Bring Back The Bayou

 by Kurt Zuelsdorf

Paddle into the sunrise to summer clouds streaked with purple & pink, see it permeate nature and stir the slick-calm surface of the bayou to life! 
 
Several tarpon rolled and snook swirled as a water snake slide across in front of a traveler from Ohio. It appears their are people more afraid of snakes than I! Squabbling birds bitching for the best fishing branch & calling crickets echo through the mangroves. Mornings are the perfect choice this weekend for visiting & touring the bayou, here's a few more reasons; 
 
Heron's are hatching and still  dropping  new eggs in the upper creek... a promise of a bright future in the bayou. Ten chicks have been counted and more to come!  Who remembers the gator wallow? Well, the "big fella" has emerged from the swamp and is making a new hole in the mud bar.... he's been eating well by the looks of his belly-marks. Remember the nice house with the burned out roof?  (old drug dealers house in the upper creek)  In a matter of hours it was demolished and is now gone!   
 
Spoonbills have been occupying the dead tree near the pass of the bayou nearly every day. The only pair of Black Crowned night herons in the bayou have built a nest in the lagoon that was filmed in our "Priceless" video! (visit Video page) This is exciting because before we cleaned and restored circulation to the lagoon the area was nearly dead!  
 
Daylight in the bayou comes early this time of year and awakens life to a new day... are you awake?  
 

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