![White Ibis and shorebirds
in a field SE of Sulfur, LA,
along Tom Hebert Road, we think](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502509.meSz8K4F.jpg) DSC_0196b.JPGWhite 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](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502510.xqf6aI43.jpg) DSC_0198b.JPGBlack-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](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502511.84ZlDydt.jpg) DSC_0210b.JPGThree 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](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502512.NcAfi8hD.jpg) DSC_0216b.JPGIbises SE of Sulfur, LA |
![White Ibis](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502513.T4FCV5PZ.jpg) DSC_0219b.JPGWhite Ibis |
![Lesser Yellowlegs](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502514.2ZpwuZ6s.jpg) DSC_0222b.JPGLesser Yellowlegs |
![Killdeer](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502515.Z7bsRTbt.jpg) DSC_0230b.JPGKilldeer |
![Killdeer](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502516.43dEW8Xf.jpg) DSC_0235b.JPGKilldeer |
![White-faced Ibis in foreground and White Ibis in background](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502517.wHGvt07e.jpg) DSC_0237b.JPGWhite-faced Ibis in foreground and White Ibis in background |
![White-faced Ibis](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502518.X0hOn0lw.jpg) DSC_0246b.JPGWhite-faced Ibis |
![White-faced Ibis](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502519.O6qy5V4E.jpg) DSC_0252b.JPGWhite-faced Ibis |
![Greater Yellowlegs](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502520.SNq2vdO3.jpg) DSC_0274b.JPGGreater Yellowlegs |
![Loggerhead Shrike](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502521.QuaucSJY.jpg) DSC_0281b.JPGLoggerhead Shrike |
![Snowy Egret
on an E-W road parallel to the Gulf Coast, La](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502523.9oz47OO4.jpg) DSC_0294b.JPGSnowy 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](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502524.rTR6WtFa.jpg) DSC_0297b.JPGEgrets and Herons
along an E-W gravel road S of Sulfur, LA |
![A pair of Eastern Kingbirds](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502525.3kNg9txa.jpg) DSC_0310b.JPGA pair of Eastern Kingbirds |
![Orchard Oriole](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502527.SxEtLYPt.jpg) DSC_0325b.JPGOrchard Oriole |
![Eastern Meadowlark](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502528.2FBFVjLT.jpg) DSC_0354b.JPGEastern Meadowlark |
![Black-necked Stilt](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502529.8tEQCuVb.jpg) DSC_0372b.JPGBlack-necked Stilt |
![Eastern Kingbird](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502531.qSGygTZB.jpg) DSC_0384b.JPGEastern Kingbird |
![Greater Yellowlegs
Black markings on sides and flanks are extensive,
black and white pattern on upperparts bold and contrasting, per BD](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502532.CfRl3RH6.jpg) DSC_0390b.JPGGreater Yellowlegs
Black markings on sides and flanks are extensive,
black and white pattern on upperparts bold and contrasting, per BD |
![Indigo Buntings](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502534.oEBrb1kg.jpg) DSC_0400b.JPGIndigo Buntings |
![Yellow-rumped Warbler and Blue Grosbeak](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502535.tyT3YivP.jpg) DSC_0416b.JPGYellow-rumped Warbler and Blue Grosbeak |
![Indigo Bunting](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502536.uzMQOig9.jpg) DSC_0429b.JPGIndigo Bunting |
![Blue Grosbeak](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502537.dvocXljD.jpg) DSC_0430b.JPGBlue Grosbeak |
![Indigo Bunting](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502538.eh1dkiIq.jpg) DSC_0441b.JPGIndigo Bunting |
![Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
along gravel E-W Cal-Cam Line Road headed W](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502539.9sSM9RnE.jpg) DSC_0467b.JPGScissor-tailed Flycatcher
along gravel E-W Cal-Cam Line Road headed W |
