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Posted by Alex Harper on 11:38:00 05/26/09
A buddy from FIU and I poked around Everglades National Park in the late afternoon till about 12:00 am. Mostly looking for snakes, but of course there is plenty of bird life at night.
Mosquitoes were not too bad anywhere. I spent the entire night barefoot and in shorts without any bug spray, even towards Flamingo, and was fine.
At Anhinga Trail, a Common Yellowthroat could be heard singing.
Common Nighthawks and Chuck-will's-Widow's quickly took over the road. Nighthawks used the main road as a flight path, and Chuck's sat on the road. A Black-crowned Night-heron was at Pa-hay-okee.
As far as owls in the park, we had two Barred Owls near Mahogany Hammock, a Barn Owl near Pa-hay-okee, and a dead Eastern Screech-Owl. A shame how much wildlife is killed in the National Parks on the roadways.
As far as herps, frogs were in abundance:
Oak and Southern Toads, Eastern Narrowmouth Toads, Florida Cricket Frogs, Little Grass Frogs, Florida Leopard Frogs, Pig Frogs, and Green and Cuban Treefrogs. Both gators and crocs were seen (the later in Flamingo). Two watersnakes were hybrids (clarkii x fasciata), and Penninsula Ribbon Snakes were thick in the mangroves.
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