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Originally Posted by SteveZ
BTW, if you see a lot of waterfowl in a pond, odds are there are no alligators around. However, if you see no waterfowl in a pond, beware.
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I thought exactly that, but recently I saw a number of waterfowl hanging around with gators at the pond on Buena Vista by the entrance to Sunset Pointe and the pond just north of Bridgeport at Lake Sumter (south of Palmer). Granted, the gator at Sunset Pointe was small (maybe 3 ft), and it was on the little island in the pond sunning itself, so the birds would have ample opportunity to flee if it moved, but in the pond by Palmer there were 2 little gators, one on the island and one swimming (you could only see it's snout moving in the water), and there were plenty of birds hanging around the edges. I thought the birds would give gators a very wide berth, but they seemed to be more daring than I'd have expected. It kind of surprised me.