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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 Jan. 1, 2026.

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

Birds:
Purple Gallinule
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
Roseate Spoonbill
Tri-colored Heron
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
Wood Stork
Little Blue Heron
Snowy Egret
Anhinga
Blue-winged Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Blue-headed Vireo
Louisiana Waterthrush
Black-and-White Warbler
American Redstart
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow-throated Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Eastern Phoebe
Painted Bunting
Indigo Bunting
Ruby-Crowned Kinglet
American Goldfinch
Swamp Sparrow
Ovenbird
American Robin
Common Grackle
White Ibis
Northern Flicker
Tree Swallow
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
American Kestrel
Red-Shouldered Hawk
Limpkin
Mourning Dove
Common Ground Dove
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Barred Owl
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Great-crested Flycatcher
White-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
Tufted Titmouse
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Northern Mockingbird
Northern Parula
Northern Cardinal

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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