May 2015

Coded locations in Louisiana for the following photos may be found on each photo under the date. BC=Bonnet Carre Spillway MET=Metairie, LA	1 Young Opossum	2 Female Anhinga	3 Female Anhinga
4 Cliff Swallows collecting mud for nest building	5 Cliff Swallows	6 Cliff Swallow	7 Cliff Swallow building a mud nest
8 Cliff Swallow	9 Semipalmated Sandpiper	10 Semipalmated Sandpiper	11 Roseate Spoonbill
12 Roseate Spoonbill	13 Great Blue Heron	14 Female Red-winged Blackbird	15 Male Red-winged Blackbird
16 Bald Eagle	17 Bald Eagle	18 Great Egret	19 Great Egrets and Great Blue Heron
20 Great Egret	21 Snowy Egrets squabbling over fishing territory	22 Snowy Egrets	23 Snowy Egrets
24 Snowy Egrets	25 Snowy Egrets	26 Dunlin	27 Dunlin
28 Eastern Kingbird	29 Roseate Spoonbill and Snowy Egret	30 Male Red-winged Blackbird	31 Male Red-winged Blackbird
32 White-faced Ibis	33 White-faced Ibis closeup	34 Eastern Meadowlark	35 Eastern Meadowlark stretching
36 Eastern Meadowlark	37 Storm and flare scenic on Mississippi river	38 Eastern Kingbird	39 Male Red-winged Blackbird
40 Likely a White-rumped Sandpiper (has black legs and a small reddish area at the base of the lower bill)	41 White-faced Ibis	42 Cliff Swallows collecting mud for nest building	43 Cliff Swallow with a bill-full of mud
44 Cliff Swallows transferring mud	45 Cliff Swallows adding mud to the nest	46 Cliff Swallow colony nests (Nests can contain over 1000 mud pellets each representing a trip to the mud puddle and back)	47 Close-up of previous pic
48 Cliff Swallow	49 Roseate Spoonbills	50 Close-up of previous pic	51 Roseate Spoonbills
52 Roseate Spoonbill squabbling with Great Egret	53 Close-up of previous pic	54 Roseate Spoonbill squabbling with Great Egret	55 Close-up of previous pic
56 Roseate Spoonbills and Great Egrets	57 Roseate Spoonbill	58 Royal Tern	59 Big and little Monarch caterpillars
			To view a montage of many of these pics please click HERE and find Panel 5.