![Cattle Egret](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502540.PKKq3Tvj.jpg) DSC_0477b.JPGCattle 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.](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502541.H3vXnjYF.jpg) DSC_0495b.JPGWe 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](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502543.as1ZjHMS.jpg) DSC_0514b.JPGSolitary Sandpiper
at Cameron Prairie NWR, LA |
![That trail looks like a big reptile may have traveled there recently.](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502544.yrXa5vDA.jpg) DSC_0522b.JPGThat 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](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160541322.NB5toXlG.jpg) IMG_2316b.JPGMary and Steve selfie
out on the windy boardwalk at Cameron Prairie NWR, LA |
![Roseate Spoonbill
Cameron Prairie NWR, LA](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502545.JWVK19TA.jpg) DSC_0533b.JPGRoseate Spoonbill
Cameron Prairie NWR, LA |
![Tri-colored Heron and Snowy Egret with female Boat-tailed Grackle in the background](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502547.uIA4sqXZ.jpg) DSC_0554b.JPGTri-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](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502548.jdnKeX6r.jpg) DSC_0557b.JPGZoom of the Tri-colored Heron and female Boat-tailed Grackle
Dark eye and medium brown head and neck, per BD |
![Solitary Sandpiper](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502549.oaXT9TkM.jpg) DSC_0568b.JPGSolitary Sandpiper |
![Another view of the same Solitary Sandpiper](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502550.GAsPPaAz.jpg) DSC_0571b.JPGAnother view of the same Solitary Sandpiper |
![Little Blue Heron](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502552.HlTTK1hG.jpg) DSC_0590b.JPGLittle Blue Heron |
![Heron rookery behind the headquarters
at Cameron Prairie NWR, LA](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502553.7wANBZYn.jpg) DSC_0593b.JPGHeron rookery behind the headquarters
at Cameron Prairie NWR, LA |
![Light adult Swainson's Hawk](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502554.fzikOpkX.jpg) DSC_0594b.JPGLight adult Swainson's Hawk |
![Turtles](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502555.SKmNPf0J.jpg) DSC_0649b.JPGTurtles |
![After leaving the headquarters, we drove farther S to the Pintail Wildlife Drive
where we saw this Neotropic Cormorant](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502556.AhBpRRX5.jpg) DSC_0680b.JPGAfter 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](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502557.eSPz3TIb.jpg) DSC_0685b.JPGAnother pair of Eastern Kingbirds
at Pintail Wildlife Drive, Cameron Prairie NWR, LA |
![Grasses at Pintail Wildlife Drive](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502558.nK023Hi8.jpg) DSC_0689b.JPGGrasses at Pintail Wildlife Drive |
![Pintail Wildlife Drive scenery](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502559.LRnZtriZ.jpg) DSC_0691b.JPGPintail Wildlife Drive scenery |
![Pintail Wildlife Drive, LA](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502560.fXNaNsm9.jpg) DSC_0694b.JPGPintail Wildlife Drive, LA |
![Fulvous Whistling Duck
flying over Pintail Wildlife Drive, LA](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502562.2iGkOCfE.jpg) DSC_0699b.JPGFulvous Whistling Duck
flying over Pintail Wildlife Drive, LA |
![Boardwalk at Pintail Wildlife Drive, LA](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160541323.M3NhaLib.jpg) IMG_2317b.JPGBoardwalk at Pintail Wildlife Drive, LA |
![Water snake near the boardwalk](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502563.s84PU5mV.jpg) DSC_0707b.JPGWater snake near the boardwalk |
![Water snake](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502565.2OHS8bQk.jpg) DSC_0711b.JPGWater snake |
![Royal Terns
Pintail Wildlife Drive, LA](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502566.uj85t0LN.jpg) DSC_0715b.JPGRoyal Terns
Pintail Wildlife Drive, LA |
![Royal Terns](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502567.oGKmQilR.jpg) DSC_0718b.JPGRoyal Terns |
![Or are they Caspian Terns?
Do they have black tips on their bright bills?](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502568.4SG6gxPV.jpg) DSC_0720b.JPGOr are they Caspian Terns?
