Category: Birds
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Big Fish, but Bigger Shark!
It looks like something took a bite out of Trip’s fish! Pretty sure the culprit was a decent size shark. Cousins Aidan, AMPD, and Rowan (below) are still enjoying Lake Keowee. Did you know that watermelon have male and female flowers just like pumpkins. Just like pumpkins, the female flower has a bulb below the…
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Bass Fishing, Crawfishing, and of course, Father’s Day
Robby, Craig and Bruce went crawfishing in Louisiana. Well, it looks like Robby went crawfishing and Craig and Bruce watched! The traps were baited yesterday and placed in the crawfish pond. The little boat Robby is pushing has a tray where the crawfish are dumped from the crawfish trap. Do you see the purple sack…
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No Laughing Matter! And Baby Bluebirds have feathers (corn, pumpkins, flowers, goats and fishing.
Well, YES it IS a laughing matter or just call it Southern Engineering. That is exactly what it looks like. (You may have to enlarge the picture to see all the string.) We borrowed large poles from Jackie and Bobby and strung up the wind-blown corn with string. We only worked on the three worst…
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Grand Isle (saltwater fishing), freshwater fishing in Ferriday and enjoying the wildlife
Fishing at the farm in Mississippi (below) brought in one healthy bass- who got to go back into the water to get bigger. “The Donut Shop” was closed in Natchez, MS at 5:30 am, but we did stop on the way back to the farm at 9 am and they were happy to serve us.…
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Time to finish up with the Garlic, update birds, and sunflowers
The garlic has been hanging in the dark barn for two weeks. The stems have dried and it is time to finish the harvest. We start by clipping the roots and stems off leaving about an inch of the stem, then we remove just the outer muddy coat from the garlic pods. Now we will…
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Sunrise, pumpkins, berries, fishing, goats, bluebirds and more!
Sunrise over lake at Norwood, Louisiana on June 7, 2023 We have two varieties of pumpkins at the farm. One variety (with unbelievable care) can reach 2,000 pounds. These are called Dill’s Atlantic Giant. It takes 120 days to reach its full size. We are just hoping for a LARGE pumpkin as we are not…
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Bass on the Beds, different plants blooming, and finally the muscadine vine is growing!
Bass usually spawn in the spring and summer as the water heats up. The male bass usually begins the process of making a nest or “bed” and the female then joins him. Not all beds are in shallow areas, but it is easy to spot these beds when they are in shallow muddy areas. The…
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Blue Bird Update and new Blue berry plants
We checked 4 Blue bird houses. We found a nest with 3 eggs, no nest, a nest with four eggs, and a nest with baby bluebirds. My boys sent me 4 new blueberry plants for Mother’s Day. The plants are a hybrid called Southern Bluebells Blueberry. They were shipped a week ago, but just arrived,…
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Birds, Sunflowers, Seeds, Dahlias and Zinnias
This is the Great Crested Flycatcher which is a species of Tyrant flycatchers. Its range is the eastern half of the United States. it is sitting on the top of our tallest sunflower plant. This bird hunts in different ways, but its main strategy is “sit and wait”. The Sunflowers should start blooming very soon.…
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Birds, Alligators, and Bass at the Louisiana Pond
5.2 pound bass caught on 5-21-23 at 8 am- bass was released. Below are two pictures of “lost” artificial baits and hooks which fishermen left behind in the trees. Flip through the slideshow and then watch the videos below. The birds in the slideshow will be named in the videos. Watch the Limpkin catch its…