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April 21, 2006
Lake Martin Rookery
Well, I made it to Lafayette, Louisiana. Traffic was bad on I-10 at Beaumont, Texas. Some road construction over the Neches River. Robert was a big help in researching potential alternate routes on the fly. (Thanks). It was 221 miles from Houston Intercontinental(IAH) to exit 103A at Lafayette. I drove like a bat out of h3ll. I ran about 90 the whole way. I was never passed once. Somehow, though, it still took me from 7:15 p.m. to 10:45 p.m. to get here. I dunno. People seem to like to drive in the left lane and they refuse to dim their lights. Yeehaw.
In any event, I plan to get up in the morning bright and squirrely and go see the Lake Martin Rookery at the Cypress Island Preserve. But, now that I'm here, of course, I learn that 20,000 birds have supposedly fled Lake Martin during nesting season, and no one seems to know why. Maybe the hurricane has them stressed out. Maybe a new predator. No one is sure. So, this is bad news. Well, I'll deal with it in the a.m., I guess.
Bird Loss at Rookery Worries Observers
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Posted by Peenie Wallie on April 21, 2006 at 11:05 PM
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