Monthly Archives: January 2012
The Bluebird Effect: Uncommon Bonds with Common Birds
Julie Zickefoose lives for the moment when a wild, free living bird that she has raised or rehabilitated comes back to visit her; their eyes meet and they share a spark of understanding. Her reward for the grueling work of rescuing … Continue reading
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The Trails of Lake Fausse Pointe State Park
We had never been to Lake Fausse Point SP but after an interesting journey getting there, Penny and I enjoyed getting out on their many trails. Most are very bikeable if you are comfortable with roots and long rather narrow … Continue reading
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Tagged Cottonmouths, geocaching, Lake Fausse Pointe State Park
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Duck, ducks!
We just arrived at Goose Island State Park, one of our favorite birding spots, and were awakened at 5:00 this morning by a host os noisy airboats taking hunters out to their shooting spots. Yes, it’s the last several days … Continue reading
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Some Southern Birds
I’ve been shooting with the Canon, with varied success, as we’ve stayed at several state parks on our trip. I’ve also been experimenting with digiscoping. Here are a few of the birds we’ve encountered: A Brown Nuthatch feeding at Fountainebleau. … Continue reading
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I-10 Builds Character
We moved today from Fontainebleau State Park which involves jumping on to I-12 which hooks up with I-10 out of New Orleans. It’s never fun and today, with the temperature a muggy 79 degrees, it seemed worse than ever. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Fountainebleau State Park, Lake Fausse Pointe State Park
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Southern Comfort
After a nice stay at Harrison Bay State Park in Tennessee, where we had the park nearly to ourselves, we drove down to ClarkCo State Park in Mississippi where we have stayed before. Since we were moving on Martin Luther … Continue reading
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Tagged Clarko State Park, Fountainebleau State Park, Harrison Bay State Park, Southern Cooking
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Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge
Yesterday, we drove from our campground up to the Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge to see the Sandhill Cranes. It was cold and windy but the birds were spectacular. I was hoping to see the rare Hooded Crane which has drawn birders … Continue reading
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A Tiring Start
Having positioned the rig for a Saturday morning getaway, I slept poorly worrying about the driveway and finally, after solving the problems of the world, got up at 3:45 and turned on the coffee. We had received about 6 inches … Continue reading
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Ready To Go
Today has been a real work day, starting with plowing the driveway with the Kubota and then shoveling sand — it’s a long driveway when you are lugging pails of sand. Then, going up to the Town garage to refill … Continue reading
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Hunkerin’ Down for a day or two
I had planned our departure for tomorrow, Friday, so that we could hit the Tennessee’s Sandhill Crane Festival on Sunday but the winter storm, coming up from the south and also in from the west, has made us delay for a … Continue reading
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