February 2016     Answer to last month's Osprey question (pic 37) is B...really.

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

BC=Bonnet Carre Spillway
CP=New Orleans City Park
MET=Metairie, LA
WE=New Orleans West End

1
Morning fog

2
Morning fog

3
Common Loon

4
River Road washout at the Spillway--looking east

5
Another washout on the Spillway's River Road--looking west

6
Eastern Meadowlark

7
Eastern Meadowlark

8
European Starling

9
Immature Bald Eagle with a stranded turtle--over 200 yards away

10
Same eagle

11
Same eagle

12
Female American Kestrel

13
Bald eagle pair in an artsy sunset

14
American Robin stretching

15
American Robin

16
American Robin

17
Male Boat-tailed Grackle

18
Male Boat-tailed Grackle

19
Male Boat-tailed Grackle cleaning his bill

20
American Robin

21
American Robin

22
American Robin

23
American Robin

24
American Robin

25
Female Red-winged Blackbird

26
Orange-crowned Warbler

27
Female Downy Woodpecker

28
Tricolored Heron artsified

29
Brown Pelican

30
Red Maple seeds

31
"The Hot Chick"
Found in the 2009 archives--a baby House Sparrow tries to get a breath of cooler air on a sweltering June day.  It eventually fledged and flew away.
      To view a montage of most of these pics please
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and find Panel 2.