On our way back from Miami, we took the old road - the Tamiami Trail.
It cuts across the the top of the Everglades and there is an entrance
to the Everglades at Shark Valley - We were there as it opened and took a
tram ride into the Everglades. The guide kept talking about the havoc
the Burmese Python was raising on the Everglades animals, eating
anything that moved - deer, racoons, rabbits, alligators, etc. Wait a
minute - alligators??
They
were all over the place - from the time the tram left to the end of the
tour - there were alligators. This one was a mother watching over her
hatchings from last September.
There were a lot of birds also. this one is an Anhinga - they stab their prey.
So they have to unstab it, turn it around and swallow it.
There were Egrets, Ibis, Roseate Spoonbills and on and on. This one is a Wood Stork - it's almost 4 foot tall.
And this is the Purple Gallinule, a very rare bird that we crept up on.
OK, that was your bird watching lesson for the day.
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