THANKSGIVING AT THE BEACH

We hadn't been home since June, so we decided to take an extended weekend in Atlantic Beach to spend some time with Jean and our buddies.

We only saw them for a couple hours because they were headed down to Daytona, but it was nice to catch up with Todd, Ryan, and Amber.

The Turks Cap was blooming prolifically!!

Miss Jimmy Cavalla, John's new kitten. Adorable and FULL of energy!

The Birdsongs are lookin' good! Betsy's hair is short and sassy now, and the boys' hair is getting LONG!

Poor buster, he wanted to go for a bike ride so bad! But it was too late at night.

After church service, in the gazebo. You can see the newly completed Fellowship Hall in the background.

We're posing in front of our brick (our donation to help pay for the new hall), pictured up close below.

NEW CHURCH

We became official members of our new local church this weekend, First Presbyterian Vicksburg. Here we are with our Pastor, Dr. Tim Erskine (far right), the 2 elders who ran our new membership classes (the ladies on the far left), and the rest of the new members:

SPECIES LIST

This is a list of all species seen at our house:

BIRDS
Red-headed Woodpecker
Blue Jay
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Chickadee
Eastern Phoebe
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Cardinal
Northern Mockingbird
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Carolina Wren
American Crow
Hermit Thrush
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Common Grackle
Pileated Woodpecker
Dark-eyed Junco
Fish Crow
American Robin
Red-shouldered Hawk
Barred Owl
Turkey Vulture
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Northern Flicker
Morning Dove
White-throated Sparrow
Hooded Warbler
Wood Duck
Prothonotary Warbler
White-eyed Vireo
Black-throated Green Warbler
Red-eyed Vireo
Eastern Bluebird
Indigo Bunting
Great-crested Flycatcher
Summer Tanager
Louisiana Waterthrush
Brown Thrasher
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Acadian Flycatcher
Mississippi Kite
Wood Thrush
Little Blue Heron
Cedar Waxwing
Cattle Egret
Northern Parula
White-breasted Nuthatch
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

REPTILES
Southern Copperhead
Black Kingsnake
Gray Rat Snake
Eastern Kingsnake

AMPHIBIANS
Southern Toad
Gray Treefrog
Green Treefrog
Bullfrog
Green Anole
Five-lined Skink

MAMMALS
Eastern Chipmunk
Eastern Gray Squirrel
Eastern Fox Squirrel
Nine-banded Armadillo
Whitetail Deer
Raccoon
Opossum