We got up and eased into our day off today. We drank our coffee, chased squirrels off the bird feeder, and played on the computers. We decided to take an early ride to Wally World and stock up on a few things.
We got back and stocked up our tummies and decided we would just ride into Brown's Trail and check out the growth progress of the caterpillars that we saw last week. We would't be long, just in and out. Not!!
I think the Mississippi Sandhill Crane Refuge has a spell on us. 3 1/2 hours later, we parked the Ox Wagon.
We were quite entertained at Bright's Pasture when we saw 3 Mississippi Sandhill Cranes close by the road. One of them, named Dougie, decided to put on a show for us. He was calling and dancing. It was quite entertaining.
We saw 11 Mississippi Sandhill Cranes, 2 Hawks, 3 Deer, a couple of Great Egrets, 2 Juvenile Bald Eagles, a Kingfisher, a Bullfrog, a Black Snake, Pine-warblers, and a lot of beautiful plants. The Caterpillars that we went to check on had grown to full size since last week.
The weather was a little bit cooler and a lot less humid. I guess this had a factor in the reason we saw so many critters this afternoon.
The critter watch continued at Camp Refuge. We saw Hummingbirds, a Red-bellied Woodpecker, a Carolina Wren, and plenty of Cardinals.
Ferny Kat wanted in on the action. She patty-caked the kitchen window until I let her out of the camper. She tormented the hungry Cardinals while she sat at the base of the bird feeder. They would fly toward their feeder then change their minds and fly back in the tree. That dang cat!
Monday
We watched deer outside the window before going to work. We did catch a break in the rain and was able to rearrange the plant signs. A rainy work day at the VC results in a slow day of visitation.
Tuesday
I went to St. Paul's preschool with Carol to do a program on Owls while Lauren and Charley worked the VC. It didn't take but a few seconds for Carol to totally capture the attention of the 4 year old's. It was priceless watching their expressions on their face as Carol read them a story. One child that never talks in class talked for the first time today. Carol definitely has a knack for teaching.
We stopped by Tato-Nuts and got a couple dozen doughnuts for the gang. This was our lunch.
Lauren and I received some really nice compliments on our plant signs on the CL Dees Trail by an Entomologist and his wife. It is nice that people let us know that they appreciate our efforts.
We decided to wash the Van, aka Ox Wagon, this afternoon to get it ready for the Crane Tours that start next week. It was NASTY, inside and out. We spent 3 1/2 hours scrubbing on it. That should have burned off those extra calories we had in Tato-Nuts today.
Wednesday
We hung around the VC with Carol and Charley until lunch time. We cleaned up the Explorer after lunch. It only took an hour and a half to clean it up.
This is our last work day of the month. We took a picture of the sign to remember what we saw.
Thursday
We had planned to go to Birds and Brews this afternoon at Audubon in Moss Point. The continuous showers changed our minds. Crossroads we went.
Friday
It took Lauren twice as long to mow the yard today. The grass was tall and wet. We are again, just glad it could be done while we are home.
All the time Lauren spent on the lawn mower had him looking at the Jungle, our field. He has not bush hogged it for about a year. We had to go exploring this afternoon and check out some of the blooms. Not only did we find some really neat flowers and plants, we found a lot of butterflies, caterpillars, and spiders. It was worth the struggle of walking in the tall thick grass to check it out. He may never cut the field again. Melissa Perez has created a monster!!
Our crossroads bird feeders did not attract any birds today. We probably won't be home long enough to attract any.
We watched a beautiful Pileated Woodpecker in the top of the tree by the shop prune himself. At least we got a little bit of bird action this afternoon.
Saturday
We spent this Saturday evening and night in Bush with Anita and Lucy. Lauren worked on Anita's water heater, then we sat around watching birds and looking at flowers.
Lucy and I were quite the fashion statement with our matching shirts on!!
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