Back to work (?)

Oh my, it was a difficult day at the salt mines for me!  I had to hike two of the refuge trails to note any fallen trees, and look to see what birds were in the area.  :)  Sally, another volunteer, drove us to the first trail that was about seven miles away.  We did find one downed tree crossing the trail that someone will have to use a chain saw on.  There were a few birds around, but nothing out of the ordinary.

 

While I was back at the rig for lunch, I glanced out the window and saw a bird in the pine tree that was a new life bird for me.

It was a little brown-headed nuthatch.  They glean insects from under the bark by walking down the tree from top to bottom.

 

After lunch, Emma and I headed out on foot to patrol the nature trail that starts in back of the Visitor’s Center.  It was an enjoyable walk, and we saw a few woodpeckers and bluebirds.

As the trail wove near the bayou, a swamp sparrow popped up out of the bush to see what we were doing.  That’s about as exciting as it got today in birdland.

 

When we got back to the rig, I noticed that another inside piece of my rooftop antenna had fallen on the floor.  A couple of days ago, as I was lowering the antenna during some high winds, the crank handle and a spring fell off into my hand.  Now the next part, the circle for adjusting the direction, had fallen off.  I mentioned it to Denny, and he had it all back together and installed in under a minute.  OK, now I’ve learned another bit of knowledge about a minor repair.  :)

 

Alex, one of the interns here at the refuge, will be finishing his tour of duty on Friday.  This evening we had a pizza party for him over in the bunkhouse.  Tasty pizzas and good conversation to finish the day.

 

Thanks for stopping by…. talk to you later,  Judy