Picture over 30,000 birds each year returning to a small island of cypress trees to breed and raise their young. This breeding place-called a rookery- is located in the north end of Bluff Lake at Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge, located in central Mississippi. From early spring, when the first flocks arrive, through mid-fall when the last group departs for the winter, the trees and sky are full of birds. Breeders include Cattle Egrets, Snowy Egrets, Great Egrets, Little Blue Herons and White Ibises. This book provides a brief introduction to the rookery and its residents, followed by a...

Over the years losing eight members of her family in tragic accidents the author turned to her Lord Jesus Christ for help and guidance many times. These losses were children, grandchildren and husbands. Through all of this she found peace and became even closer to the Lord. "He gives you insight to see things in a different light."Writing about her thoughts and feelings eventually turned into the Poetry Book, "Words.""God doesn't give usWhat we can handleHe helps us handle What we are given."