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The feet and beak are orange most of the year, but turn bright red during mating season.
Brazos Bend State Park in SE Texas
3/14/2016
I went to the most wonderful Brazos Bend State Park today. The nature walk guide was my friend, Mike Fisher BFS Man who lead a most informative nature outing. We found this little alligator quietly sun bathing. Its eyes would open periodically. It mostly let me get as close as I wanted. I am told this young one is about two years old. There did not appear to be an adult nearby. This two year appears to be making its way in the world just fine.
Brazos Bend State Park in SE Texas. 8/2018.
Hopefully we will soon have little gators to watch and photograph.
A little info on alligator nesting:
"Mounds are typically made with mud, plants pieces, sticks and grass. Once the female has built her nest, it will stand three feet height and have a 6-foot diameter. At this point, she will lay her clutch of eggs, usually, between 30-50 of them, about 3-14 inches deep into the nest. Alligator eggs are hard and white and just slightly bigger than a large chicken egg. Once the eggs have been laid, the female alligator will cover the nest with vegetation so she can lay near while the warmth of the gasses produced from rotting vegetation, incubate the eggs. She will stay very near her eggs for the 65 days until they hatch.
During the incubation period, the mother alligator has to watch carefully over her the eggs because near-by predators are always lurking. Raccoons, skunks and opossums are always on the prowl to raid nests for eggs. Fewer than 70 percent of alligator eggs survive due to predators and weather conditions.
The eggs will hatch in the late summer. The hatchlings can do this due to the sharp tooth that forms on their snout for the very purpose of cracking the egg. This tooth will disappear in a matter of days. The mother alligator will know that her babies are ready because they will start making high-pitched sounds to show their entry into the world. The female alligator will uncover her nest. If a hatchling is having trouble hatching from its shell, the mother alligator will roll the egg around in her mouth until the egg cracks. She will then usually carry them down to the water so that they can feed themselves. In the water, the will be able to catch snails, insects, tadpoles, minnows and crayfish, which are all small enough for them to eat."
Credit: www.clearlanding.com/alligator-reproduction-and-nesting-f...
Early morning on the prairie trail in Brazos bend state park.
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Roseate Spoonbill, dead bald cypress and rainign cloud at Elm lake,.
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Brazos Bend State Park.
Needville, Texas
A Yellow_Crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa Violacea) poses for a close-up portrait at 40-Acre Lake in Brazos Bend State Park, Texas, USA.
Taken at Brazos Bend State Park in Texas.
The Purple Gallinule is a member of the rail family. So mad at myself for not getting the picture below perfectly sharp but guess you can't win them all.. Love all the colors of this amazing bird.
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Still water and baby gator
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A day in the rain on July 26,2020. Spotted the hawk while getting ready to get in the car to leave. Playground area.
Caught this one in flight, the eye is pretty bold. The bill as well, just before mating season hit full swing. Eudocimus albus
One ode the many large oak trees in Brazos Bend state park.
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Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga).
Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas.
Fort Bend County. September 20, 2021.
Nikon D500. Nikkor AF-S 300mm f/4e ED PF VR + TC-14e III teleconverter.
(420mm) f/6.3 @ 1/2500 sec. ISO 640.
I missed it by a day, but it's officially been ten years on Flickr. When I first posted this photo on February 4, 2005, I expected nothing from photography, from the site. Little did I know. Over the next few years, Flickr helped me (passively) launch my career as a photographer. It also introduced me to some amazing new friends. I even picked up a best friend in the process. For those reasons and for the countless hours of inspiration and encouragement I found here over the years, Flickr will always hold a special place in my heart. Thank you, Flickr. I'll always be yours.