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.