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Percy the Broad-tailed Hummingbird 11/29/25
View Full Album →: Percy the Broad-tailed Hummingbird 11/29/25Who is the Broad-tailed Hummingbird Meet the Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) — a hummingbird built for mountain meadows, pine-oak woods, and high-altitude life. Think of a small, sleek “zoom-bird” with glossy green upperparts and a long tail that sticks out even when perched. What makes Broad-tailed Hummingbirds special Good Sources for Further Reading “Broad-tailed Hummingbird…
Hummingbird Banding November 28,02025
View Full Album →: Hummingbird Banding November 28,02025Two members of Banding Coalition of the Americas, Kyle Shepherd and Emma Rhodes, PhD, came to catch, weigh, measure, take DNA, band, and let Patty release our visiting Broad-tailed Hummingbird, named Percy, by Patty. The Science of Bird Banding Bird banding is a vital tool used by scientists and conservationists to uncover the secrets of…
SunriseSunrise from Point Cadet and a Little Biloxi historySunrise
View Full Album →: SunriseSunrise from Point Cadet and a Little Biloxi historySunriseFishing Pier – History of the Biloxi Bay Bridges Point Cadet, Before Hurricane Katrina Before the 2005 storm, Point Cadet was home to several significant facilities and a tight-knit community of fishing families. After Hurricane Katrina Katrina’s storm surge devastated the Point Cadet area, destroying nearly all structures. Since then, it has been largely redeveloped,…
The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves.
Carl Jung
From The Archives
Scissor Tail Fly Catcher
View Full Album →: Scissor Tail Fly CatcherMy favorite beauty We had an abundance of Scissor-Tail Flycatchers in Arkansas. One of my favorite places to see them was at the end of our driveway, on Deep Woods Trail, looking into David Cochran’s garden, and that is where these were taken. “A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because…
