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Morning at Ward Bayou 10/17/25
View Album: Morning at Ward Bayou 10/17/25A relatively quite morning. Lovely Fall Morning at Ward Bayou Friday morning at Ward Bayou, and it started out great. At the entrance, Patty was seeing and hearing quite a few forest birds, mostly deep into the trees where it is difficult to photograph. Normally we have Ward Bayou to ourselves but it is hunting…
First week of October and signs of Fall
View Album: First week of October and signs of FallReady for Fall and a bit of Rain Patty is home, and Holly Berry, her dog companion, is so pleased! While getting settled, we have not done a great deal of exploring. We checked out Clower Thorton Park in Gulfport the other morning, and Jones Park while we were there. Yesterday morning, after breakfast at…
Before Patty’s Departure 9/9 thru 9/15
View Album: Before Patty’s Departure 9/9 thru 9/15Between Patty’s Packing and appointments, we worked on a few birding explorations. Patty is off to meet up with her birding buddy Hap, with a brief stop to see sister Sally in Nashville, then up to Murray, KY, for the annual KY Ornithology Meeting, travel to South Carolina to another Birding event, and meet prominent…
Pensacola Beach
View Album: Pensacola BeachStopped at old haunts; The Dog Beach & Fort Pickens The kids and I dropped Patty off at the Pensacola International Airport for her trip to Nashville, Tennessee, Murray, Kentucky, and then on to Edisto Island, SC. Then we headed to Pensacola Beach. I love the beautiful white sand and clear greenish blue water of…
Old Shell Landing Road
View Album: Old Shell Landing RoadBlue Dog & Butterflies After our Sunday morning breakfast at the Blue Dog Bistro, the kids, Patty, and I headed to Old Shell Landing to see what we could find. Patty saw and heard a good variety of birds, but unfortunately, her photographer got a bit distracted. There are quite a few pictures, more than…
Old Fort Bayou Sunrise
View Album: Old Fort Bayou SunriseSunrise & Breakfast at Phoenicia’s The kids and I headed to Phoenicia restaurant in downtown Ocean Springs for breakfast this morning. I really like their pancakes and bacon. It was too early to arrive, so we pulled underneath the Ocen Spring bridge, which is often a pretty spot to greet the sun rising above Old…
Our Yard and Beyond
View Album: Our Yard and BeyondMaking the rounds: Buzzy’s, Back Bay Blvd & Old Beaver PondStory This morning’s Sunday breakfast with the three kids was on the enclosed and cooled back porch of Buzzy’s Breakfast Downtown. After breakfast, Patty and I did a little birding at Back Bay Blvd and The Old Beaver Pond on the way home. With the…
Flower Bed Hummingbird
View Album: Flower Bed HummingbirdUnexpected Visitor We have had a lot of cardinals around our birdfeeders lately, and I hoped to get a few close-ups. We have a bunch of Indian shot, canna lilies growing behind the bird feeder and I set my tripod and camera up just to the side under the porch of our outbuilding. Well, I…
Ward Bayou
View Album: Ward BayouIbis A quick trip out to Ward Bayou was quiet until we encountered some Ibis and Yellow-crowned Night Heron. “The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.” Carl Gustav Jung Click any image to view full size and browse the gallery.
Bluff Creek to Round Island
View Album: Bluff Creek to Round IslandThere are times for solitude, Quiet, and Nature Yesterday morning, at daylight, the kids and I launched the Bird Barge at the Barge Landing Boat ramp, Vancleave, Mississippi, near the headwaters of Bluff Creek. It was a gorgeous morning; the river, though flowing pretty well, was like glass. We had no particular destination but a…
Butterflies next door
View Album: Butterflies next door“Butterflies are self-propelled flowers.” ― Robert A. Heinlein A few days ago, our neighbors, Anita and Mike, called to ask if I’d noticed all the Swallowtail Butterflies in the field between our properties; I had not. What a delightful surprise, dozens of Swallowtails and numerous other pollinators were collecting nectar from the blooming Spiritweed (Lachnanthes…
Sunrise on the Gulf of Mexico
View Album: Sunrise on the Gulf of MexicoThe comfort of Mother Nature This morning, the kids and I headed out into the Gulf of Mexico on the Bird Barge in search of a quiet sanctum, a sunrise, and to say goodbye to a friend. Mother Nature continually amazes me with her quiet comfort and wonder. “Those whom we love and lose are…
Our Back Yard
View Album: Our Back YardAlive With Color Our backyard was alive with color this morning. We are very excited that our Frangipani, named Margo, is in full bloom. She will create new blooms daily for several weeks to come! “It’s a funny thing about life, once you begin to take note of the things you are grateful for, you begin to lose…
Our Yard Flowers
View Album: Our Yard FlowersColors, Colors, Colors I originally intended to send these flower/plant pictures to Patty. She is coming home tomorrow, and I thought she’d enjoy seeing, at least partially, what she is coming home to; let’s not talk about the condition of the house! I know many of you enjoy flowers and growing things, so I am…
Osprey Hunt
View Album: Osprey HuntStory There were three osprey hunting west of the Washington Street Pier; I picked one with several feathers missing on its right wing. You have to concentrate on one to catch the dive, and it was easy to identify as they flew back and forth hunting. It took about 10 or 12 minutes, and my…
