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| Everglades Alligators ©2015 Patty Rybolt Designs. All Rights Reserved. |
Designers were asked to create a pattern to represent a national park close to them. I live in south Florida and am closest to the Everglades National Park. I chose to focus on my favorite Everglades creatures... alligators, and of course some birds including egrets and the great blue heron! I finished the pattern by adding some water snakes and tropical greenery like sea grape leaves, water lilies and palm fronds.
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While living in Florida over the past 15 years my family and I have encountered alligators from time to time in our own back yard. (I took these photos of alligators on the golf course behind our house from my patio!)
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| We see large alligators like this one fairly regularly. I took this photo behind my house on the golf course. |
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| Every once in a while an alligator has to be removed if he's considered a 'nuisance alligator' and he's over 8' long! |
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| The Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission sent out Trapper Nick to move this guy out to the everglades. |
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| Out for a stroll... |
