Photo by Jess Yarnell Peak season is just about upon the rookery! Chicks are hatching out everywhere now. The Great Egret and Wood Stork chicks are getting big and many of the Snowy Egret nests have hatched. The Tri-coloreds are beginning to hatch out and the...
Photo by Larry Arrington Northeast Florida is currently being threatened by a state of extreme drought. Our region is seven inches below normal for the year and down twenty-three inches since the beginning of 2010. Wading birds depend on water and a reliable aquatic food source to...
Photo by Sara Lopez The rookery is full of all sorts of activity: displaying, incubating, flying, nesting, and young rearing! The Great Egret nests began hatching out about a week ago and will continue to do so over the next few weeks. Some Wood Storks are incubating eggs,...
In the mid 1970’s the Alligator Farm expanded its Native Florida Swamp exhibit and inadvertently developed an outstanding natural bird rookery....
The St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery had a phenomenal nesting season this year with over 800 nests counted within two acres of habitat!...
Great egret and Roseate spoonbill chicks are fledging, though the Snowy egrets and Tri-colored herons are still incubating eggs!...
A Green heron pair has been spotted at St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park! Hopefully this season will surpass last year's numbers!...