Birds are some of the most colorful and interesting creatures that share our world.
They appeared in such numbers to actually block out the light from the sun for some time. In Everglades National Park, over 350 different species of birds have been sighted. There are many different ways to identify one group of birds from another. In this article, the terms wading birds, land birds, and birds of prey will be used. Sixteen different species of wading birds live in the Everglades.