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Young Alligator

27Apr2024: Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive (Apopka, Florida, USA) is only open Friday, Saturday, and Sunday each week, plus certain holidays for vehicle traffic. It is a manmade series of cells for water filtration. Lucky for us, these wetlands attract a lot of cool creatures. The drive through the property is very flat with frequent areas to pull off the road to get out of the vehicle or to let others pass. In most areas, passing stopped vehicles is easy enough if both drivers are paying attention and being courteous.  The roadways are not paved and a lot of dust is kicked up by cars ahead at times.

Pay attention near the road and scan the vegetation. The variety of birds is amazing....    and then there are gators everywhere.

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Great Blue Heron

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