Victor and I went out to the Phinizy Swamp yesterday. We headed for the tupelo-cypress swamp area that I've photographed before. We saw our first alligator as we descended from the path to the swamp area. This gator was about 4 feet long, and its back seemed to have moss growing on it. It let me approach quite close and look at it for a long moment. Then when Victor joined me, the gator suddenly came to life - it did a 180 and faced us, hissing with wide-open jaws. We backed off quickly then!
Later, we saw 6 more alligators. The smallest was a little smaller than the first one, and the largest was very large. All the rest of them were in the containment pond right before the constructed wetlands water gets released to the river.
The tupelo-cypress swamp area is my favorite out at Phinizy. It's an overwhelming experience, visually. On this day, the air was grayish and slightly thick. Nothing seemed fully in focus because of the gray haze.
Later, we saw 6 more alligators. The smallest was a little smaller than the first one, and the largest was very large. All the rest of them were in the containment pond right before the constructed wetlands water gets released to the river.
The tupelo-cypress swamp area is my favorite out at Phinizy. It's an overwhelming experience, visually. On this day, the air was grayish and slightly thick. Nothing seemed fully in focus because of the gray haze.
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