Wed. H: Feb. 1953 Off Entrance to Mississippi River soon after Dawn. Brown Pelicans Flying Past. Cormorants (D.Cr. or Mex.?); Loon; Ring-billed Gulls; T. or C.Tern; Small Terns; Sea Ducks; Shore Birds (all too distant). Soon after passing channel entrance saw White Pelicans sitting on drift logs + swimming in little Bays either side of channel. Flock of 200+ Black Shimmers; Snow Geese; Blue Geese; Pintails; Mallards; Egrets; G.B. Herons; Swallows; Even 1 Duck Hawk Sitting on channel light; Crows + Boat-tailed Grackles. Fewer birds as we passed inland. Passed Oil rigs from time to time. Few ships. Feels very Strange to be cruising up muddy Mississippi at full Speed on board ocean going freighter. 2nd Pilot came on board about 5 mi, upstream. Levees line River - many homes below level of river. Napped in P.M. Approached New Orleans at sunset. Wharfs line Winding River on both sides. Great variety of ships + Funnels. We docked at Celeste Street Wharf. Geoff + I walked up to Canal St. (Main street in N.O. - Starts at River & runs N.W.) - about 1½ mi. Wonderful docking + RR facilities. Geoff returned to ship. I looked in Book stores until 11 P.M., + then walked into Old N.O. The Latin Quarter - Rue Royal. Many high class antique Stores. Crossed over to Bourbon St. - White way with many bars with song + dance acts. Back to ship about 1:30 A.M. Geoff and I saw C. Chaplan in "Lime Light". Wonderful. Laughed until I cried, at one sequence with C.C. Buster Keaton.