No shortage of alligators lately! We have been seeing sooo many alligators, birds, and snakes on our full day adventure Tour as well as our Everglades Wilderness Safari. During a recent reptile exhibit one of our green anacondas really took a liking to one of our passengers and was giving her many hugs and kisses! What a riot!
Here’s our Naturalist and Reptile expert Rick and his friend “Grumpy” during the reptile exhibit on a recent All Day Everglades Adventure Tour. One of our guides, Gator D, grabbed this photo. Never a dull moment! We never no what to expect from our guides!
I sure has been chilly out here in the Everglades, but still sunny and beautiful in south west Florida! These folks wore a couple of layers and had a great time on the airboat ride through the Everglades. Gator D reported on a recent tour, that a large 11′ alligator came up alongside the airboat and one of our passengers either got so excited or incredibly nervous (or both!) that he dropped his camera in the water right by the gator’s mouth! Capt Gary was quick and without delay grabbed the camera right from the water without losing even a finger! Now I have seen Capt Gary get bit by an alligator before and he has some great stories to tell. Anyway, The cold air has all the birds out feeding and alligators basking trying to absorb as much of the sun’s heat as possible. As you can see in the photo, Buster is so cold and lathargic he is practically sleeping in her hands! Never a dull moment in the Everglades.
Our woodstorks are back! Come out on our all day adventure tour this fall to see this endangered specie. They are so beautiful. We have also been seeing lots of alligators as usual! Buster, our small gator that we use in the hands on exhibit, peed on one of our guides the other day. I think he must have a crush on her! And an 11 foot alligator came up swimming right past the airboat on the ride! How exciting! The weather has just been delightful here in south Florida. Check out our other tour offerings here: www.goodtimecharter.com
Having a great time on our Everglades Adventure Tour. Here’s a photo of one of our guides, Cristina, out in the Fakahatchee Swamp with the Page family. What a great day we had seeing lots of alligators, egrets, anhingas, and herons. The Page family survived their day in the Everglades with Cristina so they also braved more of her tours and joined her on a kayaking eco-tour, and a dolphin shelling cruise. You can read about those tours here: www.goodtimecharter.com
Petey, the flamingo made it out into the Everglades with this crew. What a fun day seeing lots of alligators on the wildlife drive, soft shelled turtle, woodstorks, and herons. This family thought ahead and brought some bevies for after the airboat ride!
Lots of great birding in the Everglades with ibis, woodstorks, night herons, anhingas, egrets, and herons. Here are a couple photos of a juvenile black crowned night heron and a juvenile white ibis.
Temperatures are beginning to cool down a little in the Everglades and the wildlife has been abundant! While out in the Big Cypress we spotted this large alligator sunning himself. He must’ve known we were watching.
