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This cute little baby alligator was the perfect subject with my 800mm PF. It was perched on Mom's back at water's edge - and I was about 20-25 feet away and being very cautious. No need to crowd Mom. That's the really nice thing about the 800mm PF - it allows photos without crowding the subject.
This was at Harris Neck NWR on the Georgia coast a couple of weeks ago. She had a group of at least 15 baby alligators. Alligators are plentiful in this area in spite of the mortality rate for the young alligators. Out of an average of 35 eggs, 24 hatch and only 10 make it through the first year. Only 2-3 survive to adulthood. EVERYTHING eats baby alligators - tastes like chicken wings.
And here's Mom - sorry but at 800mm she was a little too close.
This was at Harris Neck NWR on the Georgia coast a couple of weeks ago. She had a group of at least 15 baby alligators. Alligators are plentiful in this area in spite of the mortality rate for the young alligators. Out of an average of 35 eggs, 24 hatch and only 10 make it through the first year. Only 2-3 survive to adulthood. EVERYTHING eats baby alligators - tastes like chicken wings.
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And here's Mom - sorry but at 800mm she was a little too close.
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