Comments on: So What’s Up With Stick Marsh? https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2021/12/21/whats-up-with-stick-marsh/ The blog of bird photographer Arthur Morris Fri, 07 Mar 2025 15:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2021/12/21/whats-up-with-stick-marsh/comment-page-1/#comment-1909130 Sat, 25 Dec 2021 14:14:20 +0000 http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/?p=77623#comment-1909130 In reply to Bruce Masters.

Hi Bruce,

YAW. I am still working. They cannot do the repairs during hurricane season. The spoonbills do not return to breed until early February. There is a chance that the birds will do just fine this yar. Time will tell. Right now I have lots of questions for FWC but they do not answer my e-mails. I am not quitting yet.

with love, artie

]]> By: Bruce Masters https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2021/12/21/whats-up-with-stick-marsh/comment-page-1/#comment-1908960 Sat, 25 Dec 2021 03:42:55 +0000 http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/?p=77623#comment-1908960 Thank you Arthur. We have been going to the stick marsh for years. We went on Dec 16th when they had access to the TM Goodwin area. Both my wife and myself commented on the terrible timing of the construction. If it was emergency work, that’s one thing. If it was scheduled work that needed to get done at some point over the next year it’s a shame it was allowed to happen prior to and during nesting season. Anyone that has been to the area Dec-Mar knows what takes place there as far as the rookery goes. We only saw one line Spoonbill on the 16th in the trees on one of the islands. We can only hope that the birds will return on subsequent years if they are lucky enough to nest elsewhere this year. I suspect the damage may be done already. Hopefully the person that was responsible for this timing decision will come forward and be transparent with the information that was used to allow this to happen.

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