White egrets make up around 70% of the population, while over a dozen other rare species, including grey herons and night herons, have also been spotted, creating a richly layered avian community.

White egrets make up around 70% of the population, while over a dozen other rare species, including grey herons and night herons, have also been spotted, creating a richly layered avian community.

In December 2022, the city opened a 2,200-foot boardwalk to allow hikers, birdwatchers and other visitors a view over the water and closer to the coots, egrets, herons and wood storks who nest ...

egrets, herons and wood storks who nest near the cypress dome. “It’s what I consider a hidden jewel of Central Florida,” said Bruce Doerle, 77, a nature photographer. Doerle said the ...

Idling through O’Neill’s Marina and out to the Greater Pinellas Point on Tampa Bay, we started near an isolated mangrove island full of egrets, herons, and other waterbirds. Johnson had done ...

There are black-crowned night herons near the cell house, western gulls at the parade ground, there are pigeon guillemots around the island’s perimeter, and Brandt’s cormorants along its banks. Snowy ...

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