The locals were scarce the other day. Colder nights mean they are tucked into the mud or a big hole somewhere. Alligators are cold blooded, when the temperatures go down they hide. While  they don’t hibernate, they do slow down to something close.

Below the sun had come out, so several gators did too. All of them in the sun.

In this next photograph I was paying attention to the obvious Alligator in the old lily pads, never noticed the second one until later on.

This is wildlife photography heaven, but even here it slows down during the winter.