March 2015

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

ALG=Algiers, LA
BC=Bonnet Carre Spillway
CP=City Park, New Orleans
WE=West End, New Orleans
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Bald Eagle nest in Algiers, LA
2
Eaglet
3
Eaglet

4
Bald Eagle
5
Bald Eagle
6
Bald Eagle
7
Bald Eagle nest

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American Robin
9
American Robin
10
American Robin bathing
11
American Robin

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American Robin
13
American Robin
14
European Starling bathing
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European Starling

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European Starling
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Immature White Ibis
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Common Loons
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Common Loon

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Bald Eagle
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Eaglets
22
Eaglet
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Eaglet

24
Bald Eagle
25
Bald Eagle
26
Female Downy Woodpecker
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Female Downy Woodpecker

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Female Downy Woodpecker
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Gray Squirrel
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Male Hooded Warbler by David B. John
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Eaglets

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Feeding time
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Feeding time
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Bald Eagles
35
Bald Eagles

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Bald Eagles
37
Eaglet chewing on mom's tail
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Eaglet chewing on mom's tail
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Close-up of pic 38

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Eaglet has grown as large as the parent
41
Bonnet Carre north of the water control structure
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Bonnet Carre south of the water control structure		 To view a montage of most of the above photos please click
HERE
and find Panel 2.

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Sign at Venice, LA
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American Alligator
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American Alligator
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American Alligator

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American Alligator
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Female Belted Kingfisher
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Female Belted Kingfisher
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Immature Brown Pelican

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Immature Brown Pelican preening
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Immature Brown Pelican preening

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     Immature Brown Pelican

This bird is collecting a substance from its preening gland located at the base of its tail.  Preening glands secrete oily waxes and fats that the bird works into its feathers making them water and wind proof and insulating them from the cold.
 

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Immature Brown Pelican drying its wings

55
Black-crowned Night Heron with a stick for the nest
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Female Anhinga
57
Boat-tailed Grackle
58
Boat-tailed Grackle

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Boat-tailed Grackle
60
Spotted Sandpiper
61
Great Egrets
62
Lesser Yellowlegs

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Roseate Spoonbill
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Osprey
65
Osprey
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Osprey

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Osprey calling
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Osprey
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Osprey calling
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Spotted Sandpiper

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White-faced Ibis
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White-faced Ibis
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Yellow-crowned Night Heron with a newly-caught Hermit crab
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Yellow-crowned Night Heron with a Hermit crab down the hatch

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Yellow-crowned Night Heron
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Venice, LA
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Venice, LA
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Cypress at Venice, LA
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Sign at Venice, LA		     To view a montage of most of the Venice photos please click
HERE
and find Panel 3.