3 May 2024
This is a brief update from yesterday. I’ll write more this evening before I go to bed. Two things stood out to me yesterday nature-wise.
The first was the photo of the docks at Roosevelt.
Just to show how time gets away from us, these cypress trees were mere saplings when I first started to going to Roosevelt around the age of 8. The photo doesn’t do them justice because they are really quite large.
The second thing was when I was visiting the cemetery I kept hearing this buzz in the air.
It seems it was about a trillion cicadas! When I went to Charle’s house, he had another trillion calling for their mates. Then when I went to Archie’s, nothing. It seems this hatching is only in Pulaski.
This morning, as I got up, I noticed wakes in the lake. Then later I noticed a Canada goose. I didn’t think they came down this far but it has been a cold winter. In any case, I later saw the mother and the babies.
All About Birds says this is a non-breeding population but someone forgot to tell the geese. The Mississippi Department of Wildlife says these are resident geese and they do breed.
More later!
