Everglades National Park is a birdwatcher's paradise. Among the birds to be seen are the beautiful roseate spoonbills, white ibis, and snowy egrets, the fragile Cuban golden warbler and the great blue heron.

Sea gulls, pelicans, and purple gallinules share airspace with the majestic bald eagle. The sight of the exotic great blue herons overhead, flying too fast to be counted, will long be remembered.
As you approach, a flock of a hundred snowy egrets suddenly rises into the air.
Scarlet Ibis flock to the rich feeding grounds of Florida Bay.

The rare and endangered Everglades kite, a crow-size bird of prey-whose very survival depends on the availability of the apple snail-is a memorable sight for bird watchers.
Mangrove cuckoos and anis can be observed in the jungle-like coastal forest.
The Bahama swallow is a recent imigrant, not seen anywhere else in North America.

Listen for the cranelike limpkin's yelling cries. This big, brown and white speckled bird. It has been called the crying bird.Wailing like a person in despair.

White crowned pigeons feed in plum thickets and everywhere there are seagulls.

Look up along the Gumbo Limbo trail. Huge flocks of birds roost in the jungle of live oaks and palms. Peer between the vines, orchids and Spanish moss. The variety of birds can be seen nowhere else in North America.

You can't miss the long-necked cormorant and the anhinga. The anhinga is often called the snakebird. It looks more like a reptile than a bird when it sticks its long S-shaped neck above the water. When they are wet, both stretch out their wings and tail feathers. You will see them all over the park, posing. Only when their feathers are completely dry can they fly.

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