Sunday afternoon at Paynes Prairie

The temperature was approaching 80F and a strong wind was blowing.  It seemed like another good opportunity to visit La Chua Trail and as luck would have it the wild life was out. This area is suppose to have one of the highest concentrations of first level food chain animals in the US. Naturally hundreds of alligators were sunbathing, but the big suprise was the wild pig herd grazing about 1/2 mile off in the distance.

Right adjacant to this scene were a flock of wood storks about 1000' from the trail.

The close up scenery was handled by an alligator and turtle sunning on the dike bank.