Baja St. Martin

By Linda Cooke

With a steady but mild south wind blowing lately, the water has risen a little. All boat launches at the Belle River landing are usable but there isn’t much activity. I did see two boats leaving today as I sat under the pavilion— both filled with flattened crawfish traps.

There is a lot of barge traffic lately. Seems to be mostly tankers. And there is at least one fairly large alligator hanging around one of the launches, most likely attracted by scraps tossed out of boats. And I did one day see two Roseate Spoonbills in the shallow water but they seem to be gone. My dog doesn’t help since she loves to chase them.