State of Wilderness

Author: keely

  • South Florida

    On the road between Naples and Immokalee, somewhere near the Big Cypress National Preserve, the egrets reign supreme.  Both the Great and the Snowy are seen flying unperturbed, perching in the trees along the roadside, or walking stilt-legged in the canals looking for food.  They are often joined by the herons, both Great and Little…

  • Unexpected

    In August of 2006, a party was held at a house in Webster.  It was this day that the two of us could look back on and say definitively that we were at the same place for the first time, although it is possible not at the same time.  There could have been times in…

  • Prairie Parkway

    South of the Indian Grass Prairie preserve section of the Katy Prairie Conservancy land, a steady stream of Northern Harriers fly northward, forty eight in total counted by birders within about an hour.  Like the jets that were named after them, these birds now seem symbolic of war – the current war between development and…

  • Brazos Bend, Again

    Sunday afternoon was drizzly and a bit cold, but here we were, in the truck headed south to Brazos Bend State Park anyway.  We were on a mission to retrieve J’s lost binoculars lens cover, and he agreed to indulge my desire to get a few caches and look for a few birds. We settled…