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Posted by Keith W (65.32.189.237) on 16:51:36 12/22/06
In Reply to: Closure of Carl Ross and Frank Key posted by John G
Maybe the loss of foliage made the spoonbills that much more skittish, so they need a bigger buffer zone. Carl Ross barely had enough foliage to support a large bird population even before the storm. Ospreys were nesting at ground level in the cedar scrub at the south end of the island. On my last trip out there in Oct 2004 there were quite a few cormorants and pelicans roosting on Carl Ross, but no spoonbills. Sitting in the tent at dusk and watching the birds come home to roost all around us, and listening to them settle in, that was pure magic. Even so, we felt very much like intruders, and I think the closure will be a good thing.
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