Eye on Nature

The dolphins of the Laguna Madre
are celebrating. They are happy. It seems
that after months of red tide killing so
much of their sea world, it is over and
life is breathing back into the bay waters.
There is more food for them, they do
not have to look at death lying around
the sea floor. We see this as we are on
the water with them almost daily and
now they are sharing that joy with us.
My camera keeps a photo journal of
their life here in their tribal waters of
the Laguna. They share a part of their
happiness with us and give us some of
the best photo opps ever to show us
their life style.
If they are sleeping we never disturb
them, if they are dining we watch and
five times in the years I have been with
them, they have given us a fish as a gift.
The stories of our life with them are
many and a few are heart wrenching as
when one of our little ones was dying
from an infection in his mouth, and we
stayed with them for five hours watching
each and every member of the tribe
come and say goodbye.
Or a very happy time when I was
there to watch Nipper give birth to
Abby and actually see the umbilical cord
in the midwife's mouth and Abby take
her first breath. To be there to see the
celebration of the birth by all who were
there that day. It is as if they are people
of the sea.
So through the years I have shared
my photos with you all in my articles
and on facebook.
I have chosen this one that I took
only last week while our dolphins were
playing, celebrating life and we celebrated
that with them. Mama Mia, how
wonderful they are.
So let’s take care of their world, let's
not overfish, let's not take the life from
their world without reverence and respect
and thank them for sharing with
us.
Learn more about them through my
traveling program about our dolphins
and birds. We bring the program to your
group.
For more info visit the Sea Life Center
at 110 N. Garcia St. in Port Isabel or
call 956-299-1957 for more information
on the program or a boat tour with just
six people or less.