March 2013
Coded locations for the following photos may be found on each photo under the
date. Codes for locations are: BC=Bonnet Carre Spillway BG=Botanical Gardens N.O. CP=New Orleans City Park DES=Destrehan MET=Metairie, LA NS=New Sarpy VEN=Venice, LA |
1 Female Downy woodpecker |
2 Same Downy |
3 Yellow-rumped ("Myrtle") warbler |
4 American Robin |
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10 Red Admiral |
11 American Alligator |
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18 Black-necked Stilt |
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20 Yellow-crowned Night Herons in breeding plumage |
21 Preening |
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23 Nuzzling |
24 Adult Bald Eagle with fish |
25 Same eagle |
26 Juvenile eagle (likely 1st year) |
27 Juvenile Little Blue Heron |
28 Great Blue Heron |
29 Mottled ducks (female with orange bill, male with yellowish bill) |
30 Male Boat-tailed Grackle |
31 Old church at the Bonnet Carre Spillway |
32 American Lady |
33 Giant Swallowtail |
34 Male Anhinga with a newly-speared mullet |
35 Same Anhinga |
36 Same Anhinga |
37 Same Anhinga |
38 Female Anhinga drying out |
39 Another female Anhinga |
40 Male Anhinga |
41 Same Anhinga |
42 Male Anhinga |
43 Little Blue Heron with a tiny crab |
44 Roseate Spoonbills |
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48 View looking east from Venice Marina, Venice, LA |
49 A similar view east of Venice Marina |
50 Female Boat-tailed Grackle |
51 Tricolored Heron |
52 Yellow-crowned Night Heron |
53 Brown Pelican |
54 Yellow-crowned Night Heron |
55 Temporary flooding on the road in Venice, LA |
56 Red-shouldered Hawk seen in Metairie. LA under a brutal sun. |
57 American alligator |
58 Alligator opening its mouth for temperature control |
59 Likely a 3rd year Bald Eagle |
60 Same eagle |
61 Close-up of same eagle |
62 Adult Bald Eagle |
63 Same eagle calling |
64 Same eagle posturing to an incoming eagle |
65 Same eagle |
66 "The Headless Eagle" |
67 Blue-winged Teal pair |
68 Drake BW Teal flapping |
69 Hen BW Teal flapping |
70 Yellow-crowned Night Heron with a newly-caught crawfish |
71 Same heron |
To view two montages of these photos please click
HERE and find Panels 3 and 4. |