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Tropical Storm Photos

June 16, 2015

Updated: June 17 at 8:30AM

Please note that these photos are all from June 16, 2015

One of my Purple Martin Houses was knocked down by the heavy winds Tuesday morning. Five baby martins were in the house.

TS Bill Photos photograph — Pirates Beach: Buccaneer Blvd

I rounded up the the 5 baby martins and put them in a cooler to keep them warm.

TS Bill Photos photograph — Pirates Beach: Buccaneer

While it was virtually destroyed by the fall, I was able to patch the house back together with some stainless nails, and plenty of gorilla tape. I put the nesting material back in the homes and put the baby martins back in as well.

You can also see the line that I used to support the house by attaching it to a nearby palm tree.

It seems that the parent martins were prepared to take over at that point.

One baby martin fell out twice, but I managed to use a ladder to put him back into his home.

All in all, a tough job in the wind and the rain, but hopefully there is a happy ending here.

TS Bill Photos photograph — Pirates Beach: Buccaneer

TS Bill Photos photograph — Pirates Cove: Muscatee

TS Bill Photos photograph — Pirates Cove: Muscatee

TS Bill Photos photograph — Pirates Cove: Cross Bones

TS Bill Photos photograph — Pirates Cove: Petite Cirlce

TS Bill Photos photograph — Pirates Cove: Grambo

TS Bill Photos photograph — Pirates Cove: Grambo

TS Bill Photos photograph — Laffites Cove

TS Bill Photos photograph — Lafittes Cove: Windlass Ct/Cove Lane

TS Bill Photos photograph — Lafittes Cove: Windlass Ct/Cove Lane

TS Bill Photos photograph — Lafittes Cove: Windlass Ct/Cove Lane

TS Bill Photos photograph — Pirates Beach: Buccaneer Blvd

TS Bill Photos photograph — Pirates Beach: Looking west from Buccaneer Blvd

TS Bill Photos photograph — Pirates Beach: Barataria

TS Bill Photos photograph — Pirates Beach: Looking east from Barataria

TS Bill Photos photograph — Pirates Beach: Buccaneer Blvd

TS Bill Photos photograph — Pirates Beach: Looking east from Buccaneer Blvd

TS Bill Photos photograph — Pirates Beach: Dune line erosion

TS Bill Photos photograph — Pirates Beach: Barataria

TS Bill Photos photograph — South Shore of Offats Bayou near 69th street

TS Bill Photos photograph — Pirates Beach: Buccaneer Blvd

TS Bill Photos photograph — Pirates Beach: Intersection of Buccaneer Blvd and Grand Terre

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