August 2025             (Hit F11 to view full frame)

Coded locations for the following photos may be found on each photo under the date.

ABSP=Abita Springs, LA
BG=Botanical Garden, NOLA
LP=Lafreniere Park
MET=Metairie, LA
1
Obscure Bird Grasshopper
2
Budgerigar
(aka: "Budgie"
originally from Australia and a commonly sold parakeet that frequently escapes from its owners).
3
Budgie close-up

4
Long-tailed Skipper
(with no tail)
5
Obscure Bird Grasshopper
6
Artsy Immature Sharp-shinned Hawk
7
Obscure Bird Grasshopper

8
Long-tailed Skipper
9
Fiery Skipper
10
Gray Hairstreak
11
Male Bluer Dasher

12
Male Eastern Amberwing
13
Sweat Bee
14
Tiny frog		  15
Adult Cooper's Hawk
 16
Black-crowned Night Heron		  17
Female Anhinga		  18
Male Blue Dasher		  19
Four-spotted Pennant
 20
Male Eastern Pondhawk		  21
Juvenile Cooper's Hawk		  22
Juvenile Cooper's Hawk
close-up		  23
Juvenile Cooper's Hawk

24
Palamedes Swallowtail
25
Potter Wasp
26
Monarch
by Steve Fischer
27
Six-spotted Neolema
      To view a montage of these shots please click
HERE
and find Panel 5.