APRIL 3, 2012 BLUE WING TEAL

Today spotted Blue Wing Teal along the wildlife drive. Not many birds in the lower Everglades now.  It is getting pretty dry, even the channels that had water 1 week ago are now just mud.  The alligators seem a bit interested in one another romantically; already.  What appears to be a male (very large), and an female; have moved into the gator hole at the boardwalk, and seem to be interested in one another.  Kind of early for that, probably due to a warm winter.

APRIL 2, 2012 BABY ALLIGATORS

This is the clutch from August 2011 at the boardwalk