Found this mother alligator and her four sleeping babies in the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge in Hardeeville, SC. The refuge's gift shop is called The Gator Hole. The T-shirt I bought there has "Advice from an alligator," which includes "Keep a low profile" and "Bask in the sun." Wouldn't you agree that these young ones have already mastered the art of basking in the sun?

Update: It has been brought to my attention that the larger alligator is too small - and so too young - to be the mother of this group.

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Male Red-bellied Woodpecker

This vixen is awakening from her nap and ready to stretch out those muscles to prepare for finding food!

Taken 16 March 2021 in Anchorage, Alaska.

On a bull ranch near Seville (Spain), fierce bulls serenely soak up the late afternoon sun.

"We all have within us a center of stillness surrounded by silence." -- Dag Hammarskjold

Mumma napping on 'her' furry chair :-)

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A couple of young sea lions, maybe siblings, catching some Zs at Moss Landing, California.

From my Sea Lions of Moss Landing collection.

Naptime

Elk and their babies.

much sleepy

Withlacoochee State Forest, Citrus County, Fl

- All good animals do -

Juvenile Barred Owl

The elusive kit-kit in her natural habitat

Of course, as soon as I clicked the shutter, she woke up.

Naptime

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Elephant seals taking a nice nap.

A little Dunlin gets some shuteye at Howard Park.

When you travel with a 2 year old, you need to have a place for a nice quiet nap. This is the Singing Tower in Luray Virginia that contains a carillon of 47 bell and it was a perfect place and time for a little snooze. I certainly took advantage of it! LOL

Naptime

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One of my better iPhonescoped bird pictures. The birds on the log are: White-faced Ibis, Killdeer, Cinnamon Teal and Green-winged Teal. Taken at Estero Llano Grande State Park in Hidalgo County, Texas on April 10th, 2015.

Few of my cats have taken possession of my Table tennis table...they love the game so my fault for teaching them

Created For Photoshop Contest week 906

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It appears this house finch is napping :)

Captured this afternoon as the sun was about to set here in Baltimore.

just found this one.

Yeah sure :)

Xyla sleeps on the floor next to the chair where I was sitting. Obviously, she trust us now.

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