EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK
EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK |
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Royal Palm | ||
| The Everglades National Park lies in southwestern Florida, west of Miami. The Everglades is in fact a river system; the water from Lake Okeechobee runs through the Everglades on its way to the Golf of Mexico. Compared to other rivers, the Everglades is very shallow and very wide (30-50 km). This means the water moves very slowly. |  Alligator (173 kb) |
 Alligator (76 kb) |
 Alligator (358 kb) |
The Everglades is rich in animal life, we saw a lot of birds, alligators and turtles. Often you have to look carefully, at first there is nothing but suddenly you can see perhaps 8-10 alligators almost hidden in the water. |  Great White Heron (238 kb) |
 Great White Heron (407 kb) |
 Blue Heron (?) (377 kb) |
 Blue Heron (?) (224 kb) |
 Cormorant (117 kb) |
 Cormorant (130 kb) |
 Anhinga (191 kb) |
 Anhinga - a good swimmer, but its feathers are not waterproofed, therefore it often dry its wings and feathers like this (262 kb) |
 Anhinga (221 kb) |
 Turtle (266 kb) |
 Royal Palm (245 kb) |
 Royal Palm (222 kb) |
 Royal Palm (376 kb) |
 Royal Palm (276 kb) |
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Pa-hay-okee Overlook | ||
| At Pa-hay-okee Overlook we saw a few wood storks - they are members of the stork family of birds. |  Wood stork (219 kb) |
 Wood stork (158 kb) |
Mahogany Hammock | ||
| Many places in Everglades National Park the ground is just a little bit higher than the surrounding terrain. This means trees can grow - it is often referred to as islands of trees in the river of grass. Mahogany Hammock is such an "island" with different species of hardwood. |  Mahogany Hammock - river of grass (234 kb) |
 Path in Mahogany Hammock (299 kb) |
West Lake | ||
| At West Lake you can see mangrove - mangrove is trees and shrubs that grow in salt water. There are differents forms of mangrove. Red mangrove is the most tolerant to salt water and is found farthest from the shore. Closer to the shore and less tolerant to salt water is black mangrove. |  Red mangrove (260 kb) |
 Red mangrove (334 kb) |
 Red mangrove (284 kb) |
 Black mangrove (381 kb) |
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Flamingo | ||
| Flamingo and Flamingo Visitor Center is at the coast of Florida Bay, at the end of the road through Everglades National Park. |  Flamingo and Florida Bay (88 kb) |
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