Florida's everyday wildlife

During lunch today, I over heard a Michigan girl talking about the egrets as though they were some sort of escaped animal. Apparently, have chicken sized wild birds wandering around is totally unfathomable to people in Michigan. They're amazed every time they see one walking along the grass and are blown away if they see several of them together. This doesn't take into account the furry animals such as coons and possums and armadillos and such. Nor does it take into account the reptiles such as the gators and anoles and snakes. These things are everyday commonalities for us in Florida. As she was talking about the little cattle egrets, a great white heron wandered up to her table, eyed her fries and then got spooked and took off. She was speechless. LOL ^_^