Beginning in 2010, the zoo was finally graced with nesting Roseate spoonbills (Platalea ajaja). This hot pink bird with an unusual spoon-shaped bill provided a dynamic contrast in the rookery against the mostly white backdrop of Great egrets, Snowy egrets, and Wood storks. Staff was...
Photo by Ardith Bondi The St. Augustine Alligator Farm is a proud participant of the Wood Stork Monitoring and Research Working Group. This is directly from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Virtual News Room: Wood storks in the Southeastern United States no longer face imminent danger...
Lousy photos by Gen Anderson The rookery not only contains a stunning congregation of nesting wading birds, but also more than a dozen gorgeous new signs detailing the various species which call the zoo home. On your next visit to the rookery, please look away from the...
In the mid 1970’s the Alligator Farm expanded its Native Florida Swamp exhibit and inadvertently developed an outstanding natural bird rookery....
The rookery is over-flowing with wading bird fledglings!...
A Green heron pair has been spotted at St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park! Hopefully this season will surpass last year's numbers!...
Nesting first occured last April. This year, we have already spotted eight nests in the Rookery....
Wood storks are arriving at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park Native Swamp and Rookery!...
The first pair of Great White Egrets will be arriving next week....