Subject: Waders

  • Beautiful Fall Weekend: Friends, Festival & Nature

    Beautiful Fall Weekend: Friends, Festival & Nature

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    Upper & Lower Rhymes Lakes, My favorite, and Patty’s go-to spot, Ward Bayou. On Friday, we drove up to Upper & Lower Rhymes lakes (1) in George County, MS. This is one of my favorite locations within 55 minutes of home. It is absolutely beautiful, quiet, and peaceful. These are oxbow lakes, previously part of…

  • Clay Point Park 10/28/25

    Clay Point Park 10/28/25

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    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…

  • First week of October and signs of Fall

    First week of October and signs of Fall

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    Rich Horner
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    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…

  • Ward Bayou

    Ward Bayou

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    Rich Horner
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    Ibis 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.

  • Old Beaver Pond & Drain Pipe at Back Bay Blvd

    Old Beaver Pond & Drain Pipe at Back Bay Blvd

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    Rich Horner
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    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…

  • Washington Street Pier

    Washington Street Pier

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    Rich Horner
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    Story Washington Street Pier & Boat Ramp in Bay St Louis is always a good birding spot. It has the added benefit of being close to my favorite Sunrise location, Waveland, and only blocks away from The Mockingbird Cafe—great coffee!Write Your Story Here Quote Click any image to view full size and browse the gallery.