For the first "Throwback Thursday" in April, 2016, I have some interesting wildlife pictures - taken by my brother Glenn on his smartphone - from the Sawgrass Recreational Park, located in the Everglades in south Florida...

On April 2, 2016, my sibling and I went to this unique outdoor venue, where (for just one price) I'm entitled to one-year's worth of free air-boat tours. During each thirty-minute tour, I'll get to see plenty of flora and fauna in the wetlands. On the initial tour, I saw a pair of alligators in the water, and an osprey in a tree (eating a fish it had just caught)...

Following the tour, Glenn and I ventured into an area with caged (rescued) animals - including more alligators, snakes, and several big cats - all being taken care of and displayed for the public to see...

In this 'photo-op', we see a pair of Burmese pythons - an evasive species not found in America. Illegal owners of these pythons found them too big to handle, and eventually released them into the wild. As a result, these dangerous reptiles have caused damage to the Florida ecosystem, by eating native fauna (raccoons, otters, opossums, squirrels, domesticated pets, and even alligators), resulting in annual hunting seasons for Burmese pythons.

I'll have more 'photo-ops' from Sawgrass Recreational Park throughout the day.