{"id":783146,"date":"2013-01-28T13:59:58","date_gmt":"2013-01-28T21:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.preparationeducation.com\/blog\/?p=783146"},"modified":"2013-03-11T15:32:47","modified_gmt":"2013-03-11T22:32:47","slug":"birds-in-the-everglades-national-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.preparationeducation.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/birds-in-the-everglades-national-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Birds in the Everglades National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"

We were very excited to take some time to visit the Everglades National Park<\/a>. We left the rainy Pacific Northwest to soak up some much needed Vitamin D and whatever else we gain from real sunshine.<\/p>\n

We saw so many things at the park, that we just can’t find in the Northwest that it was a real thrill. We went on a (long and slow) canoe trip in search of manatee and other mangrove swamp wildlife. We saw\u2014drum roll\u2014a Great Blue Heron and a Belted Kingfisher.\u00a0I don’t know if you can hear a little disappointment in my voice\u2014both of those birds live in the Northwest.\u00a0And, besides that, we had already seen a Belted Kingfisher between every pair of telephone poles along the highway. Oh, well, it was nice to get some sun. (And actually, we rarely see the Kingfishers around here, so I rather like them.)<\/p>\n

Okay, for real, we did see a lot, but most of it was just along the side of the road.<\/p>\n

Here are a few pictures that we managed. As always, there are a few pictures we wish we would have gotten of exciting things we saw, such as the Rosette Spoonbill. But we got some pictures that we are pretty excited about too.<\/p>\n

\"Tri-colored<\/a><\/p>\n

Tri-colored Heron with his fish<\/p>\n

\"Black-crowned<\/a><\/p>\n

Black-crowned Night Heron<\/p>\n

\"Green<\/a><\/p>\n

Green Heron watching intently for his next fish<\/p>\n

\"Snowy<\/a><\/p>\n

Snowy Egret checking his hairdo in the mirror.<\/p>\n

\"Great<\/a><\/p>\n

Great Egret standing pretty<\/p>\n

\"American<\/a><\/p>\n

White Ibis protecting her nest<\/p>\n

\"Cormorant\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Cormorant with swimmer’s hair.<\/p>\n

All of these pictures were taken at Shark Valley<\/a> in the Everglades National Park. And most of them were actually taken while we were waiting on the very slow process of getting through the ticket booth. It was an amazing stop that day. If you’re a birder, and in that area, I highly recommend the stop.<\/p>\n

Last, but not least, I want to show our very special bird that we got to see on this trip. We were all hoping that we could see this bird on this trip. It is quite rare and, oh so pretty. Check out the feet on this guy. We saw it at the same location.<\/p>\n

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\"Purple<\/a><\/p>\n

Purple Gallinule<\/p>\n

Here is our bird list from the Everglades<\/p>\n\n\n<\/col>\n<\/col>\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Purple Gullinule<\/td>\nNorthern Mockingbird<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pied-billed Grebe<\/td>\nGlossy Ibis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Green Heron<\/td>\nCormorant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Black-crowned Night Heron<\/td>\nRosette spoonbill<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
American Crow<\/td>\nBlack vulture<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Little Blue Heron<\/td>\nTurkey vulture<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anhinga<\/td>\nLittle Blue Heron<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Snowy Egret<\/td>\nGreat Egret<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Great Egret<\/td>\nWhite Great Blue Heron<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Great Blue Heron<\/td>\nBlue-winged Teal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Belted Kingfisher<\/td>\nGreen-winged Teal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tri-color Heron<\/td>\nCommon Grebe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
White Ibis<\/td>\nAmerican Coot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Common Gallinule<\/td>\nFish Crow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cardinal<\/td>\nOsprey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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