It’s Week #13 update time for the Mississippi Gulf Coast Blue Bird Program folks! So, here is what ‘Master Naturalist’ buddy John and I found today, May 30, 2008, walking around campus during our Friday afternoon Blue Bird Trail nesting survey: (sprinkled in among the findings are images of Master Naturalist Buddy John, his Tree-Climbing Wonder Dog Emily, his home and his magnificent view).
**John asked me to remind our readers this week that he is: still single, and eligible, has a great dog by the name of Emily – the Tree-Climbing Wonder Dog, a black manx cat named Haley, lives in a beautiful home with a magnificent view on a bayou north of Pass Christian , likes to hunt and fish, is interested in dating and possible marriage to woman who is: single, age 21-35, beautiful, educated, good sense of humor, loves dogs and cats, loves to fish and has a boat. If interested, please send picture of boat.
I don’t know, folks. That’s what he told me to write…
Here goes:
Image of Nesting Box #6 from last week’s survey.
Box #1- Empty box, no activity. – Last week: 5 Blue Bird babies flew.
Master Naturalist Buddy John, cooking fish at one of his famous bayou cookouts, is a graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, which is also Brett Favre’s alma mater.
Box #2- Full Blue Bird nest built, 1 Blue Bird egg. – Last week: More straw placed in box.
John’s dog, Emily, the Tree-Climbing Wonder Dog, in a 750-year old Live Oak, in Long Beach, Mississippi.
Box #3- Empty box, no activity. – Last week: Empty box, no activity.
Emily the Tree-Climbing Wonder Dog heads up a steep incline in the Live Oak.
Box #4- At least 2 Blue Bird babies. – Last week: At least 2 Blue Bird babies.
Emily is literally not afraid to go way out on a limb, in this second largest Live Oak tree in Mississippi, with a limb spread of 161 feet! Emily is not afraid to get up in the air in her pursuit of squirrels.
Box #5- Empty box, no activity. – Last week: Empty box, no activity.
Box #6- 3 Blue Bird babies. – Last week: 5 Blue Bird eggs.
You wouldn’t catch me up that high!
Box #7- 4 Blue Bird eggs. – Last week: 4 Blue Bird eggs.
Box #8- Empty box, no activity. Last week: – Empty box, no activity.
John’s home is on the Bayou Portage, and has a beautiful view of the Wolf River Marsh, on the north side of the Bay of St. Louis, on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, just north of Pass Christian. Try to picture a Katrina water storm surge level which reached a foot above the hand rail of the very top deck! That was 31 feet above sea level, folks! John;s home survived the surge, but had to be completely gutted inside.
Box #9- 4 Blue Bird eggs. – Last week: New nest built & 1 Blue Bird egg.
View from John’s dining/living room and back deck of the Wolf River Marsh.
Box #10- Empty box, no activity. – Empty box, no activity.
View from the top deck of John’s home, of the Bayou Portage and Wolf River Marsh. The little girl on the short deck, is Evy, and the fellow bending over on the right on the bayou dock is her father, and they are also the daughter and husband of none other than that Wizard of Words, MAGGIE, DAMMIT, who, with her family, were all on the Mississippi Gulf Coast last June as volunteers helping rebuild homes after Hurricane Katrina, her second such volunteer relief trip to the coast in the spring and summer of 2007.
Box #11- Empty box, no activity. – Last week: Empty box, no activity.
Emily the Tree-Climbing Wonder Dog.
Box #12- Empty box, no activity. – Last week: Empty box, no activity.
The boat/fishing deck at John’s home on the Bayou Portage at sunset, is an incredibly beautiful place to be. The fisherman on the right on the dock is the husband of Maggie, Dammit.
Box #13- 4 Blue Bird babies. – Last week: 5 Blue Bird eggs.
Totals This week: (may 30, 2008): 9 Blue Bird eggs, 9 Blue Bird babies, 7 empty nesting boxes.
Totals Last week: (May 23, 2008):15 Blue Bird eggs, 2 Blue Bird babies, 5 Blue Bird babies flew the nest, 5 empty nesting boxes.
Master Naturalist buddy John continues to be very enthused about the activity, and reports that so far, 19 Blue Bird babies and 6 Chickadee babies have flown from the nesting boxes during this first season of the new Blue Bird Trail. The weather today was partly cloudy, humid and about 88, with more of the same during the next seven days.
Another update will be along next weekend.
Happy Birding, and Thanks for stopping by!
I swear that kids who grow up on the coast are the luckiest ones….look how HUGE those trees are!! Can you imagine getting to climg those big things all the time? My aunt and uncle have one in their yard that is massive. Do you see any tutles around where you live? They also have these turtles that just come right up in their yard.
Great pics! The eggs are so pretty!
Okay I am seriously cracking up at that dog! How fun it must be to watch him run around in the trees!
Love those eggs.
Dude, I don’t wanna marry John, I wanna marry his badass superhero dog!
I can also go on record vouching for John’s catfish. That was honestly the best fish fry I have ever had in my entire life, and I am NOT EXAGGERATING, dammit!
And that is one hell of a dog, too.
And a very nice house.
And John is a very nice man.
Is this working? 😉
Ahhhh, Lance. These pictures made me homesick for a place that isn’t even my home.
As a friend of Johns (my brother from another mother)I can honestly say that he is one great individual so to sspare, If you don’t want John, I’m available also, lol. John, I’m glad to see you’re doing great back home again and I am looking forward to being back there with you. I love ya bud. Just in case this didn’t go through right, Chris, from Dothan, AL
Emily is my heroine. The live oak is amazing!