I rented a movie this week “The Big Year” with Jack Black, Steve Martin
and Owen Wilson and I loved it. This
movie is smart, funny with a touch of an environmental message and if you are a
bird watcher this is the movie for you.
I recommend it.
After watching the movie I decided to start my own big year by counting the
birds of Sanibel (More like the big week) Unfortunate I picked the wrong
week. The Army Corps of Engineers in
their ultimate wisdom decided that Lake Okeechobee, situated in the middle of
the state is over flowing, and to relive the pressure on the levies, large
amounts of fresh water is been release into the gulf. These levies are old and in need of replacement,
but like everything that involves the Federal government there are no funds
available.
The effect of so much fresh water in
the Gulf of Mexico has been devastating on salt water fish and it has cause
birds that depend on the fish to move on.
Brown Pelican
White Ibis
Snowy Egret
Royal Tern
Ruddy Turnstone
Looks like a Night Heron
Willet
Wilson Plover
Cardinal
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