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| American Crocodile |
Nope...Do not adjust your calendar . It is Friday night and am not supposed to post. Wifey and I had some things to do at Jacksonville this week and in our way back home made a stop at the Alligator Farm in St. Augustine. The intention was to visit the rookery there and take pics of the chicks, something we rarely do when kayaking. The American Crocodile in the opening caught my wife's eye because that is not something we see often...as never. But this is not a kayaking post let us go to the pics, starting with the reptiles...
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| An Albino Alligator is on display. I have heard those guys do not last long in the wild. |
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| The reptiles waiting for food during a feeding show. It is a good to see what they can do and how high they can jump. Works as a reminder to stay at a prudent distance from them. |
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| This dude seems like is having a good time |
The gators exhibit is at the entrance. From there we headed to the board walk around the rookery. There the gators and the many birds nesting have a good deal. The gators keep the snakes and raccoons away and in exchange the gators can have the poor chicks falling from the nests. I saw a gator biting a limb and shaking it to make a bird fall. Unfortunately for the gator the bird was an adult Snowy Egret and did not fall but flew away. Well, let us go to the pics, starting with the Cattle Egrets....
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| Cattle Egret. There were only a few of those at the Rookery |
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| Cattle Egret |
Now we continue with the Great Egrets
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| Great Egret |
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| Great Egret Chick |
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| A grown Great Egret chick (right) begs one of the parents for food |
Now the Snowy Egrets...
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| Snowy Egret Chick |
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| Snowy Egret and chick in the nest |
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| Snowy Egret Chick begs for food |
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| Snowy Egret Chick being fed by one of the parents |
Now let us see the Spoonies (Roseate Spoonbills)
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| Baby Spoonies |
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| Spoonie Chicks |
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| Spoonie |
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| Spoonie and chicks in the nest |
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| Spoonie Chick |
Tri-Colored Herons...
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| Tri Colored Heron chicks |
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| Tri Colored Heron chick |
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| Tri-Colored Heron feeds its chicks. If you zoom the pic you can see the food in the adult's beak |
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| Tri-Colored Heron nest |
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| Chicks |
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| Tri-Colored Herons and chicks |
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| Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatttttttttttttt? |
Wood Storks...
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| Wood Storks chiks |
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| Wood Storks chicks (Big Chicks) |
And a pair of stranded ones...
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| Little Blue Heron |
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| Green Heron |
There are more animals in display but they are either in cages or are not Florida native. I will let these ones out for you to see them when you visit the farm. The address is 999 Anastasia Blvd, St. Augustine. Thanks for reading and see you soon. We will share some Views From Our Kayak.
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| Wood Storks rookery |
Fantastic! I need to go inside sometime instead of just taking pictures from outside the walls.
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