Camping - Everglades National Park & Florida Keys, Florida: December, 2004 - January, 2005

A Great Blue Heron in the Everglades N.P. Suzie under a palm tree in the Everglades N.P. Bird in the Everglades... maybe an Egret? Purple Gallinules at Eco Pond in the Everglades
A Red Shouldered Hawk at Eco Pond in the Everglades The first gator of the trip at Eco Pond in the Everglades A Purple Gallinule and another bird (maybe an Egret) at Eco Pond in the Everglades An all white Great Blue Heron in the Everglades. The all white Great Blue Heron is something that occurs in southern Florida.
Funky tree in the Everglades. I have no idea what this bird is! A Green-backed Heron at Eco Pond in the Everglades An all white Great Blue Heron in the Everglades. The all white Great Blue Heron is something that occurs in southern Florida.
An alligator near a large pond in the Everglades An alligator near a large pond in the Everglades Our camp site at Long Key State Park, Florida. A Little Blue Heron (maybe?) at our camp site at Long Key State Park, Florida.
Suzie at the southern most point in the U.S. Me at the southern most point in the U.S. Dolphins near Key West. A mangrove swamp at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park in the Florida Keys
A channel in a mangrove swamp at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park in the Florida Keys A channel in a mangrove swamp at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park in the Florida Keys Purple Gallinules in Big Cypress National Preserve An alligator seen from a boat ride just outside the Everglades.
Alligator seen from a boat ride just outside the Everglades. A White Ibis in Big Cypress National Preserve. A Wood Stork in Big Cypress National Preserve. An alligator in Big Cypress National Preserve.
A Tricolored Heron in Big Cypress National Preserve. A small alligator in Big Cypress National Preserve. An Anhinga in Big Cypress National Preserve. An alligator in Big Cypress National Preserve.
An Anhinga in Big Cypress National Preserve. Literally a pile of gators in Big Cypress National Preserve. A Tricolored Heron in Big Cypress National Preserve. A Snowy Egret in Big Cypress National Preserve.
An Anhinga in Big Cypress National Preserve. An Anhinga in Big Cypress National Preserve. A Tricolored Heron in Big Cypress National Preserve. Snowy Egret in Big Cypress National Preserve.
The back of an alligator in Big Cypress National Preserve, taken from a viewing platform at the Visitor Center. An alligator in Big Cypress National Preserve, taken from a viewing platform at the Visitor Center. The front foot of an alligator in Big Cypress National Preserve, taken from a viewing platform at the Visitor Center. A Great Blue Heron eating a large Florida Gar in Big Cypress National Preserve.
Not really sure what kind of bird in Big Cypress National Preserve. A Portugese Man of War that had washed up in front of our camp site in Long Key State Park. There were lots of these on the beach and we saw a couple live ones in the water. The beach in front of our camp site in Long Key State Park. Alligators in Big Cypress National Preserve, taken from a viewing deck at the Visitor's Center.