But April and May are an especially magical time to visit as this is when great blue herons and greategrets are nesting and harbour seals are giving birth to pups.
More than 300 white pelicans, 23 endangered wood storks, 50 other fish-eating birds (great blue herons, cormorants, ring-billed gulls, common egrets), and three bald eagles have died near the lake northwest of Orlando.