Chokoloskee chicken

Ibises

Great white egret

Ibises are easy to identify and distinguish from egrets by the distinctive curve to their long beaks. Ibises are social birds and congregate usually in small flocks like the one above. They can be found throughout Florida. They are thriving.

There's a small town called Chokoloskee, next to Everglades City and close to Everglades National Park. It lies on the Gulf coast and serves as a launching point to explore the Ten Thousand Islands and to fish Gulf waters. It was an outpost in the late 19th and early 20th centuries for early settlers in the area and on the islands. Ibises then were in even more abundance than today. A common bird, they were sometimes hunted for their plumes to decorate women's hats and also for food. They taste, I understand, like chicken. Thus, Chokoloskee chicken.