Do they have black tips on their bright bills? |
![One tern and a bunch of dowitchers](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502569.6u43jPQP.jpg) DSC_0725b.JPGOne tern and a bunch of dowitchers |
![Water lily](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502571.77UC8DXi.jpg) DSC_0738b.JPGWater lily |
![Water lilies](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502573.fzehZlR7.jpg) DSC_0756b.JPGWater lilies |
![Black-necked Stilt and Fulvous Whistling Ducks](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502575.jSx65A7J.jpg) DSC_0784b.JPGBlack-necked Stilt and Fulvous Whistling Ducks |
![DSC_0801b.JPG](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502576.J31pNBOd.jpg) DSC_0801b.JPG |
![Terns and Laughing Gulls](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502577.eo7vsbrq.jpg) DSC_0845b.JPGTerns and Laughing Gulls |
![Terns with dowitchers in the background](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502578.UmbS0T0I.jpg) DSC_0858b.JPGTerns with dowitchers in the background |
![Fulvous Whistling Duck](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502579.DcIIoq1L.jpg) DSC_0865b.JPGFulvous Whistling Duck |
![DSC_0877b.JPG](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502580.pcxT0viP.jpg) DSC_0877b.JPG |
![Tri-Colored Heron](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502581.rd0tpHww.jpg) DSC_0891b.JPGTri-Colored Heron |
![Great Egret](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502582.FATRurgq.jpg) DSC_0895b.JPGGreat Egret |
![Tri-colored Heron](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502583.3UjqcPzh.jpg) DSC_0938b.JPGTri-colored Heron |
![Black-necked Stilt](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502584.hf7dTGi3.jpg) DSC_0942b.JPGBlack-necked Stilt |
![White-faced Ibis](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502585.R5MmZfgp.jpg) DSC_0962b.JPGWhite-faced Ibis |
![White-faced Ibis](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502586.BsbPJP6M.jpg) DSC_0967b.JPGWhite-faced Ibis |
![White-faced Ibis](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502587.tMrIsW24.jpg) DSC_0979b.JPGWhite-faced Ibis |
![Juvenile and adult White-faced Ibis](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160502588.vIDDa4NJ.jpg) DSC_0998b.JPGJuvenile and adult White-faced Ibis |
![Juvenile White-faced Ibis](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517765.zrj4O1Ua.jpg) DSC_0012b.JPGJuvenile White-faced Ibis |
![Juvenile White-faced Ibis](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517766.V743QLPG.jpg) DSC_0021b.JPGJuvenile White-faced Ibis |
![Juvenile White-faced Ibis](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517767.shEif3sD.jpg) DSC_0026b.JPGJuvenile White-faced Ibis |
![Eastern Kingbird](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517768.BRrgrBTw.jpg) DSC_0033b.JPGEastern Kingbird |
![Pied-Billed Grebe
Pintail Wildlife Drive, LA](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517770.zFQcqI5b.jpg) DSC_0046b.JPGPied-Billed Grebe
Pintail Wildlife Drive, LA |
![Pair of Black-necked Stilts building a nest](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517771.3NN3HBvz.jpg) DSC_0075b.JPGPair of Black-necked Stilts building a nest |
![Fulvous Whistling Ducks](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517772.LpVhzUad.jpg) DSC_0081b.JPGFulvous Whistling Ducks |
![Alligator](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517773.eDCRqRTi.jpg) DSC_0094b.JPGAlligator |
![Great Egret](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517774.Oua4sEub.jpg) DSC_0099b.JPGGreat Egret |
![Alligator](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517775.9gPcAFks.jpg) DSC_0118b.JPGAlligator |
![Pied-Billed Grebe](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517776.nKt53K4D.jpg) DSC_0121b.JPGPied-Billed Grebe |
![Alligator](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517777.i1p0ALnq.jpg) DSC_0125b.JPGAlligator |
![DSC_0131b.JPG](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517778.CL1bfM7h.jpg) DSC_0131b.JPG |
![Alligator](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517779.g1HWRR9q.jpg) DSC_0142b.JPGAlligator |
![Great Blue Heron and Alligator](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517780.HAcrYs0n.jpg) DSC_0147b.JPGGreat Blue Heron and Alligator |
![Alligator](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517781.bBXBIWR1.jpg) DSC_0155b.JPGAlligator |
![Alligator](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517782.wnTzAe8h.jpg) DSC_0159b.JPGAlligator |
![White-faced Ibis](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517783.R0VHd83y.jpg) DSC_0179b.JPGWhite-faced Ibis |
![White-faced Ibis](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517784.rMXDEdvR.jpg) DSC_0207b.JPGWhite-faced Ibis |
![As we neared the end of the Pintail Wildlife Drive,
this Crested Caracara watched us go by.](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517785.n93nmHgE.jpg) DSC_0225b.JPGAs we neared the end of the Pintail Wildlife Drive,
this Crested Caracara watched us go by.
