LOOKING OUT TO SEA"

I lived in South Texas on a peninsula protruding into the Gulf of Mexico in the fishing villages of Fulton and Rockport. I took the photo one foggy day 9 years ago. When I lived there the tropical birds that occupied the coast became my friends and my comfort zone as they seemed to pose for me on many occasions. I have so many personal photos of the beautiful birds of South Texas. I wanted to share with my friends on Vocal.

“LOOKING OUT TO SEA”

“THE BIRD IN THE FOG”

The great Egret looks out at the fog,

And the clouds of the sea and the peninsula of this monologue

Of memories of yesteryear and beyond the sea

As I feel the sea breeze blowing with me

As I walk along the shore

To feel the bird, the sea breeze, and abhor

To the thought of a forever fog over the earth

Of scorched mountains of recycle birth of chemicals rebirth

To spread through the oceans, lakes, and towns

Of mounds

Of millions of people, we walk and talk,

Thinking we own the earth as we walk,

Through the streets of time and space

We remember the call of the great Egret bird,

Looking out at the sea without a word

Saying the sea has oil pollution and other bacterial products of destruction.

I imagine the Egret wishes humans would think about the instructions

Of the Native American,

“We do not own Mother Earth. We are here for a brief time. The Earth owns us. We are born from the Earth and to the Earth we shall return.”

This is a description of the great Egret per Wikipedia with link.

In North America, large numbers of great egrets were killed around the end of the 19th century so that their plumes, known as "aigrettes", could be used to decorate hats. Numbers have since recovered as a result of conservation measures. Its range has expanded as far north as southern Canada. However, in some parts of the southern United States, its numbers have declined due to habitat loss, particularly wetland degradation through drainage, grazing, clearing, burning, increased salinity, groundwater extraction and invasion by exotic plants. Nevertheless, the species adapts well to human habitation and can be readily seen near wetlands and bodies of water in urban and suburban areas.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_egret