April 2014

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

BC=Bonnet Carre Spillway
CP=City Park, New Orleans
MET=Metairie, LA
SLI=Slidell, LA

1
Black Swallowtail caterpillars on fennel

2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo with a Black Swallowtail caterpillar

3
Yellow-billed Cuckoo

4
Giant Swallowtail

5
Underside of a Giant Swallowtail

6
Jane shooting a riverboat under a threatening sky

7
Afternoon storm approaching the Bonnet Carre Spillway and the Mississippi River

8
Bald Eagle

9
Bald Eagle

10
Bald Eagle

11
Carolina Chickadee

12
Blue Grosbeak

13
Northern Mockingbird

14
Male Northern Cardinal

15
Female Black Swallowtail

16
Train trestle at sunset

17
Greater Yellowlegs

18
Black-necked Stilt

19
A field of butterweed (Senecio) and Miss. River freighters

20
Black-necked Stilt

21
A small patch of goldenrod at sunset

22
Greater Yellowlegs

23
Bald Eagle
24
Male Red-winged Blackbird

25
Immature Night Heron

26
Same Immature Night Heron

27
Greater Yellowlegs

28
Osprey

29
Male Rose-breasted Grosbeak

30
Male Red-headed Woodpecker
31
Male Red-headed Woodpecker

32
Male Indigo Bunting

33
Black-necked Stilts mating

34
Possibly a Ruff

35
Male House Finch

36
Female Boat-tailed Grackle harassing a Bald Eagle

37
Male Boat-tailed Grackle takes over harassing the eagle

38
Male Redwing Blackbird harassing the eagle at a little safer distance

39
Semipalmated Plover

40
Snowy Egret
    To view a montage of most of these photos please click
HERE
and find Panel 5.