egret Tag

In the mid 1970’s the Alligator Farm expanded its Native Florida Swamp exhibit and inadvertently developed an outstanding natural bird rookery....

The St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery had a phenomenal nesting season this year with over 800 nests counted within two acres of habitat!...

Great egret and Roseate spoonbill chicks are fledging, though the Snowy egrets and Tri-colored herons are still incubating eggs!...

Now is the perfect time to visit as wading bird nestlings are hatching out daily! ...

Come out to The Rookery to see the Great egret and the Wood stork hatchlings!...

This nesting season is beginning to look like our best year ever!...

The St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery is beginning to bustle!...