Taken on a slow day.
No complaints, it’s beautiful out there and I still get shots like this.
Doing Nothing, Me And The Alligator
Tag Archives: Alligator
Social Distancing ???
They look a little tighter than they should be.
But really, better than what I have seen from around the local beaches.
There is a reason they were here before us, and are still around.
No Swimming After Dark
A few photographs when grouped together have a theme.
Almost Missed Him, Alligator
I was looking right over him, he was below, but not where I expected.
Standing on a trunk (water gate) I didn’t think to look straight down. The grass and reeds hid him from view.
Stepping back to get focus allowed me to get a full image.
Water was flowing in from the other side of the trunk which can move fish between the marshes. He didn’t look to be doing anything but staring into space though.
Marsh Scene
A quick snap shot.
A ‘just because’ photograph.
Because I love Egrets, Alligators, and Stilts, in a marsh.
Did What He Wanted, Alligator
He went the long way, just to prove his point.
The shot below is what I first saw as we went up the dike road.
He was there blocking just enough of the road to be an issue. I got out, took the long shot and walked up the road to make him jump in the grass off the dike.
He waited until I got close and…went the long way to the other side. He wasn’t that big but he didn’t think I was either. He had a point to prove I guess.
At least he moved out of the way easily. There have been times, with bigger locals, where it took a while.
Through The Spanish Moss
Taken while standing under a shade tree, covered in Spanish Moss.
I looked and noticed it made a great frame for the Alligator swimming by.
Curious Alligator
At first this guy was hanging around the high ground, now dry due to low water. He did look to be watching us go by.
Usually I take a shot and move on but here I watched just to see what he was up to.
He was doing the same, what is that ‘human’ doing. He swam over to the foot of the dike.
In this corner the dike has a slope down to the water, a path these guys use to go from one side to the other. He never had any intention of climbing up. It was a slow go over for a curious look.
Above is from a different angle.
Even in mating season you give them some room and a few interesting shots can be had.
