Welcome To June! Can you believe that Summer is Just Around The Corner!

WOW! Can you believe that we are already into the 6th Month of this year already, half of 2015 is about to be gone. I guess as I am getting a little older, time seems to be passing a little faster. Father's Day Sunday June 21st is the official first day of Summer.

We will need to take a summer season photo of the Tree of Life, as we do for each new season on the first day of that season at 9:00 am in the morning from the same location each time.

This is a photo shot of the Tree of Life on the first day of Spring March 20th. Look for the summer photo shot and see the big difference.

This is the Southern Red Oak that is located near Nest Box number 3 on the Bluebird Trail.

She is a 170 plus years old and has a most beautiful shape as you will see with the June 21st Summer Photo shot.

Be sure to come back for a visit to see the difference that three months can make in the look of this beautiful tree.

On May 14th we had the Midway Covenant School 3rd grade class back for their second annual Green Meadows Preserve Park Bluebird Trail field trip. We had 33 3rd graders and 12 adult teachers or parents on the field trip. It was such a fun day for the kids, they had much fun.

A couple of photo's from the day's outing.
We enjoying having the school back for the second year.
                                                                                                 
 It was quite an adventure for all the boys and girls picking all the beautiful wild flowers. We saw a lot of birds this morning and especially Bluebirds.

I hope the kids will tell their parents about the trail and bring them out to walk the trail with them. It is a beautiful park!

On Saturday May 30th we had our scheduled and advertised in the Life Line section of the MDJ for our Walk and Talk Tour. We had 24 people show for the tour and they were very interested in learning more about birds and especially Bluebirds.

NOTE: We have one more scheduled Walk and Talk Tour on Saturday June 13th at 10:00 am and then we will discontinue the tours until the fall. The summer months are just to hot for me, the people taking the tours and especially the Bluebirds. They are just trying to get through the HOT summer months, laying eggs, raising and feeding babies until they are big enough to (fledge) leave the nest. Once they leave the nest the parents still feed them for thirty days until they learn to feed themselves. It is a fun sight to see 4 or 5 babies lined up on a tree limb crying for the parents to bring them food. Look for our Walk and Talk Tours to start up again in October on a monthly basis one or two times a month.                                     

                                 
I had the opportunity to speak to the Sierra Club Group this past week for their monthly meeting that was held at Life University. We had 24 very interested outdoor adventurous members in attendance.

I hope that I might have pecked their interest enough to get them to come out to the Bluebird Trail for a walk on the Trail.

Nest Watch - 2015 Quick Summary as of today!

 32 - Total Nest Sites being monitored

  46 - Total Nesting Attempts

159 - Total Eggs

122 - Total Young

  97 - Total Fledglings

Remember

 

Date and Time:

 

(Saturday June 13th 10:00AM - 12:00 Noon)

 

Be sure to bring your own drinking water, sun screen, hat/cap

insect/repellent and please wear comfortable shoes

for walking the 2.3 mile easy trail.

 

Any Questions: email me at jimbearden@bellsouth.net

 

Green Meadows Preserve Park Bluebird Trail,

Where Birds Come to Life!

 

Thanks for joining us along the Trail.....Jim B