Several people have emailed and asked us why the wildlife drive was closed.
We do not know, we went there at 1pm and the visitors center was closed and
the gate was closed on the wildlife drive. We just thought we would pass it
on in case anyone else was headed there. We imagine it was because of
My wife and I observed 2 males between the trail intersection and the Oak
tree. One male flew south toward the observation platform shortly after we
arrived and the other stayed close to the female as she appeared to be
gathering materials to build a nest. The photo below is the male that was
