Monday, March 29, 2010

Another Reason I LOVE My Job

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I'm a bit behind with the spring blogging. I've been (and actually am) under the weather or as they said in West Texas, I'm feelin' puny. However, mere puniness could not keep me away from the field trip our library director organized last week, a ride on the McCoy Brother's Swamp and River Tour out of the Pascagoula River Audubon Center. If you're ever down in south Mississippi and you're more interested in nature than casinos then this is definitely a must do.

The river is just beginning to wake up from winter and the swamps aren't the lush green they will be in just a few weeks but the wildlife was really magnificent. The photo above shows a mother osprey protecting her nest.

Here another female flies from the nest she is working on, see the red maple in "bloom";
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A Double-Crested Cormorant, they winter here. This is my first view of a cormorant;
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AND, One BIG DADDY of a 'Gator, smiling for the tourists;
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The photos aren't quite as sharp as I'd like as it was a dreary day and I'm not satisfied with the lens I had with me, but it was a great afternoon to be out on the river. There was so much to see.

8 comments:

  1. If there were such a word, the top one would be awesome.

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  2. Love the photos! I'll have to take the kids on a swamp tour. HOpe you are feeling better. -Lu

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  3. Thanks Lu! Well, I survived one more day and I think the cold may be getting better.

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  4. Sometimes I forget what the swamps are like. A lot like the everglades--or parts of it. Nice gator. They blend in amazingly well--I've nearly walked into one before.
    I really like that bird up top

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  5. Harpo, thanks. That was the biggest gator I've ever seen. He was absolutely huge.

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  6. I wonder if they are open when we are down? I'd love to do that and I know Marcel would also.

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  7. Wiz, I think they do tours year-round. That would be a good thing to do, maybe closer to the beginning of your visit.

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