Snowy egret (Egretta thula):
White ibises (Eudocimus albnus):
Glossy ibis (Plegadis falcirellus):
Roseate spoonbill (Platalea ajaja):
Wood stork (Mycteria americana):
Purple gallinule (Porphyrio martinica):
American crow (Corvus brachyrhyncos):
Belted kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon):
American coot (Fulica americana):
Pied-billed grebe (Podilymbus podiceps):
American white pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchus):
Brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis):
Laughing gull (Leucophaeus atricilla):
Turkey vulure (Cathartes aura):
American kestrel (Falso sparverius):
Bald eagle, juvenile (Haliacetus leucocephalus):
Red-shouldered hawk (Buteo lineatus):
Broad-winged hawk (Buteo platypterus):
Red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis):
Least flycatcher (Empidonax minimus):
Tennessee warbler (Vermivora peregrina):
Palm warbler (Setophaga palmarum):
Red-bellied woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus):
Insects:
Reptiles:
Florida redbelly turtles (Florida redbelly cooters), Pseudemys nelsoni, which eat spatterdock flowers:
Florida softshell turlte (Apolone ferox):
Alligators (Alligator mississippiensus):
American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus):
Plants
Spatterdock (cow lily, yellow pond lily) (Nuphar advena)
Airplant (Tillandsia sp.)
Sunset over the sawgrass prairie:
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Last modified 18 February 2023