Sunday we left Crossroads and went to Island View for a couple of nights. Lauren got lucky and won $150 in the slot tournament. I think they missed us.
Monday, we rode along the beach taking in the sights.
Visited a Great Blue Heron rookery, that had a Great Horned Owl's nest.
Hiked around the Clower-Thornton Nature Area.
Tuesday, we made it back to the Ranch.
We found some pretty blooms and butterflies on our walk along the Dees Trail and Crane Lane.
We walked to the DGF tanks to check out the tadpoles.
We enjoyed our 2 hour stroll doing a little bit of nature chasing and talking with folks.
Wednesday morning, we attended the staff meeting then talked with some engaging folks in the visitor center. Spring Break has this place hopping!
The afternoon was spent working on the interpretive sign project and getting the boat ready for her ride tomorrow. It has been a long 8 hour day.
Thursday was boating day!! Athena was our captain, and Lauren was the co-captain. We saw a deer swimming across the bayou right off the bat, but was not able to get a picture.
The nature sightings continued when we saw a Limpkin in the grassy marsh along the bayou. A first iNaturalist sighting on the refuge!
We saw lots of Ospreys hanging around their nests.
We saw a Bald Eagle on a limb near the nest that was thought to be no longer active. When we came back by, another Eagle was in the nest hopefully feeding a youngster. We have hope!
We had a fabulous 4 hour boat ride with lots of critter sightings along the way.
The afternoon was spent talking with the many visitors that stopped by.
Some of the HQ crew were feasting on this foggy Friday morning. Our task for the morning was to do an Escatawpa Trail recon for the interpretive sign project.
We saw a Belted Kingfisher near the Bayou Heron launch.
The recon was enhanced by the several blooms and butterflies along the Escatawpa Trail.
We got one picture of the many birds that we heard singing.
We assembled the interpretive signs in record time and worked in the visitor center this afternoon talking to the few folks that came by.
Saturday we spent our day off getting about 4 miles of walking in, hanging out at our favorite refuge.
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