MY VIEW
Nature Photography from the Mississippi Coast and Beyond
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Our Yard is Alive With Color
View Full Album →: Our Yard is Alive With ColorFlowers, another love Patty & I share We’ve had a nice soft rain most of the week — 3.52 inches so far, with more forecast every day through Thursday. By then I suspect we’ll be ready for a break. The garden and flowers are loving it though: temperatures in the high 70s to mid-80s °F,…
Deer Island from Bird Barge
View Full Album →: Deer Island from Bird BargeIn search for a visiting Caracara We had a wonderful morning skirting the island. A bit windy and choppy, but absolutely beautiful. At one point a large bird in the pines near the new dredging area got our hearts racing — but our excitement shifted from Caracara to Bald Eagles. Word had been that the…
Iceland Gull & Others
View Full Album →: Iceland Gull & OthersApril 26, 2026 Patty and I were out birding at Whitehead Wildlife Mgt Area when we noticed some serious dark clouds building to the west. We were already thinking about heading in when her phone buzzed — a text from a birding friend saying she was looking at a rare Iceland Gull over in Biloxi,…
The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves.
Carl Jung
From The Archives
Birds of Color
View Full Album →: Birds of ColorRockin Rock Ranch Birdfeeders Sometimes you do not appreciate what you have until it is gone. These photos are of a typical day at the bird feeders on our Ranch in Arkansas. “Some birds are not meant to be caged, that’s all. Their feathers are too bright, their songs too sweet and wild” movie The…
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