Bald Eagles Spotted on Katy Prairie
Guest Author Mary Anne Piacentini Executive Director of Katy Prairie Conservancy (KPC)
The sights on the Katy Prairie are getting better all the time. Visitors this December saw three Bald Eagles flying over Warren Lake and then touching down in a field nearby. Fortunately, one of the eagle-eyed visitors had a camera in hand and managed to shoot some incredible photos, which will be posted on our website soon.
After the event, KPC staff started fielding calls asking how others might visit the lake while the eagles were still soaring overhead. For the time being, the answer is: you can park on the side of Warren Ranch Road at Site 99 on the Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail and set up your scope/binocular/eyes approximately 600 feet from the lake, but you can’t get closer to the water without making special arrangements, as our eagle “scouts” did. But we hope this will not be the case for too much longer. Plans are already underway to develop the capability of admitting nature lovers to a choice spot close to the lake during daylight hours on selected days with no special arrangements needed.
This past year we’ve been doing our best to share more of the prairie more often with more people and more conveniently than ever before. We planned or hosted more than 70 events, from guided and self-guided tours, to classes, to plant rescues, to conservation project days, to photography expeditions. We led special group tours and introduced families and special audiences to fun-filled activities on many of our preserves.
Although we can’t guarantee eagles on demand, KPC does maintain a wildlife-viewing platform that is open from dawn to dusk 365 days a year at the edge of its Nelson Farms Preserve. So, when the mood moves you, whether it is 6 in the morning or 4 in the afternoon, on a weekend or a weekday, you can visit the platform, set up your scope, rest on the benches, eat lunch, or just enjoy the outdoors.
This year we will be pursuing new ways to get you on the prairie, when and where you want. So keep your eyes peeled and your e-mail address current. With luck, you may not have to be all that patient.
To contact KPC: 713-523-6136 or their website.
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