Pg 6: Wildlife in the Florida mangroves - Top image of a split-tail Alligator..!
Center: a gator approaching waterfowl in a Gulf Coast mangrove wetland.
Lower photos of 2 Yellow Crown Night Herons in search for food in the mangroves.
<Image by Wolf Peter Weber of a huge Alligator with a clearly visible split-tail, at rest in a Florida Gulf Coast mangrove environment, apparently digesting quite a meal.> width=

Mangroves and mangrove swamps are fairly safe for wading birds. Fairly safe, says it all though.
The huge split-tail Alligator seems to be digesting quite a meal. Center image sees different
kinds of waders, most of which seem to be alert to the less than stealthy gator approach. Bottom
under dense mangroves, 2 Yellow crowned Night Herons looking for food in bright daylight.

<Panorama photo by Wolf Peter Weber of a bay in S.W. Florida with mangroves and several species of wading birds being harassed by an Alligator>
<2 Yellow crowned Night Herons looking for food in bright daylight.>
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