|
![Crested Caracara](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517786.MUSrVxi3.jpg) DSC_0246b.JPGCrested Caracara |
![And as we were about to get back on the highway,
we saw this American Kestrel on the wire overhead.](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517787.1SqJ0VHA.jpg) DSC_0267b.JPGAnd 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.](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517788.JHgDdURM.jpg) DSC_0278b.JPGAt another turnout in Cameron Prairie NWR,
we saw this Willet. |
![Laughing Gull on the Gulf beach](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517789.ch0OPFCZ.jpg) DSC_0288b.JPGLaughing 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.](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517790.Qs92wDSb.jpg) DSC_0304b.JPGWe 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](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160541324.inLALq3M.jpg) IMG_2324b.JPGSteve, trying to get a closer shot of the terns |
![Least Terns in flight](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517791.c6UeFjnt.jpg) DSC_0311b.JPGLeast 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.](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517792.3IA068AH.jpg) DSC_0332b.JPGL-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](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517793.ZQ4Gr5u0.jpg) DSC_0338b.JPGRoyal, Forster's and Sandwich Terns with a Laughing Gull |
![Forster's Terns (smaller) and Royal Terns (larger)](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517794.aFEgIZZJ.jpg) DSC_0371b.JPGForster'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](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517795.gNxc7he4.jpg) DSC_0402b.JPGLeast 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](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517796.WzkpFZSp.jpg) DSC_0411b.JPGRoyal Terns and other terns and gulls |
![Royal Tern in flight](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517797.uFsSD94S.jpg) DSC_0485b.JPGRoyal 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](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517798.bfnssz81.jpg) DSC_0496b.JPGLeast 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](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517799.4izcFkvv.jpg) DSC_0535b.JPGRoyal Terns, Forster's Terns and Laughing Gulls |
![Royal Terns and Forster's Terns
on the Louisiana Gulf coast](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517800.r7nadufy.jpg) DSC_0581b.JPGRoyal Terns and Forster's Terns
on the Louisiana Gulf coast |
![Royal, Forster's and Sandwich Terns and adult breeding and first-summer Laughing Gulls](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517801.SRrkhxSz.jpg) DSC_0607b.JPGRoyal, Forster's and Sandwich Terns and adult breeding and first-summer Laughing Gulls |
![Royal, Forster's and Sandwich Terns](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517802.A27DpRC1.jpg) DSC_0610b.JPGRoyal, Forster's and Sandwich Terns |
![Forster's Terns](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517803.eq1cuqz1.jpg) DSC_0650b.JPGForster's Terns |
![A pair of Black-necked Stilts](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517804.CvSH71yq.jpg) DSC_0657b.JPGA pair of Black-necked Stilts |
![Black-necked Stilt](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517805.SkB7qYW8.jpg) DSC_0660b.JPGBlack-necked Stilt |
![Black-necked Stilt](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517806.BIGgGN7w.jpg) DSC_0663b.JPGBlack-necked Stilt |
![Black-necked Stilt bathing](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517807.OnEa8Vav.jpg) DSC_0673b.JPGBlack-necked Stilt bathing |
![As we were leaving the beach, we saw this Savannah Sparrow](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517808.0LeH3KAQ.jpg) DSC_0726b.JPGAs we were leaving the beach, we saw this Savannah Sparrow |
![Neotropic Cormorant](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517809.42jiVbrW.jpg) DSC_0746b.JPGNeotropic Cormorant |
![Neotropic Cormorant](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517810.8oz3DnSf.jpg) DSC_0750b.JPGNeotropic Cormorant |
![At the next stop, East Jetty Beach, we came upon this Willet.](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517811.tXmYPixD.jpg) DSC_0770b.JPGAt the next stop, East Jetty Beach, we came upon this Willet. |
![Willet](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517812.qHtnqk7B.jpg) DSC_0775b.JPGWillet |
