At first I didn’t realize the bird had company. I captured this shooting down the edge of a swamp, a long image with a mid sized lens.

The juvenile Little Blue Heron wasn’t moving so I had time to check the back screen, usual white bird on a sunny day issues.

When I spotted the lurking Alligator I quickly started grabbing more photos. Like I said the bird wasn’t, and didn’t move.  I picked an image from the batch, they were all alike.

Note; eventually the heron flew off. I walked around the swamp edge and found that gator in the same spot. And two more hidden in the weeds.