Gator Walking!

The week before last we went gator walking with our friends who were visiting from Ohio, and saw some very interesting, and almost spooky things while we were there.  Early on we saw a gator hunting an Anhinga.  At first it was swimming above water, but as it got closer to the bird it started swimming under water. We watched a small trail of bubbles that came up as the gator swam under the water to find out where the gator moved to.  I was surprised by how fast the gator moved, for by the time the first bubbles came up the gator had already arrived at its destination.  We watched the gator maneuver around the bird till it crawled up the side of the other bank, and we lost sight of it.  We then walked on till this owl landed on tree branch above us.It looked like it flew straight from Scooby Doo.  We walked under the owl and as we walked he watched us as we passed under him.  We stopped at what was like a covered pier that overlooked the lake.  It was a hot day so while everyone else waited Stephen and I ran ahead to get water, and had our first gator encounter.  The gator was lying in the middle of the path.  As we approached it got up and hissed at us.  We didn’t feel very threatened, however, since the gator was about the same size as one of our shoes.  We couldn’t get a picture though, because we had no camera at the time, but it was about the same size as that little gator right there.He probably doesn’t have very much reason to be mad huh?