One of the largest and most easily accessible wild wading bird rookery in east central Florida is at Gatorland, a tourist attraction on the southern edge of Orlando near Kissimmee. The rookery is on the outer edge of the park and serves as the 10 acre breeding marsh for Gatorland's alligators. According to the Gatorland website, "Literally thousands of native Florida birds make their home in this natural habitat. Currently, a dozen different species of birds nest within Gatorland's...
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One of the largest and most easily accessible wild wading bird rookery in east central Florida is at Gatorland, a tourist attraction on the southern edge of Orlando near Kissimmee. The rookery is on the outer edge of the park and serves as the 10 acre breeding marsh for Gatorland's alligators. According to the Gatorland website, "Literally thousands of native Florida birds make their home in this natural habitat. Currently, a dozen different species of birds nest within Gatorland's rookery, and over 20 different species of birds use the area for roosting or feeding."

Some of those birds are: Snowy Egret (Egretta thula), Great Egret (Ardea alba), Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga), Roseate spoonbill (Ajaia ajaja) ,Double-crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus), Wood Stork (Mycteria americana), White Ibis (Eudocimus albus), Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor), Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea), Green Heron (Butorides virescens), Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) and Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
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