Is that an alligator making lovey-coo noises outside?

OK, so the noises are rather coarse, deep, rolling grunts and croaks.

There's this ditch alongside the apartment complex, with about 3-4 feet of water in it. Across the street is a nature preserve inhabited by gazillions of critters including some very big 'gators. Last Spring, I discovered a baby 'gator (only 5 ft long) living in the ditch, and gathered it had originated across the way.

See, although the weather is unseasonably balmy, this is winter in Tampa, FL, and the frogs and toads should be sleeping. (Aww, don't they look CUTE in their mud burrows?) So that noise by rights should be a horny or hungry or both 'gator.

So should I go wading in the lovely mossy water in the morning?