FLORIDA: MISSION EVERGLADES: (17 Exhibits)
This is the zoo's newest exhibit complex, and can be seen from a visitor boat flume ride called 'Lostman's River Ride' as well as from the visitor path loop.
Medium-sized netted yard with glass viewing panel in shelter on one side:
The site map posted at the exhibit labels this habitat as 'Song Birds' but none were present, instead there were:
Burrowing Owl
Gopher Tortoise
Large-sized low-fenced yard dominated by large pond with viewing shelter and visitor path circling it, titled 'South Florida Wading Bird Exhibit':
This exhibit has multiple signs for a wide variety of birds, I presume many of which are wild birds that might be spotted in the exhibit. Therefore I will only list those that I saw that had identification bands on their legs!
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Roseate Spoonbill
Large-sized yard with large-sized pond, underwater viewing panel in visitor shelter, underwater tunnel, and viewing area from Lostman's River Ride :
American Crocodile
Medium-sized simulated mudbank-walled yard with small deep pond, underwater viewing panel in visitor shelter and visitor slide through tunnel:
North American River Otter
Large-sized fenced and simulated mudbank-walled yard with large viewing shelter, rotating species:
American Black Bear OR Florida Panther
Large-sized fenced yard with large viewing shelter, visitor crawl-in simulated tree trunk viewing, and viewing area from Lostman's River Ride, rotating species:
American Black Bear OR Florida Panther
5 medium-sized wall terrariums in bear/panther viewing shelter, containing 1 species each:
Common Box Turtle
Everglades Ratsnake
Florida Green Watersnake
Glass Lizard
Squirrel Treefrog
Medium-sized netted yard with small windows to view burrows in simulated mudbank:
Work was going on in this exhibit so it was empty, I suspect it was being converted to a different species mix since two of the species were also located in a previously described exhibit:
Burrowing Owl
Common Grackle
Gopher Tortoise
Large-sized simulated mudbank-walled yard with large pond, visitor boardwalk path and rope bridge spanning the pond, and viewing area from Lostman's River Ride:
American Alligator
Medium-sized netted aviary with visitor walk-in viewing shelter and viewing area from Lostman's River Ride:
Bald Eagle
Small-sized low simulated mudbank-walled yard beyond eagle exhibit, difficult to see from visitor path loop:
Crested Caracara
Large-sized netted yard with visitor treehouse-themed viewing shelter and viewing area from Lostman's River Ride, rotating species:
Bobcat OR Gray Fox OR Raccoon
Medium-sized netted yard, rotating species:
Bobcat OR Gray Fox OR Raccoon
