The following pics were taken at:
BC=Bonnet Carre Spillway
WL=Woodlands Trail & Park,
Belle Chase, LA
GSA=Gulf Shores, AL
GM=Gautier, MS
BS=Bon Secour National
Wildlife Refuge, AL
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A Red-bellied Woodpecker catches a bug
(WL)
2
Eastern Kingbird
(BC)
3
Can you guess the bird?
(BC)
4
A pair of Blue-winged Teal (hen on the left and drake on the right)
(BC)
5
Same Teal
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A pair of Least Terns in a display dance
(BC)
9
Same Terns
10
Least Sandpiper
(BC)
11
Lesser Yellowlegs
(BC)
12
Same Yellowlegs
13
Male Red-winged Blackbird calling
(BC)
14
Same Redwing
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Male Black-bellied Plover
(BS)
17
Same male plover
18
Female Black-bellied Plover
(BS)
19
Same male plover
20
Female Bluebird bringing in nesting material
(BS)
21
Male Bluebird
(BS)
22
Bluebird pair
(BS)
23
Same Bluebird pair
24
Bluejay
(GSA)
25
Brown Thrasher
(BS)
26
Same Brown Thrasher
27
Mourning Dove
(GSA)
28
Common Grackle puffing up to look fierce
(GSA)
29
Great Blue Heron
(BS)
30
Stingray
(BS)
31
Sanderling
(BS)
32Juvenile Osprey
(BS)
33
Red-headed Woodpecker
(BS)
34
Mockingbird
(BS)
35
Six-lined Racerunner
(GSA)
36
Firewheel
(BSA)
37
Pitcher Plant
(GM)
38
Sandhill Crane
(GM)
39
Same crane (notice the deformed bill and the leg-mounted radio telemetry device on the right leg and white identification band on the left)
40
A trail through one unit of Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge.
41
Green Heron--notice the unusual streak across the iris of the eye
(BC)
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Female Boat-tailed Grackle
(BC)
43
Male Boat-tailed Grackle
(BC)
44
Female Red-winged Blackbird
(BC)
45
A pair of Least Terns--likely the male flying in with a fish for the female
(BC)
46
Same terns
47
Close-up of the transfer
48
She accepts the fish and does a little dance as he postures and feels good about himself
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