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My friend Dan Hogenson and I made a quick trip to Brazos Bend State Park and snapped a few photos before I got sick and had to go back home. Unfortunately the time of day we were there made taking good photos hard with the natural light available being quite excessive.
One wonders why they're called 'vermilion.'
Or maybe not. This is the brilliantly-colored male. The female has a more camouflage-oriented brown color.
I noticed that he'd flit around between favorite perches, so I got myself close to one while he was away. Then he came back right into pre-focused frame and all I had to do was push the shutter release.
When I walked past, this gator had a foot on the gravel path. Believe it or not, I scared him. Musta been the mud all over me.
This one crossed my path on the trail from the Observation Tower back to the parking lot. Brazos Bend State Park, Texas
Live alligator in the wild; apparently has grabbed ahold of a blue cord. Alligators are numerous in Brazos Bend State Park.
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Live alligator in the wild at Brazos Bend State Park.
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While in Texas visiting my brother we drove out to Brazos Bend State Park for 4-5 mile hike. It was perfect weather.
The American Alligator is the center piece of the numerous creatures in the Brazos Bend St Park. Alligators are considered adult when they are five feet long. They reach this size in about five years. There are over 500 adults in this 4000 plus acre park. Unfortunately visitors miss many of the other wonderful animals and bird when they focus on the allgators.