A bird-watching hike through Goat Island Preserve, Dallas County’s wildest green space | SharonFGrigsby
A blue-winged teal and little blue heron kept watch among the flooded timber of Gravel Slough. A snowy egret sat alongside the Trinity River as a rough-winged swallow skimmed the water in pursuit of insects.
Most of the birds we shared space with Wednesday were vocal but shy about revealing themselves, a cacophony of sound whose origins remained hidden in the thick trees and bushes. “He is my touchstone to the past, to the history of both birds no longer here as well as the history of the place,” Ben said of the priest, who has hiked southern Dallas County since the 1960s.Little Lemmon Lake in the Joppa PreserveFather Tim recalled “this very big man” in head-to-toe camouflage emerging from the brush and brandishing an even bigger camera.
He learned when the road becomes rough, he can count on Father Tim. “When I needed voices to accompany me to City Hall regarding excavating in the Great Trinity Forest, a time of dire concern, Father Tim was there.”, the priest interrupted:“There’s a force in the world — you can call it God or the Divine or nature or whatever — that puts things together in the right way,” he said. “It will work for you if you let it work.”south of Interstate 20.
Little Oaks’ livestock included peacocks, whose feathers were sold to Neiman Marcus, and Karakul sheep. But make the drive and discover a refuge where you can hike, bike or ride a horse 9 miles or more without ever touching concrete.
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