This was another fantastic visit to Everglades National Park. There was a lot of bird and gator activity in the park today, including several baby gators. And, something I don't usually see, wood storks that were very near to spectators. There were a lot of great blue herons, little blue herons, green herons (my personal favorite), egrets, of course lots of anhingas, and a real treat -- a limpkin looking for snails. The lazy alligators were just lying around waiting for some little varmint to fall in their mouths! I also got some good shots of a great blue heron who had just caught a big fish! He was very pleased with his lunch.
|
Lots of people in the park today! |
|
Gator lying right on the pathway |
|
Nice variety of birds today |
|
Blue Heron and an Alligator |
|
Nice Catch! |
|
Wood Stork near the walkway |
|
He was fishing for something |
|
He's warning me to stay clear |
|
He was such a beauty! |
|
Cormorant |
|
Nice sighting - A limpkin |
|
He picked up a snail |
|
but, he didn't know how to eat it |
|
Great Blue Heron |
|
Little Blue Heron |
|
I hate the nitt-witts who throw their trash into the Everglades! |
|
Green Heron |
|
Snapping Turtle |
|
Lots of gators |
|
Baby Alligators |
|
This was the biggest gator I have ever seen! |
|
Anhinga |
|
Ibis |
|
Beautiful Osprey |
|
Lots of Egrets |
Me loving everything this wonderful national park has to offer . . . a very lazy alligator right behind me!