If there's one thing that Florida is famous for (besides oranges and Florida man), it's alligators! You can find them pretty much everywhere in the Everglades, and can be found in city drainage ditches, canals, golf courses and swimming pools, setting up basically anywhere they wherever there's fresh water and food. Fortunately, while American alligators are large, apex predators, they pose no real threat to adult humans, prefering to avoid us and feed on smaller prey like birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians or smaller mammals.
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| A female alligator, watching us pass. |
One of our favourite ways to see alligators is to take an airboat ride out in the Everglades. There are a ton of different operators to choose from, but we tend to go out from the
Everglades Safari Park because they offer a good tour and it's relatively close to where we live. They're obviously geared mostly towards alligator sightings, but there are usually plenty of birds to see as well (though that's for another blog!), and you can get some beautiful evening light if you head over there for the late afternoon trips (~ 4pm).
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| My what shiny teeth you have! |
Anyway, without further ado, here are a few of my favourite 'gator photos so far! You can see all of these images (and more) in my
website gallery. As usual, you can click on each image to see a larger image.
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| A one-eyed alligator relaxing on a muddy rise in the Everglades |
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| Reflections |
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| Alligator portrait |
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| Floating and watching |
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A small female alligator swimming towards us in the evening light
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