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Visitors and staff observe flora and fauna from the boardwalk on a daily basis. Below are some of the highlights reported since Feb. 25, 2026.

To find out what to expect in a particular season, check out our Seasonal Nature Viewing Opportunities page. 

Birds:
Painted Bunting
Red-headed Woodpecker
Hooded Merganser
Common Ground Dove
Limpkin
Anhinga
White Ibis
Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Green Heron
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Swallow-tailed Kite
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue Jay
Tufted Titmouse
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Carolina Wren
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Cedar Waxwing
Common Grackle
Black-and-white Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Northern Parula
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Blue-headed Vireo
Boat-tailed Grackle
Purple Gallinule
Western Cattle-Egret
Red-winged Blackbird
Black-throated Green Warbler
Summer Tanager
American Bittern
Wood Stork
Double-crested Cormorant
Snowy Egret
American Redstart
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-tailed Hawk
Barred Owl
Fish Crow
Swamp Sparrow
Waterthrush 
Ovenbird
Prairie Warbler
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Orange-crowned Warbler
Baltimore Oriole
Belted Kingfisher
Mottled Duck
Common Gallinule
Sandhill Crane

Butterflies:
Ruddy Daggerwing
Cloudless Sulphur
Zebra Longwing
Gulf Fritillary

Other Invertebrates:
Click Beetle
Dragonflies
Damselflies
Grasshoppers
Apple Snails
Okeefenokee Fishing Spider
Six-spotted Fishing Spider
Whirlygig Beetle

Reptiles and Amphibians:
Softshell Turtle
Striped Mud Turtle
Banded Water Snake
Southern Leopard Frog
Carolina Green Anole
Cuban Brown Anole
American Alligator 
Pig Frog
Green Treefrog
Cuban Tree Treefrog

Mammals:
River Otter
Black Bear
White-tailed Deer
Raccoon
Gray Squirrel

Blooming Plants:
Clamshell Orchid (Prosthechea cochleata)
Pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata)
Swamp Lily  (Crinum americanum)
Lanceleaf Arrowhead  (Sagittaria lancifolia)
Beggartick  (Bidens alba)
Dingy Flowered Star Orchid (Epidendrum anceps or amphistomum)
Stiff-flower Star Orchid (Epidendrum rigidum)

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