This was taken during our visit to the Everglades Nation Park down by Homestead. The gator is about six feet long and perfectly still. They come out of the water and enjoy sleeping in the sun. We are standing about six yards from it. The birds in the park are not a bit frightened of humans and most of them feed on the fish that are in the march. The park has a board walk out over the glades and there are gators sleeping everywhere. The one we got the closest to was only three feet away. When it raised it's head, I thought I was going to faint. Hope to get more pictures today. We are taking jiffy and the group out there again.