May 2015
Coded locations
in Louisiana for the following photos may be found on each photo under the
date. BC=Bonnet Carre Spillway MET=Metairie, LA |
1 Young Opossum |
2 Female Anhinga |
3 Female Anhinga |
4 Cliff Swallows collecting mud for nest building |
5 Cliff Swallows |
6 Cliff Swallow |
7 Cliff Swallow building a mud nest |
8 Cliff Swallow |
9 Semipalmated Sandpiper |
10 Semipalmated Sandpiper |
11 Roseate Spoonbill |
12 Roseate Spoonbill |
13 Great Blue Heron |
14 Female Red-winged Blackbird |
15 Male Red-winged Blackbird |
16 Bald Eagle |
17 Bald Eagle |
18 Great Egret |
19 Great Egrets and Great Blue Heron |
20 Great Egret |
21 Snowy Egrets squabbling over fishing territory |
22 Snowy Egrets |
23 Snowy Egrets |
24 Snowy Egrets |
25 Snowy Egrets |
26 Dunlin |
27 Dunlin |
28 Eastern Kingbird |
29 Roseate Spoonbill and Snowy Egret |
30 Male Red-winged Blackbird |
31 Male Red-winged Blackbird |
32 White-faced Ibis |
33 White-faced Ibis closeup |
34 Eastern Meadowlark |
35 Eastern Meadowlark stretching |
36 Eastern Meadowlark |
37 Storm and flare scenic on Mississippi river |
38 Eastern Kingbird |
39 Male Red-winged Blackbird |
40 Likely a White-rumped Sandpiper (has black legs and a small reddish area at the base of the lower bill) |
41 White-faced Ibis |
42 Cliff Swallows collecting mud for nest building |
43 Cliff Swallow with a bill-full of mud |
44 Cliff Swallows transferring mud |
45 Cliff Swallows adding mud to the nest |
46 Cliff Swallow colony nests (Nests can contain over 1000 mud pellets each representing a trip to the mud puddle and back) |
47 Close-up of previous pic |
48 Cliff Swallow |
49 Roseate Spoonbills |
50 Close-up of previous pic |
51 Roseate Spoonbills |
52 Roseate Spoonbill squabbling with Great Egret |
53 Close-up of previous pic |
54 Roseate Spoonbill squabbling with Great Egret |
55 Close-up of previous pic |
56 Roseate Spoonbills and Great Egrets |
57 Roseate Spoonbill |
58 Royal Tern |
59 Big and little Monarch caterpillars |
To view a montage of many of these pics please click HERE and find Panel 5. |