We spent one early morning at the Gatorland Rookery near Orlando over Memorial Day Weekend of 2017. The chicks were just fledging.
The main attraction here for most visitors is the American alligators, Alligator mississippiensis.
White ibis, Eudocimus albus
Wood stork, Mycteria americana
Black vulture, Coragyps atratus
Double crested cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus
Anhinga, Anhinga anhinga
Greater flamingo, Phoenicopterus ruber
Great blue heron, Ardea herodias
Northern cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis
Great white egret, Ardea alba
Video of begging chick
Video of feeding chicks
Tricolored heron, Egretta tricolor
Tricolored heron chicks begging
Snowy egret, Egretta thula
Cattle egret, Bubulcus ibis
Common moorhen, Gallinula chloropus
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