Not bunnies, Birdies!

[RabbitPam]

I took a walk with my camera yesterday at a nature preserve that’s very close by called Wakotahatchee. It’s a great mile-long boardwalk. I thought you might like to see pictures of the inhabitants there. Several years ago you could catch sight of a wild bunny, but not recently.

Here are: a turtle swimming; a blue heron; blue heron flying away; guinea hen with two babies; and 3 pix of an alligator coming out of the water, crossing the embankment, and swimming on the other side. I took those fast and kept walking!

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[RabbitPam]

…gator #2 & #3

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[COOKIE'N FLUFF MOMMA]

I’VE NEVER BEEN TO FLORIDA BUT THE FACT THAT THOSE GATORS JUST RUN IN THE WILD THERE IS SCARY!  YOUR A BRAVE ONE EVEN GETTING THAT CLOSE. WHHHHEEEW   COOL PICS

[babybunsmum]

beautiful pics!  that would def be too close for comfort for me to an alligator… i’d of kept walking fast too!!!

[Sarita]

Beautiful pictures – even the scary gators. Thanks for posting them.

[Nicci607]

oh, rabbitpam!! I really do envy you!! argh!! you live in a beautiful place. thanxx bunchies, for posting those piccies!!  I’ve been to FL only twice, but both times, I just loved it very wise [and very BRAVE] of you, 2walk off fast by the gators, though!! they’re not too friendly looking, yikes!! you think, they got a hold of the wild bunnies??? don’t even wanna think of that, grrr…

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[Tracy]

Rabbitpam…..do you go to Homosassa Springs Park or live close to it?

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[Tracy]

…..oh i would really worry about the hippos and not the gators down here….

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[RabbitPam]

ooooTracy, I LOVE Manatees! Great pix – no I haven’t heard of that park. I’m in Palm Beach County. (Atlantic coast)

The boardwalk circles the wetlands which is watered by the water utility next to it. The gator was behind a railing that runs around the whole boardwalk. (See heron picture.) They are usually sunning on these man-made islands in the middle of the pond, but where that one was I had seen a mama and baby gators on the ground about a year ago. It may have been a baby that stayed on that end of the trail. It would have to try hard to get through the fence, but it’s possible.

No, it is doubtful that it got the bunnies. The hawks scared them (bunnies) off to safer grounds I’m sure. I’ve seen a sunning gator with a heron standing on its head. The groundskeepers make sure they are fed to minimize the danger. Hippos are MUCH more dangerous! I think the gators and turtles look like ancient creatures that managed to survive.

Around here there’s a report in the news about someone with a gator in their back yard about twice a year. Of course, when I lived in the Berkshires in MA, it was baby bears in trees. Frankly, gators are not cute. Guinea Hen babies are. Their beaks are bright red.

[kimberleyanddarren]

aw i love all those pics! i cant believe u all get to go round places like that and im stuck here *stomps foot on ground* AAAHH

[RabbitPam]

Stuck here???!!!
Do you have any idea how badly I want to see England?
The only time I’ve been outside the US was one trip to Montreal when I was about 20.
I’m reading an Elizabeth George mystery right now – it all sounds so beautiful. (Except for the corpse).

[Liza]

WHOAH!!! An aligator!!! The reason for me not to go to Florida! I see those on TV and they scare me. Just the fact that they are so fast… and hungry.
Beautiful bird pictures!!!

[Scarlet_Rose]

Wow those are some wonderful pictures! Thank you so much for taking the time to share them! Although the aligator ones are pretty scary.

[kimberleyanddarren]

rabbitpam it is far from beautiful here, there have been 17 children under 16 stabbed in london alone since january, rapes and breakins are on the up, everyone is ignorant no-one will talk to u without giving you a funny look like ‘i cant believe u are talking to me when u dont even no me how gay are u?’ and the beautiful countryside is just as you said, a thing from books because now it has been completely destroyed to put up houses for the increasing population which tiny old england just cant fit in, its nothing like the rosey place the press makes out.

[COOKIE'N FLUFF MOMMA]

K&D - so it is like the swinney todd movie! lol  Of course things are more up to date there now i’m sure.  Although i did love that movie….horror, musical, and Johnny Depp….who could ask for more   (sorry, off subject)

[kimberleyanddarren]

omg i love johnny depp *drools* ohhh *covers darrens eyes* i would DO him good and proper if i ever met him, even if he didnt want to HAHA sorry guys *cough*

[COOKIE'N FLUFF MOMMA]

HAHAHAHAHA  K&D  YOU CRACK ME UP

[RabbitPam]

Sorry took so long getting back to this.
LOL – how we got from cute birdies and alligators to Johnny Depp – Pirates of the Palm Beach Canals??? (Officer, those crazy women left all the treasure and made off with Johnny Depp!!!???!!!)

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