Everglades : Ramsar Convention & National Park

The Beauty of the Florida Everglades Complex

Everglades I : Northern Section

American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) Everglades National Park • Ramsar site no. 374. Conservation Status: Threatened due to similarity of appearance (T (S/A)) (T (S/A)) in United States (USFWS).

Peninsular Cooter (Pseudemys peninsularis) Everglades National Park • Ramsar site no. 374. Endemic in Florida, US: native and occurs nowhere else.

Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) Everglades National Park • Ramsar site no. 374. 

Halloween Pennant Dragonfly (Celithemis eponina) Everglades National Park, Florida, United States • Ramsar site no. 374.

Florida Softshell Turtle (Apalone ferox) Everglades National Park • Ramsar site. no. 374.Endemic in United States: native and occurs nowhere else.

The Florida Everglades Compex, National Park & Ramsar Site is a most beautiful of ecosystems to be found in North America. What you will find here is most orgasmic to any nature lover. Discovering the northern section of the Glades, I found it to be such a rich location for Flora & Fauna. I walked along a canal leading into the Glades & found wildlife all along it. Turtles were laying eggs along the shoreline as hungry Gators watched them. It was such a delight to experience all the wildlife in one place.

Everglades II : Southern Portion

White Peacock (Anartia jatrophae) Everglades National Park • Ramsar site no. 374.

Cattle Egrets (Bubulcus ibis) Everglades National Park • Ramsar site no. 374.

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) Everglades National Park • Ramsar site no. 374.

Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Everglades National Park • Ramsar site no. 374.

Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) Everglades National Park • Ramsar site no. 374. 

American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) Everglades National Park • Ramsar site no. 374.
Evaluated as Vulnerable by IUCN Red List: American Crocodile

Alligators, Crocodiles & much much more was found in the Southern Point of the Everglades National Park. On the drive in to Flamingo Visitor Center (FVC) there were so many great things to see & wonder at. The majority of these photos were taken at the FVC. All in all I had the most wonderful time visiting the Everglades NP & it proved itself to be a great Ramsar Site & well worthy of being a Wetland of International Importance.

Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) Everglades National Park • Ramsar site no. 374.

Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor) Everglades National Park, Florida, United States • Ramsar site no. 374.

2014 Commemorative coin for the Florida Everglades.