St Augustine Alligator Farm
While we were in St Augustine on vacation, we stopped by the St Augustine Alligator Farm. I hadn’t been there in years (I was probably 10 the last time) and Lynn had never been. It’s a cool place that is not the tourist trap that you would think. They have a lot of birds that come and go along with the name sake alligators and such. Its very well run and maintained not to mention a fun day trip destination…
A Little Blue Heron sunning in the morning
There was a lot of nest building with the Little Blue Herons flying in and out
Tri-colored Heron flying past
Snowy Egret looking regal with fluffed up feathers
Snowy Egret looking straight on at me
Snowy Egret jumping up to a higher perch
Roseate Spoonbill showing off its bright pink wings
Closeup of a Roseate Spoonbill
Roseate Spoonbill on the move
Roseate Spoonbill mama with her babies
After a big breakfast, it was nap time for the baby Spoonbill
Another Snowy Egret looking right at me
Roseate Spoonbill perched right above me
Baby Great White Egrets with their fuzzy feathers
Snowy Egret flying in front of a Cattle Egret in the background
Cattle Egret on the move. Note the breeding colors on a lot of the birds. It’s very vibrant and colorful
Cattle Egret flying right past me
Light blue colored eggs of the Great White Egret
More Great White Egret babies
Great White Egret baby staring me down
Great White Egret babies waiting for food to be brought back
Cattle Egret climbing up to a higher spot
That is one funny look on a Cattle Egret, not to mention the wild hairdo!
The baby Great White Egret siblings
With mama back, the baby Great White Egrets started to battle for first position to get fed
You can see the dinosaur ancestry in the look of the baby Great White Egrets
Now those are some funky choppers!…
I should have taken a photo of the sign by this guy since I can’t remember what kind he is. He’s really cool looking with a long, skinny jaw and a lot of funky teeth…
Here’s the side view
Male Wood Ducks swimming around
This is a huge Condor. It’s wingspan is up to 10 feet!
Even though Condors are scavengers, I don’t like the look it’s giving me
A Grey Crowned Crane
Front view of a Grey Crowned Crane
Front view of a Brown Vulture
Little Blue Heron tending to its eggs
Some hungry baby Roseate Spoonbills
Great White Egret babies still waiting for food to arrive
Baby Great White Egret babies
Now that’s a serious look
Tri-colored Heron flying away
The “Worlds Deadliest Bird”, the Southern Cassowary. Besides its dinosaur like appearance, it has a claw on each foot similar to a velociraptors. When threatened, it will use that claw to gut an attacker.
If you see a Southern Cassowary staring at you like this, and its not behind a fence, you’re in trouble
The St Augustine Alligator Farm is a fun, very well run zoo that is worth the low admission price to visit when in the St Augustine area. Lots of birds and other wildlife that you can actually get pretty close to. My 600mm lens was almost too much for a lot of it. If you have a regular camera/lens or even just an iPhone you can get some decent photos of wildlife here.