A Season of Change

Bull Dozers have moved in, and the water is disappearing. There must be some long range plan.

However, whatever that plan is, it does not seem favorable to photographers. With many of the pool shore lines being moved farther out, it has been become increasingly difficult to photograph migrating water fowl. Outside the restricted areas of the Refuge, even a 600mm lens with a 2x extender no longer seems to provide adequate reach. Athough there were supposedly 800,000 migrating water fowl on the Refuge on the day that I was took these photos, most of those birds were mere teeny dots in the far distance visable with only a telescope.

With most of the wildlife out of reach, I spent time photographing the on-going earth moving and construction and how the marsh looks Fall 2009. Truthfully, I was quite sad to see some of my favorites locations for photography now gone.

You can see this Marsh in previous years throughout many of my other galleries with my wildlife images. It once was an awesome place for both wildlife and for photography. Hopefully, it will someday be again.

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