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Back to Dauphin Island today, with a side trip to Bayou La Batre. We managed to find the places we had visited with the Bird Fest last ye...

The ferry runs between Ft. Morgan and Dauphin Island each day. When we arrived early this morning, we weren't the first at...

Expectations are funny things. If you expect a lot, you can be disappointed sometimes. If you don't expect much, you may not try as ha...

"Won't you step inside for a bite?" said the pitcher plant to the bug.

Pelicans are such a joy to watch! They are awkward looking in the water, but soar with such precision. They fly in formation, playing fol...

Why does the beach always make me thoughtful? Is it because I come to the beach so seldom, and it's always something special in my life...

Once again, weather is not actually changing history , but it does affect our vacations. A dry cold front arrived in the Gulf area overnigh...

We enjoyed the Gulf Coast Birding Festival in Mobile, AL, so much last year, that we decided to come back ourselves this year for more bird...

The Falls of the Ohio are famed for having Devonian fossil beds exposed and easily visible. The volunteers, or Naturalists-at-Heart, work ...

The Beckham Bird Club in Louisville, joined The Big Sit sponsored by Bird Watchers Digest yesterday. Our club sat at the Falls of the Ohio,...

Boy, things have been really busy the last two weeks. Our daughter got married on Sept. 27, so things were in a turmoil. Actually, it went w...