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Today is World Migratory Bird Day!
Did you know, that one of the park's largest migratory bird visitors is the American White Pelican?
Photo by Mac Stone (@MacStonePhoto )
Did you know, that one of the park's largest migratory bird visitors is the American White Pelican?
Photo by Mac Stone (@MacStonePhoto )
White Pelicans have one of the largest wingspans of any bird in North America, measuring approximately 9-9.5 feet. Those long wings are needed to support their body which can weigh between 10-13 pounds.
White Pelicans can often be found in the Everglades from late fall through the spring. They spend their time here mainly on coastal waters, bays, and estuaries where they can forage in the shallow water and rest on exposed areas such as sandbars.
It's that time of the year again... We're referring to National Hurricane Preparedness Week.
How does this monument in Islamorada relate to the Everglades?
NPS Photo by Rachel DiPietro
How does this monument in Islamorada relate to the Everglades?
NPS Photo by Rachel DiPietro
Both locations were devastated by the great Labor Day hurricane of 1935.
Before hurricanes and tropical storms started receiving names to aid in tracking, and before the age of radar, only rudimentary tools like barometers and hand-written observations or calculations were available to prepare for impact.
Like all natural areas on our planet, the Everglades and @HaleakalaNPS were born from Earth’s changing climate over vast periods of time. Earth's climate is always fluctuating between glacial cycles that both alter the terrain and influence sea level over thousands of years.
Over the last 150 years however, scientists have observed an increase in global temperature and consequentially, a rise in global sea level.
The accelerated rates at which the temperature and seas are rising threaten to outpace the ability of plants, animals, and natural processes to adapt.
