The Egrets are Gone and the Old Cathedral Cypress Tree Stands Alone by Coleen Perilloux Landry

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16-MAR-2011	Coleen Perilloux Landr

The Egrets are Gone and the Old Cathedral Cypress Tree Stands Alone

They left overnight and abandoned the nests they had begun building.
I guess they did not feel safe after what the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers did to this rookery in the season of 2010 with dogs, noisemakers, flares etc. I do hope that the people in charge of this one day feel the pain.
However, the birds left me a note.

Canon EOS 40D
1/400s f/14.0 at 17.0mm iso400 full exif

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Dennis Hoyne		19-Mar-2011 02:47
I hope they found a secure spot to rebuild.

nightwings		17-Mar-2011 16:20
Such a shame, guess they do remember last year's nightmare.

Cindi Smith		17-Mar-2011 14:48
They left? I'm so sorry. A beautiful area. It is so sad that they abandoned this place. Stupid Army Core of Engineers.

Shayne		17-Mar-2011 13:28
pretty picture....sad story

Jola Dziubinska		17-Mar-2011 11:53
What a sad ending, hope the birds will soon find a better place and build their nest on time.

Neal Nye		17-Mar-2011 11:26
So sad. One wonders where they went. Maybe they found a better place.

LynnH		17-Mar-2011 11:16
Oh dear... it seems odd that they would all go in a snap like that. I wonder if something "happened" last night. This makes me feel so sad.

Robin Reid		17-Mar-2011 04:48
What a shame. So at least they have a great sense of self-preservation! Lovely scene of blue, blue sky.

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