October 2013

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

BC=Bonnet Carre Spillway
BG=New Orleans Botanical Gardens
MET=Metairie, LA

1
Gulf Fritillaries mating
2
Brown Anole

3
Roseate Spoonbills

4
Roseate Spoonbill

5
Roseate Spoonbills

6
Bald Eagle (likely 4 year old)

7
Bald Eagle (likely 4 year old)

8
First winter White-eyed Vireo
by Grant Hamer

9
American Kestrel calling

10
Female American Kestrel hovering

11
White Ibis preening

12
Loggerhead Shrike

13
Loggerhead Shrike

14
Gulf Fritillary

15
Gulf Fritillary

16
Green Bottle Fly

17
Red and Black Mason Wasp

18
Gulf Fritillary caterpillar

19
Gulf Fritillary sipping nectar

20
Ladybug larvae

21
Likely a Cloudless Sulphur (this butterfly was a bright yellow)

22
Spicebush Swallowtail underside

23
Water Lily

24
Water lily and pads

25
Long-tailed Skipper

26
A beat-up Pearl Crescent

27
Roseate Spoonbills

28
Roseate Spoonbills

29
An 8-9' American Alligator

30
Same Alligator
To view a montage of these photos please click
HERE
and find Panel 11.