DSC_1331b.JPGIris at the edge of NOLA City Park lake |
DSC_1333b.JPGSpiderwort with bee |
DSC_1338b.JPGYellow-crowned Night-Heron,
one of several we saw around the little lake |
DSC_1344b.JPGIris |
DSC_1346b.JPGIris |
DSC_1348b.JPGIris |
DSC_1351b.JPGYellow-crowned Night-Heron |
DSC_1356b.JPGSnake at the edge of the lake
covered in duckweed |
DSC_1364b.JPGMystery bird--a warbler? |
DSC_1366b.JPGSpanish moss on trees
at NOLA City Park lake |
DSC_1373b.JPGA tiny red-eared slider
on a palm frond in the lake. |
DSC_1381b.JPGYellow-crowned Night-Heron |
DSC_1387b.JPGFlowering bush
NOLA City Park |
DSC_1388b.JPGSpanish Moss |
DSC_1396b.JPGFir Tussock Moth catepillar
crawling around the edge of a metal plaque |
DSC_1398b.JPGFir Tussock Moth |
DSC_1400b.JPGAdult and juvenile Yellow-crowned Night-Herons |
DSC_1406b.JPGIrises |
DSC_1408b.JPGIrises |
DSC_1410b.JPGFir Tussock Moth |
DSC_1413b.JPGFir Tussock Moth |
DSC_1420b.JPGGreat Crested Flycatcher |
DSC_1434b.JPGYellow-crowned Night-Heron
peeking over the bank of the lake |
DSC_1436b.JPGYellow-crowned Night-Heron |
DSC_1443b.JPGPurple Iris |
DSC_1444b.JPGIris |
DSC_1447b.JPGWhite Iris |
DSC_1449b.JPGFemale Mallard with chicks on the lake |
DSC_1451b.JPGFemale Mallard and chicks |
DSC_1454b.JPGMallard and chicks |
DSC_1458b.JPGPale Blue Iris |
DSC_1462b.JPGLight Magenta Iris |
DSC_1467b.JPGPink Iris |
DSC_1470b.JPGIris |
DSC_1472b.JPGBlue Iris |
DSC_1475b.JPGCommon Grackle
|
DSC_1475_GLDedit1.jpgCommon Grackle
edited by GLD |
DSC_1475_GLDedit2.jpgCommon Grackle |
DSC_1483b.JPGRed-eared Slider |
DSC_1485b.JPGTurtles with their feet in the air |
DSC_1492b.JPGPale pink Iris |
DSC_1494b.JPGThistle |
DSC_1497b.JPGWhite Iris |
DSC_1501b.JPGWhite-flowered reed-like plant |
DSC_1504b.JPGYellow Iris |
DSC_1511b.JPGMute Swans
nesting on an island in the lake |
DSC_1520b.JPGHolly with white flowers and red berries |
DSC_1523b.JPGEastern Kingbird |
DSC_1531b.JPGYellow-crowned Night-Heron |
DSC_1536b.JPGYellow-crowned Night-Heron |
DSC_1542b.JPGAnhinga
with something on its bill |
DSC_1589b.JPGMiniature train
around the lake at NOLA City Park |
DSC_1608b.JPGAfter the city park, we tried to find our way to Bayou Sauvage NWR. We made a wrong turn after getting off the interstate and never got to the refuge, but we did find some birds along the road, including this Tri-colored Heron perching on a pier. |
DSC_1618b.JPGTri-colored Heron speaking its mind |
DSC_1620b.JPGTri-colored Heron
on the road to Sauvage NWR |
DSC_1653b.JPGPurple Martin |
DSC_1659b.JPGSmall frog
not well-camouflaged on a dead reed |
DSC_1667b.JPGWe did find our way to Big Branch NWR, visited the headquarters, then walked the Boy Scout Road boardwalk where we found these water lilies. |
