Flock of Seagulls

The name "Everglades" has always been associated with birds. The warm, shallow, and vast Everglades "river" has attracted all types of birds to this region for ...
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The name "Everglades" has always been associated with birds. The warm, shallow, and vast Everglades "river" has attracted all types of birds to this region for thousands of years. In the 1800s, the well-known naturalist and artist, John James Audubon, wrote during a visit to south Florida, "We observed great flocks of wading birds flying overhead toward their evening roosts .... They appeared in such numbers to actually block out the light from the sun for some time."

In Everglades National Park, more than 350 different species of birds have been sighted. Though there are many different ways to identify one group of birds from another, generally birds can be placed into one of three groups: wading birds, land birds, and birds of prey.

From www.nps.gov-ever-naturescience-birds.htm
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