May 2017
Coded locations in Louisiana for the following photos may be found on
each photo under the date. BC=Bonnet Carre Spillway FR=Frenier Road, Laplace, LA MET=Metairie, LA |
1 Female Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
2 Female Rose-breasted Grosbeak wants the feeder all to herself. |
3 Female Rose-breasted Grosbeak keeping a Mockingbird away. |
4 Male Downy Woodpecker and female House Sparrow contesting the feeder. |
5 |
6 Mockingbird feeding its chick |
7 Mockingbird feeding its chick |
8 Mockingbird feeding its chick |
9 Immature Mockingbirds |
10 Male Downy Woodpecker |
11 Mockingbird feeding its chick |
12 Male Indigo Bunting |
13 Female Indigo Bunting |
14 Young 'possum on the bird feeder |
15 Eastern Kingbird |
16 Eastern Kingbird |
17 Glossy Ibis |
18 Pectoral Sandpiper |
19 Pectoral Sandpiper |
20 Asian Carp |
21 Asian Carp |
22 Asian Carp |
23 Asian Carp |
24 Great Blue Herons |
25 Great Blue Heron |
26 Great Blue Heron |
27 Snowy Egret |
28 Great Egret |
29 Snowy Egret |
30 Snowy Egret |
31 Snowy Egret |
32 Great Blue Heron |
33 Asian Carp |
34 Asian Carp |
35 Male Boat-tailed Grackle |
36 Male Boat-tailed Grackle |
37 Female Red-winged Blackbird |
38 Bonnet Carre Spillway |
39 Bonnet Carre Spillway |
40 Snowy Egret Snowies are very terrotorial and will often try to run off any other birds they see as competitors for the food they are seeking. |
41 Snowy Egret chasing a Little Blue Heron |
42 Snowy Egret chasing a Little Blue Heron |
43 Snowy Egret |
44 Snowy Egret |
45 Little Blue Heron |
46 Little Blue Heron |
47 Little Blue Heron |
48 Snowy Egret |
49 Snowy Egret |
50 Snowy Egret |
51 Snowy Egret |
52 Snowy Egret |
53 Bald Eagle |
54 Bald Eagle |
55 Trocolored Heron |
56 Tricolored Heron |
57 Great Egret |
58 Great Egret |
59 Great Egret |
60 Great Egret |
61 Great Egret |
62 Great Egret bill with an unlucky fish |
63 Female Needham's Skimmer |
64 Female Needham's Skimmer |
65 Halloween Pennant |
66 Female Needham's Skimmer |
67 Eastern Lubber Grasshopper |
68 Daddy Downy Woodpecker feeding his chick |
69 Daddy Downy Woodpecker bending over backwards to feed his chick |
70 Juvenile male Northern Cardinal |
71 Black Swallowtail caterpillar on fennel |
To view two montages of most of these photos please
click HERE and find Panels 6 & 7. |