There is a pretty fair showing of them as well. For months we have been scouring marshland areas around lake in search of the elusive green heron. They are everywhere here along with every other type heron in the book. We watched a swallow-tailed kite hunting. To us, it was the picture of grace and maneuverability. To his prey on the ground, I suspect it was terrifying. We have watched egrets and herons staking out territory in the quiet pools under cypress and listened to the sharp chirp of osprey as they find their mates and build their huge nests high above us. The endangered wood stork, sort of homely but an amazing flier can be found wading in pools and perching high in the trees.