Lordy, Lordy! Where has the time gone?
Doesn’t seem all that long ago, I saw you standing there, on a Saturday night by the juke box, playing your favorite songs. Truly it was Juke Box Magic!
Then the following evening, thanks to my understanding brother, we went to a movie, our surprise first date, at a State [...]
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Posted in Blue Bird Trail, Blue Bird babies, Blue Bird eggs, Blue Bird nesting, Blue Birds, Blue Birds fly the nest, Long Beach Mississippi, Master Naturalist Buddy John, Mississippi Blue birds, Mississippi Gulf Coast Blue Birds, Mississippi Gulf Coast hot summer weather, SMRC Blue Bird Trail, South Mississippi Regional Center Blue Bird Trail, tagged Blue Bird babies, Blue Bird eggs, Blue Bird nesting, Blue Bird nesting boxes, Blue Bird Trail, Blue Birds, Blue Birds flew the nest, Bluebirds, Gulf Coast Blue Birds, Long Beach Mississippi Blue Birds, Master Naturalist Buddy John, Mississippi Blue birds, Mississippi Gulf Coast Blue Birds, SMRC Blue Bird Trail, South Mississippi Regional Center Blue Bird Trail on June 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Another very hot week has passed, here on the Mississippi Gulf Coast Blue Bird Trail, on the campus of the South Mississippi regional Center, in Long Beach, but despite the torrid weather, the Week #17 Trail Survey results showed that 10 more Blue Bird babies flew, and 12 new eggs, appeared in the nesting boxes, [...]
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Posted in Blue Bird Trail, Blue Bird babies, Blue Bird eggs, Blue Bird nesting, Blue Birds, Blue Birds fly the nest, Master Naturalist Buddy John, Mississippi Gulf Coast, Mississippi Gulf Coast Blue Birds, SMRC Blue Bird Trail, South Mississippi Regional Center Blue Bird Trail, tagged Blue Bird babies, Blue Bird eggs, Blue Bird nesting, Blue Bird nesting boxes, Blue Bird Trail, Blue Birds, Blue Birds flew the nest, Bluebirds, Gulf Coast Blue Bird Trail, Gulf Coast Blue Birds, Long Beach Mississippi Blue Birds, Master Naturalist Buddy John, Mississippi Blue birds, Mississippi Gulf Coast, Mississippi Gulf Coast Blue Birds, South Mississippi Regional Center Blue Bird Trail on June 19, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Welcome to Week #16 of the 2009 Mississippi Gulf Coast Blue Bird Trail Survey, on the campus of the South Mississippi Regional Center in Long Beach.
These three large Blue Bird babies will fly from their nesting box any day now.
In a word, things along the Blue Bird Trail this week, were: HOT! The daily average [...]
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Posted in Cafe Du Monde, Cajun music, Decatur Street in New Orleans, Dong Phuong Vietnamese Bakery, Good times with good friends, Jackson Square in New Orleans, The Annual French Quarter Creole Tomato Festival, The French Market, The French Quarter, tagged blond girl, creole tomatoes, French Market in New Orleans, Master Naturalist Buddy John, Master Natutalist Andrea, New Orleans dining, The French Quarter on June 14, 2009 | 7 Comments »
A couple of weeks ago, my good friend here on the coast, Master Naturalist Andrea, of Hummingbird Trapping fame, was kind enough to invite me to join her and spouse, Ralph, to journey with them over to the French Quarter in New Orleans yesterday, to attend the Annual French Market Creole Tomato Festival.
Entrance arch to [...]
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Posted in Blue Bird Trail, Blue Bird babies, Blue Bird eggs, Blue Bird nesting, Blue Birds, Blue Birds fly the nest, Long Beach Mississippi, Master Naturalist, Master Naturalist Buddy John, Mississippi Blue birds, Mississippi Gulf Coast Blue Birds, SMRC Blue Bird Trail, South Mississippi Regional Center Blue Bird Trail, tagged Bluebirds, Mississippi Gulf Coast Blue Birds, Blue Bird nesting, Mississippi Blue birds, Blue Birds, South Mississippi Regional Center Blue Bird Trail, Blue Bird babies, Blue Bird eggs, Gulf Coast Blue Birds, Blue Birds flew the nest, Master Naturalist Buddy John, Gulf Coast Blue Bird Trail, Blue Bird nesting boxes, Long Beach Mississippi Blue Birds, Blue Bird Trail on June 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Another week has passed along the Mississippi Gulf Coast Blue Bird Trail, on the campus of the South Mississippi Regional Center in Long Beach, and it’s time to post Trail Survey results for Friday, June 12, 2009.
Several of the nesting boxes have large babies like these bauble heads, which will be flying this week.
The average [...]
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June 10, is only a few hours away, and so it is time to wish our daughter a VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY, on that special day!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HONEY!!!
Hope your day is very special!
It doesn’t seem like it was all that long ago that you were born, and later that I was bouncing you on my knee.
Then [...]
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Posted in 2009 Atlantic Hurricane Season arrives, Blue Bird Trail, Blue Bird babies, Blue Bird eggs, Blue Bird nesting, Blue Birds, Master Naturalist Buddy John, Mississippi Blue birds, Mississippi Gulf Coast, Mississippi gulf coast harbor, South Mississippi Regional Center Blue Bird Trail, enjoying the outdoors, tagged Bluebirds, Mississippi Gulf Coast Blue Birds, Blue Bird nesting, Mississippi Blue birds, Blue Birds, South Mississippi Regional Center Blue Bird Trail, Blue Bird babies, Blue Bird eggs, Gulf Coast Blue Birds, Blue Birds flew the nest, Master Naturalist Buddy John, Gulf Coast Blue Bird Trail, Blue Bird nesting boxes, Long Beach Mississippi Blue Birds, Blue Bird Trail on June 5, 2009 | 3 Comments »
It’s Week #14 of the 2009 Long Beach, Mississippi Blue Bird Trail Survey already, with the number of Blue Bird eggs and new babies hatched this season, continuing to grow.
A female Blue Bird peers out of her nesting box in this April 2008 file image.
This first Trail Survey of June 2009, found Master Naturalist Buddy [...]
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