location: Harrison Co
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,…
Clay Point Park 10/28/25
Seeking birds in Biloxi Patty heard there was a Clay-Colored Sparrow sighted at South Clay Point Park, so yesterday morning, we headed across the bay and down Back Bay Blvd. It was a gorgeous Fall Mississippi Coast morning, with lots of birds but no Clay-Colored Sparrow. We also stopped by the Drain Pipe to find…
Clay Point Park – Biloxi Back Bay Blvd 10-23-25
Western Kingbird Sighting You have all heard me repeatedly marvel at our access to the great outdoors, the waterway, the national and state forest, then turn around and post photos of and tell of our discoveries right in town. Patty got word of sightings of the Western Kingbird around Clay Point Park in Biloxi, so…
First week of October and signs of Fall
Ready 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
Between 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…
Our Yard and Beyond
Making 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…
Old Beaver Pond & Drain Pipe at Back Bay Blvd
The joy of Birding and birding friends Yesterday morning, we headed 35 miles East to Whitehead Lake at Ivy Park in Pascagoula, where Patty hoped to see a variety of ducks. We had just arrived when Aaron, a birder friend of ours, texted us that he had sighted a Fulvous whistling duck at the Old…
