Miami has a variety of attractions for tourists who come to the bird and animal life. These include the Miami Seaquarium, Parrot Jungle Island, Monkey Jungle and the Miami Zoo. But even more interesting are the truly wild animals and birds, which can be seen in South Florida. The Waterway and other channels along the highways and roads in residential areas and numerous lakes and along the way to attract birds especially waterfowl. For the best experience, SouthFlorida, in areas around Miami, has numerous parks where the true nature can be seen.
Grassy Waters Preserve in Palm Beach there, Marine Life June Beach, boardwalk and track Hungryland, John D. MacArthur Beach State Park, Okeeheelee Park Nature Center. Are located in Boca Raton, Gumbo Limbo Nature Center and we Fern Forest Nature Center.
In Hollywood, it's Anne Kolb Nature Center West Lake Park Tree Tops Park, Broward County has, and Greynolds Parkis located in Miami Beach. Two of the parks that are easily accessible to Miami in the south are Biscayne National Park and Everglades National Park.
Biscayne National Park is located 9700 SW 328 St., Homestead. Ninety-five percent of this marine park under the water and offers colorful coral reefs and undeveloped keys in Biscayne Bay. Most of the buttons are covered by mangroves and hammocks, tropical wood. The park has a walkway on the waterfront overlookingMangroves. This is a good position to see the different types, which combine with water, including the ring-billed gulls, cormorants, double, reddish Turnstone, woodpeckers and starlings. Fishing in designated areas of the park vacation, kayaking and canoeing are allowed. The park is every day from 7.00 a 17.30 clock clock access to the park is open free of charge.
Near Biscayne Park Biscayne boat docks, a $ 5 registration fee. At the quay, a small beach for swimmingwith lifeguards, restrooms and snack bar. For an afternoon or morning, more active, fishing in salt water under the mangroves and along the sidewalk is permitted. For bird watchers can Sapsucker to see osprey, grebes and cormorants.
Biscayne National Park to take the Florida Turnpike south to 6 (Speedway Boulevard), turn left from the exit and continue south south-west to 328 Street (North Canal Drive). Turn left and continue until the end of the road. Admission isabout 5 miles left.
Everglades National Park covers 1.4 million hectares with a variety of habitats ranging from marine and estuarine areas of Florida Bay in pine forests, hardwood hammocks and swamps and marshes of Sawgrass huge fresh water. The park offers opportunities for a wide range of activities including beach combing, bird watching, camping, diving, fishing, hiking, photography, ranger led activities, snorkeling, swimming and wildlife watching.
There arethree campsites in the park, Long Pine Key, Flamingo, and Chekika and all campsites are open all year round. Canoes can be rented at Flamingo and Gulf Coast. Cycling is allowed to park along the main road routes on which Shark Valley Tram Road, Old Ingraham on the road, in Long Pine Key Nature Trail, Snake Bight and Rowdy Bend trails at Flamingo and. Visitor centers are at the main entrance (west of Homestead), Royal Palm, Flamingo, Shark Valley and Gulf Coast (south of theEverglades City).
However, is observation of animals in the Everglades National Park was amazed. Over 300 species of birds have been recorded, seven of which are rare or threatened. Migratory birds use both Everglades National Park as a critical wintering areas as well as a stop. Species include the Cape May warbler, peregrine falcons, finches and tree swallows rice. Waders can be encountered during a visit are the great white egrets, herons, egrets, snowyEgrets, herons, tricolor, little blue herons, egrets, herons, red, black crowned night heron, night heron yellow-crowned, least bittern, glossy ibis, roseate spoonbills and very colorful. Some predators of the Everglades are the red-shouldered hawks and barred owls. Mangrove areas along the island of Everglades National Park, is probably an osprey dive into the water to see, to catch a fish. Fifty pairs of eagles that nest to feed on fish and parks. One ofmost endangered birds in the park, the Everglades snail kite, either
Anhinga Trail through Taylor Slough at Royal Palm is a good place to see anhingas nest in the spring, and all year round viewing of herons, cormorants and white ibis twice. Eco Pond near Flamingo is a good place for herons, white ibis, roseate spoonbills, white-eyed vireos, red shoulder hawks and observe many species of butterflies. From the Flamingo Visitor Center, you can see white pelicans,Gulls, terns, shorebirds, egrets, purple herons and other birds along the edge of the bay.
More than forty species of mammals are found in Everglades National Park. It is not uncommon to see white-tailed deer wading across the plains Sawgrass. The swamp rabbit is common in freshwater marshes higher, pine forests and coastal prairies. Raccoons and possums are common creatures in the park is seen more frequently in the gray fox near wooden hammocks. Otters are oftenobserved in spring at the Anhinga Trail and Shark Valley. The Florida panther, a subspecies of mountain lion is found in the park, but difficult to see so seldom. The lynx, in contrast to the endangered Florida panther is common in Everglades National Park. Although mainly nocturnal, this small (15 to 25 lb) is short-tail cats are often seen in the light of day. It can be seen walking the Bear Lake Trail, Snake Bight Trail and the Main Street Park.
The West Indian Manateeis a marine mammal that is growing at 1.000 pounds and roams the coastal waters of the United States from Louisiana to Virginia. In winter, try the warm waters of Florida Bay, where they are often seen by visitors. They can often be seen in Whitewater Bay, Hells Bay and along the west coast. Alligators are common in freshwater marshes of the park, and occasionally enter the brackish waters of Florida Bay. The best time is to see the alligators in the park during the dry winter season. For thisTime you gather around the water holes deeper. All sizes and ages, from ten-inch-old children for an occasional 20 years, ten feet long for adults to see, be transparent to the bank along the Anhinga Trail.
At Everglades National Park in Florida Turnpike south to take up its end in Florida City. Turn right on Southwest 344 Street (Palm Drive), follow signs on Florida Highway 9336 to the Everglades National Park.
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