![The Willet poked around in the grass and came up with a Fiddler Crab.](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517813.bTS4W86w.jpg) DSC_0804b.JPGThe 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.](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517814.VoGtvSkS.jpg) DSC_0814b.JPGIn the parking lot, we spotted a Black Skimmer trying to hide among a flock of Laughing Gulls. |
![Black Skimmer](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517815.3ZSyQU9g.jpg) DSC_0820b.JPGBlack Skimmer |
![Black Skimmer
casting a late afternoon shadow](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517816.ZxOsi55l.jpg) DSC_0821b.JPGBlack Skimmer
casting a late afternoon shadow |
![Black Skimmer and Laughing Gulls](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517817.TYry6uKP.jpg) DSC_0830b.JPGBlack Skimmer and Laughing Gulls |
![The very narrow bill of a Black Skimmer](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517818.cWEUZBa4.jpg) DSC_0839b.JPGThe very narrow bill of a Black Skimmer |
![Black Skimmer in flight](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517819.8zVoQrEi.jpg) DSC_0877b.JPGBlack Skimmer in flight |
![Black Skimmer in flight](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517820.Chw1HM9U.jpg) DSC_0880b.JPGBlack Skimmer in flight |
![Black Skimmer in flight
with bill open to show longer mandible](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517821.QzuGeOVb.jpg) DSC_0881b.JPGBlack Skimmer in flight
with bill open to show longer mandible |
![Willet](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517822.ebqfmevY.jpg) DSC_0903b.JPGWillet |
![Willet](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517823.xoe78PT9.jpg) DSC_0909b.JPGWillet |
![Willets](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517824.d2etsOpc.jpg) DSC_0932b.JPGWillets |
![Marbled Godwits](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517825.F1ZaZtbS.jpg) DSC_0936b.JPGMarbled Godwits |
![In the distance, many American Avocets and American White Pelicans](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517826.Xq8A6ODb.jpg) DSC_0950b.JPGIn the distance, many American Avocets and American White Pelicans |
![A very birdy section of the Louisiana Gulf Coast](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517827.fP0x9IN4.jpg) DSC_0966b.JPGA 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](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517828.WCiUu4w3.jpg) DSC_0987b.JPGGulls and terns on the shore
with a Reddish Egret and American White Pelicans in the water |
![Willet](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517829.8aIyKPEA.jpg) DSC_0997b.JPGWillet |
![Marbled Godwit](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517830.DbYoP5ew.jpg) DSC_0013b.JPGMarbled Godwit |
![Dunlins on the left
Long, down-curved bill and partially developed black patch on belly, per BD](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517831.rEcyuNUn.jpg) DSC_0021b.JPGDunlins on the left
Long, down-curved bill and partially developed black patch on belly, per BD |
![American Avocets in flight](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517832.9oDLVsrp.jpg) DSC_0040b.JPGAmerican Avocets in flight |
![American Avocets in flight](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517833.LWOL7F46.jpg) DSC_0049b.JPGAmerican Avocets in flight |
![White Ibis and Black-necked Stilt
in a field next to the road as we headed back to the highway](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517834.Mo02dVyR.jpg) DSC_0056b.JPGWhite Ibis and Black-necked Stilt
in a field next to the road as we headed back to the highway |
![Solitary Sandpiper](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517835.Zzzmwjd7.jpg) DSC_0063b.JPGSolitary 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](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517836.QENQwZ8H.jpg) DSC_0070b.JPGSolitary 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.](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517837.davW7j4x.jpg) DSC_0076b.JPGBack 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?](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517838.6mPC1hCV.jpg) DSC_0080b.JPGSome 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.](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517839.LyO8gRp5.jpg) DSC_0085b.JPGDriving 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.](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517840.iUmodUMd.jpg) DSC_0086b.JPGHeading 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](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/160517841.XWl0Jxf1.jpg) DSC_0088b.JPGA waterway at Sabine NWR at sunset |