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| The Anhinga |
The walk through Royal Palm is amazing. The Anhinga trail, named after a bird by the same name, very similar to the Cormorant, but with a wonderful white striped pattern on the wings, is rich. A strangler fig tree, sits, its intricate layers of trunks laying smashed together, like someone twisted them tight. The trunk is 5 feet wide. The alligators are plentiful. They bask in singles and doubles and at one spot there are (Sandy counted 22). They lay in the sun, mostly with eyes closed, some with mouths open, many laying over each other. Birds, large and small, walk among them, unhindered. Some swim from place to place, (do they have reservations somewhere?) The birds are incredible. Whites, browns, blacks, blues and grays. The most plentiful are the vultures. They stand, mostly in groups of 3 and 4 and wait for something to die. As we leave, we catch sight of the grandfather gator, must be 14 feet long.
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