This diary is really just a report on the state of booming and biodiversity in the northeastern gulf which is still awaiting its first oil (at least on the surface). No analysis - just a feel for what things are like. Today I visited the Gulf of Mexico for the first time in a month. During May I visited virtually every week and each time I left I remember taking a final look and wondering what I would see the next time. It is now two months since I made the first of those visits and, at least on the surface, the far northeastern reaches of the gulf are much as they were. However when I made my way down to St. Mark's NWR with the idea of doing some bird censusing I did notice one rather obvious difference.
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