Louisiana Trip 2025

 From 3.28.25-4.4.25 my father, brother and I drove from Chicago, IL to New Orleans, LA, Birmingham AL and back. 

Below are the posts from this trip. We are still processing photos and information.

The "in progress" Muscovy Duck

 

Day 1, 3.28.25:

Illinois: Rend Lake, IL. Pictured: Bonaparte's Gulls, House Sparrows, eastern Carpenter Bees.

Arkansas: West Memphis, AR. Pictured: Northern Mockingbirds.

Day 2, 3.29.25: 

Louisiana: Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge. Pictured: Swallow-tailed Kites, Osprey, Brown-headed Nuthatch, Laughing Gull, Red-winged Blackbird, Swamp Sparrow, Eastern Kingbird, Black-bellied Whistling Ducks, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Eastern Bluebird, Belted Kingfisher, Yellow-rumped Warbler, White-eyed Vireo, Turtle, Eastern Tiger Swallowtails.

Day 3, 3.30.25: 

Louisiana: Water Channel Next to Target, New Orleans. Pictured: Muscovy Ducks, Domestic Duck, Western Cattle-Egret, Double Crested Cormorants, Laughing Gull, Black-bellied Whistling Ducks, Black-Crowned Night Herons, Anhingas, American Crow, Blue Jay, American alligator.

Louisiana: City Park, New Orleans. Pictured: Yellow-crowned Night Heron, American Crow, Blue Jays, Anhinga, White Ibis, Northern Mockingbirds, Carolina Wren, Laughing Gulls.

Louisiana: Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, New Orleans. Pictured: Muscovy Duck, Pied-billed Grebes, Northern Mockingbird, Laughing Gulls, Cooper's Hawk, Eastern Kingbird, American Alligator

Louisiana: Avery Island, Iberia Parish. Pictured: Great Egrets, Little Blue Herons, Great Blue Heron, Snowy Egrets, Anhinga, American White Pelicans, Black Vultures, Turkey Vultures, Bald Eagle, Green Anole, American alligator, Turtles, Black Swallowtail.

Louisiana: Rip's Rookery, Iberia Parish (Roseate Spoonbills). Pictured: Roseate Spoonbills.

Louisiana: Rip's Rookery, Iberia Parish. Pictured: Common Gallinules, Little Blue Heron, Anhingas, Great Egrets, Roseate Spoonbills, Black-bellied Whistling Ducks.

Louisiana: Rip Van Winkle Gardens, New Iberia. Pictured: Inca Doves, Eurasian Collared-Dove, Brown-headed Cowbird, Mourning Dove, Indian Peafowl, Red-tailed Hawk

Day 4, 3.31.25:

Louisiana:  

Day 5, 4.1.25:

Day 6, 4.2.25:

Day 7, 4.3.25:

Day 8, 4.4.25: