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Alligator Farm Rookery

Pictures from the Rookery at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm.

I took these pictures in the spring of 2015. The rookery is part of the Alligator Farm. Birds fly in every spring to reproduce. Hundreds of alligators congregate in the rookery's swampy "floor," thus offering natural protection from ground-based predators.
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  • Great White Egret in mating plumage
  • Lots of Alligators!
  • Protecting the trees that are homes for the birds
  • Snowy Egret in mating plumage
  • Another Snowy Egret
  • Great White Egrets mating
  • Flying from the rookery to look for sticks for the nest
  • Beautiful flight
  • Bringing home the bacon
  • It takes lots of sticks to build a nest
  • Where have you been? What took you so long?
  • Proud mother
  • Are you my mommy?
  • Partners
  • Feeding time. No need for utensils.
  • Swallow it whole!
  • Is that all we get?
  • You aren't hiding anything from me, are you?
  • Triplets!
  • When do we eat?
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