The geese came to Camp Crane for a visit and a snack Sunday morning.
We did DGF tank checks with Erin and removed 19 frogs. We also had a few intruders, Squirrel Tree Frogs, that were relocated to a nearby pond.
We took a ride and checked out the progress of Sandhill Ranch. When we returned to Camp, we took in a little bit of nature before the rain started.
We worked in the native plant garden on this hot, humid, Monday morning. We dug up 10 Muhly Grass plants, filled the holes with dirt, and pulled out a lot of weeds and grass. The automatic dump bed on the RTV sure makes our work easier.
The afternoon was spent on the Fontainebleau Trail. We saw several pretty blooms, birds, butterflies, and a first for us on this trail, a Fiddler Crab.
We took a stroll on the Dees Trail Tuesday morning and found a few flowers blooming. It will be a while before the blooms get in full swing after the prescribed burn.
We have been at the refuge for a month and have not been to the beach until today. We went looking for the nesting Least Terns. We happened to run into some folks from Audubon at Biloxi Beach. They told us that this area of the beach has the largest colony of Least Terns, 1000 of them with 400 nests. This is their second attempt for nesting this year due to flooding. We will be back in a couple of weeks to see their babies.
We also checked out another area in Gulfport that had Least Terns and Black Skimmers nesting in the same area.
We had lunch at The Ole Fillin' Station. The Crawfish Nachos were as good as always.
Wednesday was an on and off rainy kind of day. We washed up all the plant markers from the Dees Trail that were removed prior to the prescribed burn and organized the laminate signs. We made a couple of laps around the trail placing a few plant markers.
We saw several cool critters on the trail including some Kingbirds learning to fly.
As we were sitting around camp this afternoon, the Yellow-billed Cuckcoos came in for a snack.
Thursday, We helped Erin and Angie remove 13 DGFs from the tanks and processed 59 of them. The met process has definitely slowed down. Angie, Scott, and Erin will release them tonight.
Most of the frogs were high jumpers today, except this one. When he was removed from his container, he sat still and posed for the camera.
We headed to Crossroads this afternoon to get a few chores done. Ferny Kat was ready for a road trip and enjoyed the ride home keeping her paws resting on Lauren's arm.
When we got home, we had a visitor hanging around. One of the biggest Rat Snakes we have ever seen. Lauren was quite startled when he fell from the oak tree as he was mowing. He hung around most of the afternoon trying to climb the tree.
After a couple of nights at home, we made it back to Camp Crane on Saturday. We made a loop around the trail looking for plant blooms. We saw a few pretty dragonflies.
The only new plant we found was a Pickerelweed blooming in the bayou.
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