White Ibis and shorebirds
in a field SE of Sulfur, LA,
along Tom Hebert Road, we think

Black-bellied Plovers
White tail without black central stripe or wide terminal band
with black primary coverts and white stripe across base of primaries, per BD

Three White-faced Ibises and a White Ibis
on the W side of a N-S road SE of Sulfur, LA

Ibises SE of Sulfur, LA

White Ibis

Lesser Yellowlegs

Killdeer

Killdeer

White-faced Ibis in foreground and White Ibis in background

White-faced Ibis

White-faced Ibis

Greater Yellowlegs

Loggerhead Shrike

Snowy Egret
on an E-W road parallel to the Gulf Coast, La

Egrets and Herons
along an E-W gravel road S of Sulfur, LA

A pair of Eastern Kingbirds

Orchard Oriole

Eastern Meadowlark

Black-necked Stilt

Eastern Kingbird

Greater Yellowlegs
Black markings on sides and flanks are extensive,
black and white pattern on upperparts bold and contrasting, per BD

Indigo Buntings

Yellow-rumped Warbler and Blue Grosbeak

Indigo Bunting

Blue Grosbeak

Indigo Bunting

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
along gravel E-W Cal-Cam Line Road headed W

Cattle Egret

We made a loop and went E again, then S on LA 27.
We stopped at the Cameron Prairie NWR Headquarters
where we saw this Common Gallinule.

Solitary Sandpiper
at Cameron Prairie NWR, LA

That trail looks like a big reptile may have traveled there recently.

Mary and Steve selfie
out on the windy boardwalk at Cameron Prairie NWR, LA

Roseate Spoonbill
Cameron Prairie NWR, LA

Tri-colored Heron and Snowy Egret with female Boat-tailed Grackle in the background

Zoom of the Tri-colored Heron and female Boat-tailed Grackle
Dark eye and medium brown head and neck, per BD

Solitary Sandpiper

Another view of the same Solitary Sandpiper

Little Blue Heron

Heron rookery behind the headquarters
at Cameron Prairie NWR, LA

Light adult Swainson's Hawk

Turtles

After leaving the headquarters, we drove farther S to the Pintail Wildlife Drive
where we saw this Neotropic Cormorant

Another pair of Eastern Kingbirds
at Pintail Wildlife Drive, Cameron Prairie NWR, LA

Grasses at Pintail Wildlife Drive

Pintail Wildlife Drive scenery

Pintail Wildlife Drive, LA

Fulvous Whistling Duck
flying over Pintail Wildlife Drive, LA

Boardwalk at Pintail Wildlife Drive, LA

Water snake near the boardwalk

Water snake

Royal Terns
Pintail Wildlife Drive, LA

Royal Terns

Or are they Caspian Terns?
Do they have black tips on their bright bills?

One tern and a bunch of dowitchers

Water lily

Water lilies

Black-necked Stilt and Fulvous Whistling Ducks

Terns and Laughing Gulls

Terns with dowitchers in the background

Fulvous Whistling Duck

Tri-Colored Heron

Great Egret

Tri-colored Heron

Black-necked Stilt

White-faced Ibis

White-faced Ibis

White-faced Ibis

Juvenile and adult White-faced Ibis

Juvenile White-faced Ibis

Juvenile White-faced Ibis

Juvenile White-faced Ibis

Eastern Kingbird

Pied-Billed Grebe
Pintail Wildlife Drive, LA

Pair of Black-necked Stilts building a nest

Fulvous Whistling Ducks

Alligator

Great Egret

Alligator

Pied-Billed Grebe

Alligator

Alligator

Great Blue Heron and Alligator

Alligator

Alligator

White-faced Ibis

White-faced Ibis

As we neared the end of the Pintail Wildlife Drive,
this Crested Caracara watched us go by.

Crested Caracara

And as we were about to get back on the highway,
we saw this American Kestrel on the wire overhead.

At another turnout in Cameron Prairie NWR,
we saw this Willet.

Laughing Gull on the Gulf beach

We went to a beach--I'll add the name later--and found a variety of terns and gulls
including this group of Least Terns with their bright white foreheads.

Steve, trying to get a closer shot of the terns

Least Terns in flight

L-R: Forster's Tern, with orange bill with black tip; Sandwich Tern, with black bill and mustard tip; Laughing Gulls; Royal Terns, with big orange bills; and Least Tern in foreground.

Royal, Forster's and Sandwich Terns with a Laughing Gull

Forster's Terns (smaller) and Royal Terns (larger)

Least Terns in the foreground; Royal Terns, behind with orange bills; Sandwich Terns, with black bills with mustard tips;
Bonaparte's Gull, in far background; immature/nonbreeding Laughing Gull, middle right and mature, walking away

Royal Terns and other terns and gulls

Royal Tern in flight

Least Terns with a Sanderling in the background
Dark border around edge of wing, lack of dark markings on head,
medium length bill, per BD

Royal Terns, Forster's Terns and Laughing Gulls

Royal Terns and Forster's Terns
on the Louisiana Gulf coast

Royal, Forster's and Sandwich Terns and adult breeding and first-summer Laughing Gulls

Royal, Forster's and Sandwich Terns

Forster's Terns

A pair of Black-necked Stilts

Black-necked Stilt

Black-necked Stilt

Black-necked Stilt bathing

As we were leaving the beach, we saw this Savannah Sparrow

Neotropic Cormorant

Neotropic Cormorant

At the next stop, East Jetty Beach, we came upon this Willet.

Willet

The Willet poked around in the grass and came up with a Fiddler Crab.

In the parking lot, we spotted a Black Skimmer trying to hide among a flock of Laughing Gulls.

Black Skimmer

Black Skimmer
casting a late afternoon shadow

Black Skimmer and Laughing Gulls

The very narrow bill of a Black Skimmer

Black Skimmer in flight

Black Skimmer in flight

Black Skimmer in flight
with bill open to show longer mandible

Willet

Willet

Willets

Marbled Godwits

In the distance, many American Avocets and American White Pelicans

A very birdy section of the Louisiana Gulf Coast

Gulls and terns on the shore
with a Reddish Egret and American White Pelicans in the water

Willet

Marbled Godwit

Dunlins on the left
Long, down-curved bill and partially developed black patch on belly, per BD

American Avocets in flight

American Avocets in flight

White Ibis and Black-necked Stilt
in a field next to the road as we headed back to the highway

Solitary Sandpiper

Solitary Sandpiper and Short-billed Dowitcher
Light chin, high-arched supercilium, no gray wash on side of breast,
tail bars with white dominant over black indicate SBD, per BD

Back on the E-W highway, FM1985, we took a short ferry ride across a small bay
and found these two Black-bellied Whistling Ducks on the other side.

Some kind of mallow/primrose?

Driving along a canal, we spotted a bird shape
and went back to find this Green Heron silhouetted in the fading light.

Heading back north to Sulfur, LA, for the night
we saw this array of cormorants on the power lines near Sabine NWR.

A waterway at Sabine NWR at sunset