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Photo Association Game Thread
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Lucky you got the shot before that rather large reptile had you for lunch!
Fantastic shot! What is he eating?
An eel I think. I wasn’t going to get close enough to find out.
The closest shot I have to a gator:
Looks kinda similar to one I saw on my deck several years back. Never seen one since.
Suicidal lizard? Hidden in the canoe and decided to jump out in the middle of the lake. While they do walk on water rather than swimming, it is but now bass bait.
I have only had them hiss at me twice...and that is when I take notice and back away. The location is frequented by people, and there haven't been any incidents of attacks. This overview shows the layout of the area. Technically, it's is an active wastewater treatment plant with 16 large pools separated by the dikes that county maintenance trucks drive on. The tram is the run by volunteers and the only other motorized vehicle allowed. The area doubles as a park open to the public - jog, hike, bike (non-electric) and horseback. For the photo in question, it was taken on a different day and location not in the photo from the "road" shooting down with the gator near the water edge similar to where those two hikers are.
On this photo, near the tram, they stopped to look at a gator that can be seen at water edge. Also, near that little tree by the tram is a bench with my wife sitting on it. Also, it should be noted that where those two photographers closest to the tram (not the hikers in center) is where one of the gators hissed at me, possible on this trip as I rarely got to the overlook mound.
As a side note, this began as an experiment in waste water treatment that was so successful that has been adopted nationwide. Previously, fully treated sewage was dumped into a river but was so high in phosphates that created algae blooms with fish kills. A former ranch was purchased by the city of Orlando, diked and flooded. The vegetation removes the phosphates and other compounds and in he 40 days it takes to filter through the ponds and reach the river, it now has less phosphate than the river has naturally. In the process it created a photographer, bird watcher, and outdoor enthusiast dream with the birds, and other animals including gators, raccoons, deer, otter, bobcat, and snakes. Never know what you will see ... or if they will be close enough.
Tomorrow I will post in POTD one taken a couple weeks ago where I was more afraid of the ant mounds I had to straddle than the gators.
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Next to a canal and the occasional alligator.
Taken yesterday, first time visiting Seminole Rest which is part of the Canaveral National Seashore but on the mainland side. Was pleasantly surprised with the presence of picnic tables spread about the grounds. While Mosquito Lagoon is salt water, occasionally has gators...but definitely has good fish.
Les Trois-Îlets, Martinique
A shorter walk, though a longer trip to get there
Lone Duck Bay (portion of Lightnng Lake), EC Manning Provincial Park, BC -- a view taken via early-morning trail walk around the Bay. (July/2019)