DSC_1668b.JPGWater lilies at Big Branch NWR on the north side of Lake Pontchartrain. |
DSC_1674b.JPGMother Mallard and ducklings
Big Branch NWR |
DSC_1679b.JPGJust before we saw the Mallards, two rails flew up and back into the reeds. We heard them calling, then one of them, this King Rail, walked out into the open. |
DSC_1682b.JPGKing Rail
Boy Scout Road boardwalk, Big Branch NWR, LA |
DSC_1692b.JPGKing Rail |
DSC_1709b.JPGThe King Rail flew across the marsh in front of us, then started walking into the reeds. |
DSC_1711b.JPGKing Rail
Big Branch NWR, LA |
DSC_1717b.JPGKing Rail
Big Branch NWR, LA |
DSC_1720b.JPGKing Rail |
DSC_1722b.JPGKing Rail |
DSC_1723b.JPGKing Rail |
DSC_1724b.JPGKing Rail |
DSC_1727b.JPGKing Rail |
DSC_1731b.JPGKing Rail |
DSC_1744b.JPGMomma Mallard and chicks |
DSC_1762b.JPGPaper Wasp |
DSC_1766b.JPGPaper wasp |
DSC_1768b.JPGWhite flower with yellow center
and beetle |
DSC_1770b.JPGThistle with bumblebee |
DSC_1775b.JPGThistle with bumblebee and swallowtail butterfly |
DSC_1780b.JPGSwallowtail butterfly and bumblebee on thistle |
DSC_1781b.JPGButterfly and bumblebee |
DSC_1784b.JPGSwallowtail butterfly |
DSC_1794b.JPGTwo bees on a thistle flower |
DSC_1796b.JPGBees, including one incoming |
DSC_1798b.JPGSwallowtail butterfly |
DSC_1799b.JPGBlue Irises |
DSC_1800b.JPGBlue Irises |
DSC_1803b.JPGSwallowtail butterfly |
DSC_1807b.JPGInteresting wing positions |
DSC_1813b.JPGSwallowtail butterfly |
DSC_1820b.JPGThistle |
DSC_1822b.JPGBlue Iris |
DSC_1823b.JPGBumblebee on Iris |
DSC_1826b.JPGAmerican Goldfinch |
DSC_1832b.JPGSkipper on Iris |
DSC_1835b.JPGDragonfly nymph casing |
DSC_1840b.JPGEmpty dragonfly nymph casing |
DSC_1843b.JPGLooks something like Dryobius sexnotatus (Six-banded Longhorn Beetle), but the antennae don't look long enough |
DSC_1847b.JPGBeetle on Iris |
DSC_1853b.JPGSkipper on Iris |
DSC_1857b.JPG |
DSC_1859b.JPGArtificial nest cavity for Red-cockaded Woodpecker
at Big Branch NWR, LA; we did not see the woodpecker |
DSC_1862b.JPGSwallowtail on thistle |
DSC_1866b.JPGTattered Swallowtail butterfly |
DSC_1871b.JPGYellow and pale blue flowers |
DSC_1873b.JPGYellow and pale blue flowers |
DSC_1882b.JPGSilver-spotted Skipper on Blue Iris |
DSC_1884b.JPGSwallowtail butterfly on thistle |
DSC_1889b.JPGSwallowtail |
DSC_1891b.JPGSwallowtail |
DSC_1897b.JPGSmall bee and swallowtail butterfly |
DSC_1906b.JPGBillowy thistle |
DSC_1914b.JPGThistle |
DSC_1923b.JPGSwallowtail |
DSC_1931b.JPGSwallowtail |
DSC_1940b.JPGTattered Swallowtail |
DSC_1968b.JPGSmall robberfly |
DSC_1974b.JPGBlack swallowtail |
DSC_1975b.JPGBlack swallowtail |
DSC_1980b.JPGBeetle, small bee and Potter Wasp (Euodynerus schwarzi)? |
DSC_1981b.JPGInsects on white flower with yellow center |