This part of the series, a single days photographs of Alligators, was taken as we reached a little past the middle of the dike. From here you can see the far end. Nothing was obvious up there so it was more interesting to walk back view the rest of the Alligators.

The best description is piles of big gators were right off the trail.

I just walked back photographing each small reed island. They all had at least 2 large locals watching us.

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A Day Of Alligators (3) – click to enlarge

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A Day Of Alligators (3) – click to enlarge

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This is the second in a series of a single day with even more Alligators than normal. Click here to view the first article.

The thing that struck here was how many were in the same general location, and how only the large Alligators were here.

For the most part Alligators will tolerate each other. Mid sized ones can mingle on the edges of the big guys safely. But not this day. They were nowhere near these guys.

Above is the ‘comfort gator’. Many of the others moved around when we showed up. Not him. It was too good a spot.

A little further down the dike the animals above were met. The second photograph has 2 Alligators together. Even the smaller guy was at least 6 feet (1.8 m).

Previously I mentioned they were all resting on smaller reed islands, on the left side of the dike. Another reason they all may have gathered here was to take advantage of how dry they were. At times higher waters will cover them.

Last observation here, none were hunting. This means they were fed and comfortable. It also means everyone of them is going to get hungry around the same time. Competition causes tension, so it should be interesting.

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I have fallen hopelessly behind, and the Alligators have taken over the days shootings. In one morning last week we had over 25 with us on a walk. That means hundreds of photographs, and a large number of keepers.

I think the best presentation, of this single day, is to publish images in the order the situation occurred. This will be several articles, so this is the first of… who knows, I haven’t thought that far ahead.

The day started walking a large marsh dike. Immediately we bumped into the group above. Several slipped into the water as we came close, others didn’t want to.

Above you can see 2 that wanted the water. Of course they just stayed around and watched, but felt safer where they could dive.

One entire side of the marsh here was dotted with small cane and reed islands. Each island was alongside the dike so we had a long walk with a view of the locals the whole way. Above a larger one ignored us.

Because this was a dike, between 2 marshes the other side, on my right, also had canes and reeds. No open water, thick brush. Perfect for a nap in the sun. Like this mid sized gator. He was also one of the smallest that day.

And last in this article was the big guy on his ‘bed’ of reeds. He was a little ahead on my left. It looked like he had the most comfortable spot in the whole place.

The dike means we can walk and see wildlife from both sides. And we did.

The next in this set will be more photographs less me.

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This is a ‘gathering of gators’ in a rushing stream of water. Oh yeah, with fish and other delicacies.

Not much pushing or shoving. Lots of splashes and chewing.

These are wild Alligators all piled together in one spot, and with the exception of looking over at me (you can see it in the images) they were well behaved.

These photographs were taken a few months ago, every once in a while I find new ones to publish. They were eating for hours, so I filled 2 memory cards, you don’t find this very often.