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Back Yard Birdfeeders 2/1/26 Audubon Coastal Bird Count & Ocean Springs Inner Harbor 2/2/26
Our day started off at a crisp 18°F(-7.8°C). We had Sunday-morning breakfast at Fat Spoon Cafe in Ocean Springs. After breakfast, we birded our way down the coast to Biloxi, then went in search of the Golden Eye, and Patty found it in Biloxi Back Bay by the shrimp factories.
Sunday Morning Drive Home
There is a cold spell coming! Driving home, thinking of the frigid weather coming to us and much of North America. I watch two cars speed through a red light, and I think about how we are becoming, more and more, a ME society, and I mourn how we are treating each other and how…
Our Backyard Bird Feeders
Feathered Friends Good morning, world! Last year, while birding Clower Thornton Park in Gulfport, MS, we ran into several other birder friends. Steve pointed out that Charlie was in the brush in a blind. With some effort, I was able to locate him in his one-person standup blind; very cool. Talking with Charlie later, I…
Biloxi Back Bay, Drain Pipe
In Search of a Common Goldeneye Patty heard from birding friend, Steve, that he had seen a Common Goldeneye in Biloxi Back Bay near the Drain Pipe, so we headed to Biloxi on Friday morning. As hard as Patty searched, no Goldeneye, but there were plenty of the regulars. There must have been runs of…
The First Week of January, 2026
We still have several rare hummingbirds visiting our feeders; fortunately, we have had, or perhaps because we have had a mild winter. The Ruby-throated Hummingbird is our usual migration visitor, but it is unusual for it to remain in the winter. What is rare are the Broad-tailed and Black-chinned Hummingbirds; they belong much further west…
Rufous Hummingbird at Charlie’s house January 4, 2026
Rare Sightings You met Percy, Patty’s name for our visiting and rare Broad-tailed Hummingbird, we also have a Ruby-throated Hummingbird, common in our Spring and Fall, but very unusual during winter. Well, it turns out that a fellow birder and friend, Charlie in Gulfport, has two rare hummingbirds, the Rufous hummingbird and the Buff-bellied Hummingbird,…
Welcome 2026 from the Ocean Springs Harbor
Happy New Year Happy New Year Friends and Family, Birders, Photographers, Nature Lovers and Mississippi Coast wanderers. Patty and I plan to explore new and old areas this year, with hopes of a few new Live Birds for Patty and me continuing to grow my photography knowledge. Let us all make this the very best…
Percy the Broad-tailed Hummingbird 11/29/25
Who 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
Two 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…
Sunrise from Point Cadet and a Little Biloxi history
Fishing 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,…
