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Birds and gators galore.
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1000places > The first days of 2008 found us in the Everglades, a 1.5 million acre mosaic of sawgrass, flatlands, most-draped cypress groves, mangrove islands, birds...and oh yes, alligators.
1000places > In Everglades National Park, over 350 different species of birds have been sighted, including 16 different species of wading birds. Some, such as this heron, seem to enjoy posing for the camera....
1000places > ...while others, such as this brown pelican, glide gracefully over the park's marshlands.
1000places > And everywhere there are alligators...some obviously more relaxed than others.
1000places > The Everglades is a "harmony of wildlife." This blue heron seems unconcerned over the approaching alligator behind it.
1000places > A RIVER OF GRASS - Far from the vast swamp many visitors expect, the Everglades is a "river of grass" (as Marjory Stoneman Douglas described it in her 1947 book).
1000places > From its beginnings in Lake Okkechobee to the north, the terrain of the Everlades descends some 14 feet to Florida Bay to the south. Though slight, this subtle change in elevation is sufficient to creat a slow flow of water through vast stretches of sawgrass punctuated by occasional groves of cypress and red mangroves.
1000places > A great white heron in the Everlades.
1000places > An American alligator moves silently through the marsh reeds of the Everglades.
...while others, such as this brown pelican, glide gracefully over the park's marshlands.

> ...while others, such as this brown pelican, glide gracefully over the park's marshlands.
...while others, such as this brown pelican, glide gracefully over the park's marshlands.

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