Note: The last couple of days heavy rains here on the Mississippi Gulf Coast have changed the look of the north side of the Blue Bird Trail. The following images are from Saturday morning, after two days of heavy rains. The survey was taken Friday morning, when there was only about 6″-12″ of flood water [...]
Archive for March, 2009
2009 – Week #4: Mississippi Gulf Coast Blue Bird Trail Update: FLOOD WATERS!
Posted in Blue Bird Trail, Blue Bird eggs, Blue Bird nesting, Blue Birds, Emily the Tree Climbing Wonder Dog, Long Beach Mississippi, Master Naturalist Buddy John, Mississippi Blue birds, Mississippi Gulf Coast Blue Birds, SMRC Blue Bird Trail, South Mississippi Regional Center Blue Bird Trail, flood waters, tree climbing dog, tagged Blue Bird eggs, Blue Bird nesting, Blue Bird nesting boxes, Blue Bird Trail, Blue Birds, Emily the Tree Climbing Wonder Dog, Gulf Coast Blue Birds, heavy Gulf Coast rains equal flooding on the Blue Bird Trail, Master Naturalist Buddy John, Mississippi Blue birds, Mississippi Gulf Coast Blue Birds, SMRC Blue Bird Trail on March 28, 2009 | 5 Comments »
2009 – Week #3: Mississippi Gulf Coast Blue Bird Trail Update
Posted in Blue Bird Trail, Blue Bird eggs, Blue Bird nesting, Blue Birds, Emily the Tree Climbing Wonder Dog, Long Beach Mississippi, Master Naturalist Buddy John, Mississippi Blue birds, Mississippi Gulf Coast Blue Birds, Mississippi Gulf Coast Wild Flowers, Mississippi Wild Flowers, SMRC Blue Bird Trail, South Mississippi Regional Center Blue Bird Trail, Spring Flowers, Uncategorized, tagged Blue Bird eggs, Blue Bird nesting, Blue Bird nesting boxes, Blue Bird Trail, Blue Birds, Gulf Coast Blue Bird Trail, Gulf Coast Blue Birds, Halie the cat, Mississippi Blue birds, Mississippi Gulf Coast Blue Birds, South Mississippi Regional Center Blue Bird Trail on March 20, 2009 | 6 Comments »
It’s time to do Week #3 of the 2009 Mississippi Gulf Coast Blue Bird Trail Survey in Long Beach, but, something is wrong.
Normally, the Blue Bird Trail Survey crew includes Master Naturalist Buddy John, Emily, the Tree-Climbing Wonder Dog, and myself.
Today, though, the survey crew included……… me.
Master Naturalist Buddy John.
Master Naturalist Buddy John was [...]
2009 – Week #2: Mississippi Gulf Coast Blue Bird Trail Update
Posted in Blue Bird Trail, Blue Bird babies, Blue Bird eggs, Blue Bird nesting, Blue Birds, Emily the Tree Climbing Wonder Dog, Master Naturalist Buddy John, Mississippi Blue birds, Mississippi Gulf Coast, Mississippi Gulf Coast Blue Birds, Mississippi Wild Flowers, South Mississippi Regional Center Blue Bird Trail, Spring Flowers, Virginia Tech students, tagged Blue Bird babies, Blue Bird eggs, Blue Bird nesting, Blue Bird nesting boxes, Blue Bird Trail, Blue Birds, Emily the Tree Climbing Wonder Dog, Gulf Coast Blue Bird Trail, Gulf Coast Blue Birds, Mississippi Blue birds, Mississippi Gulf Coast Blue Birds, SMRC Blue Bird Trail, Virginia Tech students on March 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Well, Blue Bird watchers, it’s Week #2 in the 2009 Trail Survey already, and momentum continues to build on the Trail, literally, in the Blue Bird nest building scene.
During last week’s survey, we found three nests already built, two under construction and eight empty nesting boxes.
In our Survey of this morning, we discovered that the [...]
2009 – Week #1: Mississippi Gulf Coast Blue Bird Trail Update
Posted in Blue Bird Trail, Blue Bird babies, Blue Bird eggs, Blue Bird nesting, Blue Birds, Chickadee babies, Chickadee eggs, Chickadee nesting, Master Naturalist Buddy John, Mississippi Blue birds, Mississippi Gulf Coast, Mississippi Gulf Coast Blue Birds, tagged Blue Bird babies, Blue Bird eggs, Blue Bird nesting, Blue Bird nesting boxes, Blue Bird Trail, Blue Birds, Gulf Coast Blue Bird Trail, Gulf Coast Blue Birds, Long Beach Mississippi Blue Birds, Master Naturalist Buddy John, Mississippi Blue birds, Mississippi Gulf Coast Blue Birds on March 8, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Hello, again, fellow Blue Bird watchers, and welcome to the 2009 Mississippi Gulf Coast Blue Bird Trail Update.
The Blue Birds in Long Beach are busy building nests again, as the 2009 mating season begins.
During the 2008 Blue Bird mating season at the SMRC Long Beach facility, 45 Blue Bird babies and 6 Chickadee babies flew [...]






