Monday before leaving Florida I went birding at the Wakodahatchee Wetlands in Florida. Wakodahatchee means “created waters” in the Seminole Indian Language. Wakodahatchee is 50 acres of utility land in Palm Beach County converted into a recreation wetlands with a three-quarter mile boardwalk. It also serves as a natural filter for two million gallons of water a day.
There were less birds than previous visits as I usually have been there in the winter. However, there were still interesting birds to watch. I saw Egyptian Goose (which although not native seems to have naturalized) Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Great Blue Heron, Black-crowned Night-heron, Tricolored Heron, Anhinga, Double-crested Cormorant, Common Gallinule, American Coot, Blue-jay, and Red-winged Blackbird.
I was also told here was an earlier sighting of a Kingfisher. I also heard that earlier an alligator had killed an egret that had gone in the water trying to rescue a baby egret that had fallen out of the nest, evoking understandably sad responses from observers.
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