Fisheating Creek is an excellent place to view wildlife year-round.
Wading birds of all types - ibis, herons, egrets, wood storks, roseate
spoonbills - as well as hawks, osprey, and owls are common. Several
bald eagle nests are located in the area. Warblers are abundant during
fall and spring migrations. River otters are common, and alligators
are ubiquitous. One American crocodile was confirmed on the area.
Fisheating Creek is an important staging area for swallow-tailed kites
before their migration to South America in August. In April and May
they nest and raise young all along the creek. The communal roosting
area in the vicinity of Cowbone Marsh may at times be used by half of
the U.S. population of swallow-tailed kites. Audubon’s crested
caracara and Florida sandhill cranes may be seen on the prairies, depression
marshes, and unimproved pasture on the adjacent conservation easement
land.
