June 29

The fog blanketed marsh looks like a sugar frosted confection. The Osprey platform is in the background and unheard is the sound of fog horns bleating. I was up early hoping to catch a glimpse of the early egret crowd. Just at sunrise you can sometimes find a group of thirty or more egrets and herons. It is one of the joys of Belle Isle Marsh. Today I wasn’t early enough. The birds had already split up. One group of Snowy Egrets was at the Overlook panne along with Yellowlegs and Mallards.

They were all nearly frantic with energy darting here and there eating.  Even the ducks seemed energy charged. By the Boardwalk, there were six Great Egrets.

These two tolerated me the longest. It wasn’t even six yet.  I only wished that I had gotten up even earlier.

Fog transforms the marsh in a way that snow does not. Snow covers things, submerges the landscape and blinds your eyes with bright white. Fog lays a spider web of dew beneath a dim sky. It teases your vision and you look closer because it is harder to see. It’s a different way to see.

Ciao!

-Jorge

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