Sat, Feb 4: Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Everglades

Then we took an all day tour of the everglades and the estuary which was very interesting – saw around 20 different kinds of birds, lots of alligators including a baby, and dolphins. 

Some of the birds we saw:

Anhinga

Cormorant, Double Crested

Egret, Cattle

Egret, Great

Gallinule, Purple

Heron, Black Crowned Night

Heron, Great Blue

Heron, Tricolored

Ibis, White

Limpkin

Pelican, American White

Pelican, Brown

Stork, Wood

Crow, American

Eagle, Bald

Eagle, Solitary

Hawk, Red-tailed

Hawk, Short-tailed

Osprey

Vulture, Turkey

The air boat we road in for the everglades:

Hoping the gator is well fed already ...

We saw lots of birds and alligators: 

Then we had a short nature walk:

And saw wildlife on the edge of the road as we were driving to the estuary:

We also took a cruise on the estuary.  More birds, some dolphins, and interesting scenery:

Mary saw a manatee just under the water near the boat as the boat was passing by trying to get the dolphins to ride its wake.

View more photos from the Everglades.