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Birds

New 2020 Wading Bird Report Shows Mixed Nesting Success in the Greater Everglades Region

November 19, 2021 by Erika Zambello No Comments
Note: Erika works for Audubon Florida. The data are in:...
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Trips

A Single Purple Gallinule

December 3, 2018 by Erika Zambello No Comments
All birders love the Everglades. There are so few places...
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News

Pokemon Go Is for the Birds—and Other Avian News

July 13, 2016 by Meredith Mann No Comments
Snail Kites photo by Corey There’s something for everyone in...
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Birds, Reptiles

Everglades Long-Legged Birds Feed Their Young To Alligators, Everything is Good.

April 19, 2016 by Greg 1 Comment
You know the famous novel about rabbits, wherein among other...
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Birding

Birding at the Tip of Florida: A Bit of Everything

May 2, 2014 by Carlos No Comments
Caribbean dry forests with trees such as Gumbo Limbo, Pigeon-Plum,...
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Conservation

The Everglade Snail Kite Is Making a Comeback

September 25, 2013 by Alfredo Begazo No Comments
The critically endangered Everglade Snail Kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis)  is making...
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Birds

Florida’s Mysterious Wintering Brown-crested Flycatchers

April 12, 2013 by Carlos 10 Comments
The C-111E Canal, one of several canals crossing the main...
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Birding

Anhinga Trail at Dawn — a Wildlife Spectacle

February 7, 2013 by Carlos 5 Comments
Every year from around January through the end of March,...
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Destinations

Lucky Hammock, an Improbable Magnet for Western Vagrants

November 15, 2012 by Carlos 4 Comments
Lucky Hammock, an assuming fragment of a tropical hardwood hammock...
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Bugs

Avast Ye Lubber

July 30, 2006 by Mike 1 Comment
The biodiverse expanse of the Everglades is a lepidopterist’s delight,...
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