Wildlife
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Matthew J. Aresco
Suwannee cooter
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The best way to see wildlife on the area is by canoe or kayak early
in the morning or evening or by walking quietly along the Aucilla Sinks
Trail or the trams accessed from Highway 98. Along the Wacissa, look
for the prothonotary and yellow-throated warbler, black-crowned night
heron, yellow-crowned night heron, nesting osprey, limpkin, and purple
gallinule. The endangered wood stork is found in marshy areas and often
feeds in ditches. Pine warblers are common in the pinelands, and Swainson’s
warbler, although uncommon, is sometimes seen in shrubby moist undergrowth.
The hooded warbler is common in upland forests. Red-shouldered hawks
are common and nest along the
Florida
Trail at Aucilla Sinks. White-eyed vireos are also common year
round. The Acadian flycatcher is common in moist, swampy forests, and
the great crested flycatcher is abundant.
