It’s a small canal like strip of water. There are plenty of birds, but none anywhere near him.
Maybe this is what an alligator quiet place looks like.
Sitting Here In Case I Should Cross Over – Alligator
Good looking fella by gator standards.
This water isn’t very deep, even for a small Alligator.
In shallow water, especially with weeds, you can’t see but they walk along the bottom. Their huge claws make it easy.
You can see just how thick that Duck Weed is here.
Theres no way an Alligator can be in this area without being completely covered in it.
The things you see when you pay attention.
This was easy to walk by, a corner in a swamp. Looking close I noticed a big bunch of turtles, and not small ones either.
The Alligator was a ‘bump’ at first because he looked to be part of the waters edge.
In general there’s a lot going on here. No idea why the Snowy Egret was standing around in this neighborhood.
Best viewed large.
Also, is there a name to describe a bunch of turtles?
Images taken while walking by the local swamp.
I looked down, and a little behind. One of the locals was on the opposite side of the trail. The trail here runs between two swamps, one a big open pond, the other a few islands and hummocks.
There’s not much to see on the area behind so know one really looks all that much. But there he was.
He was doing his best to slip off without me noticing. The water is thick swamp, just inches deep, so there was no way he could swim.
Look close and you can see the shape of his legs and feet. The poor guy was dragging hard through the dusk weed and mud. Making very slow progress.
I had plenty of time to focus and take plenty of photographs.
The sign I would have ignored, not the Blue Bird though.
Here’s a factoid about alligators I didn’t know. The largest recorded gator is 19 feet, 2 inches. I had thought it was just under 14 feet. The length of a type A small school bus (mini bus) is 20 feet. 😳
That is one huge Alligator 😳. I’m around them a lot, but I still can’t imagine one that big.
While he doesn’t get points for style, you know you can hear him coming 😆.
That counts for something.
