I flew down to New Orleans to join Don for the train trip from New Orleans to Atlanta. I arrived two
day early for some birding (first time to LA), and although the first day was all rain, the second day
I drove two hours south to Grand Isle, and although it started with rain again, soon the sun came out
and with it some great birding.
Whimbrel
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| Royal Tern |
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| Royal Tern |
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| Black-necked Stilt. A particular favorite. |
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| Roseate Spoonbill |
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| Virginia Rail |
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| Virginia Rail (second sighting; I go years without seeing one). |
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| Brown Pelican |
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Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
The only successful bird photo from the first day. |
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Killdeer. I have numerous photos of this lovely bird,
but none with the color captured here. |
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| White Ibis(immature) |
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| Laughing Gull |
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| Marbled Godwit (first photo ever). |
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| Magnificent Frigatebird (what a great surprise1) |
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| Snowy Egret |
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Cattle Egret
Seen, but poorly photographed: Anhinga, Black-bellied Whistling Duck,
Short-billed Dowitcher, Ruddy Turnstone, Peeps, etc. |
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