We weren't in any hurry to get home this morning. Anita cooked a great breakfast and we sat around and bird watched. She has a very pretty American Goldfinch that frequents her bird feeders.
Ferny Kat was impatiently waiting at the door when we got home. She gave us quite a talking to for leaving her alone last night.
We spent the rest of the day doing a little back yard bird watching, catching up on laundry, washing the jeep, and recuperating from yesterday's festivities.
Monday
We traveled back to Camp Crane for this Christmas Eve. We went shore bird watching along Highway 90, went out to eat at The Reef, and sat by a nice campfire until after dark.
Tuesday
We had a Merry Christmas morning spent walking Graveline Beach. We had our first ever, Tuna Fish Sandwich, for Christmas lunch, sitting on a bench at Biloxi Beach.
We hiked the Fountainebleu Trail. We took the long way home looking for Sandhill Cranes and found 17 Sandhill Cranes. 13 of them were in Bright's Pasture and most of these were probably Greater Sandhill Cranes.
We fried fish for dinner and sat around the propane fire pit until dark watching the Camp Crane Christmas tree lights and an Osprey landing on his perch in the bayou.
Wednesday
The Visitor's Center is closed due to the Government shutdown. Our 2 Crane Tours, of 16 people cannot be done. Luckily, we can stay at Camp Crane.
We walked almost 10 miles exploring today. We went Mucking in our new Muck boots to break them in. We talked with about 30 visitors on the trail and around headquarters. There must have been about 60 visitors that we saw around the headquarters on this beautiful day.
We saw 4 Sandhill Cranes around the temporary pen late this afternoon, we didn't have binoculars or cameras, so we could not ID them.
Thursday
The shut down continues. We hung around Camp Crane on this cloudy, misty day.
Friday
We are not scheduled to work until the 1st to do a plant walk, if the government opens back up. It was a rainy day at Camp Crane.
Saturday
Another rainy, cloudy, government shutdown day at Camp Crane. We saw the Free Birds along with 2 of their friends in the HQ savanna. We are so happy they are alive and well.
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