Patty is back home, and while she was away I put a new deck on her birding chair platform. Yesterday morning we headed out to Ward Bayou — migration season is in full swing, everybody’s headed south, and there’s plenty of color and activity out there. The waders were sparse, but hurricane Isaias out in…

October 4, 2026 Between showers! Click the image to view full size and browse the gallery. Something exciting is in the works. While Patty was going through some old belongings, she came across slides — some of them 50 to 60 years old — and asked if I could try to digitize and recover them.…

Nautical Twilight The kids and I were out before daylight this morning, and the calm Back Bay water and reflecting light was captivating — that deep blue stage of twilight with just a hint of gold on the velvety water. We returned after breakfast and had a completely different view. After sorting the images I…

September 10, 2026 From Our Back Porch The hummingbirds are migrating back south, stopping over here on the Mississippi Gulf Coast to fuel up before crossing the Gulf of Mexico — and we have hummers galore. I think this is the most we’ve had in the three-plus years we’ve lived here. We have seven feeders…

September 6, 2026 Patty, the kids, and I had our Sunday morning breakfast at Fat Spoon. Midway through, Patty got word of a sighting on the coast in Biloxi — a Buff-breasted Sandpiper on the large lawn in front of Harrah’s. They’re an unusual bird and a species of growing conservation concern. And a life…

August 30, 2026 Good morning world. A few mornings ago, Baby Girl, Rascal and I launched the Bird Barge at Biloxi Harbor around four-thirty in the morning; our purpose was to greet the sunrise. We headed out around the west end of Deer Island toward the shrimp boats. There were four of them working out…

As many of you know, I love sunrises and love to photograph them, and you may have noticed most are over water. From our location on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, on the northern edge of the Gulf of Mexico, we only have winter sunrises from the south. Occasionally I will take the Bird Barge out…

Owls Talking to Us Patty and I were out at Ward Bayou the next morning, at the end of the road before sunrise. What a delight! There were at least four owls calling from the heavy canopy of the huge Live Oaks. We could not see them, but we could certainly hear them. Turn your…

August 12, 2026 Barred Owl Anyone who’s spent time with me in the field or followed MY VIEW, knows how I feel about owls — there is simply nothing quite like coming across one. Yesterday morning Patty and I headed out to Ward Bayou, a little later than usual and already hot. We’d seen plenty…

A few weeks ago a storm was moving just off the coast — it’s been dry here again and we were hoping it would come ashore, but all it brought us was wind. Whenever there’s an offshore storm, or one pushing up from the south, Patty wants to drive the coast watching for birds driven…

Goodbye July 2026 – “It’s already a three-shirt morning.” Some days the conditions are just right — hot and humid, heavy low clouds, the wind gone still. On mornings like this you can feel the quiet and almost touch the moisture in the air. It feels like stepping back in time.  Click any image to…

July 28, 2026 Patty came home from Alaska, exhausted, but feeling fine, but a few days later — whether it was the plane rides, the airports, or a crowded eye appointment after she got back — she came down with a miserable summer cold. One of those where you are miserable one day, the next…