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Posted by Paul-the-other on 09:10:29 12/28/06
In Reply to: Re: Everglades Park: Trip report 3 cont'd posted by Paul-the-other
We met many birders, photographers, and tourists. Most were impressed with the damage the park suffered. Evidence of that is the seagrass on top of the one remaining boardwalk at Eco-pond which is three feet above ground level. Others, pity, never knew what once was and now take pleasure in what is. I have decided that memories can be curse as well as a blessing.
We journeyed back to Anhinga to "catch the sunset". People outnumbered birds by 20 to 1. What a promenade. People from all nations. The conversations as they passed by would make a scene from the Tower of Babel. As you can expect, the commotion was boisterous. We did a quick shot of the phoebe (let's hear it for the little guys of Everglades Park!). With all the alligators around there weren't many people taking in the show of the phoebe.
And speaking of shows, the water level is falling, the fish are congregating and the predators are in fish, or is it fat city. Even the dumbest cormorant or anhinga could score a fish a minute. The alligators were chomping too. A virtual fish fry without the fire.
And the anhinga are nesting. And the sun set was golden. And we took our leave.
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