I ran into my friend Lisa at the gym and she, knowing I like to attempt bird photos, mentioned a tree full of birds she’d been seeing. Since I did have my camera with me (with the big lens attached!) I decided to head over before the light went. The birds ended up [...]
While watching for the red-shouldered hawks to return to the nest, I also spotted this pair of brown thrashers. Although I haven’t been birding long, I can honestly say I’ve never seen more than one of these in any one place at the same time!
The pair of Brown Thrashers flinging bits of grass and [...]
A pair of Red-shouldered Hawks (Buteo lineatus) is nesting near Children’s Hospital in New Orleans. On today’s visit, I thought I could hear extra peep noises whenever the adults would land in the nest (obviously, fairly high in a tree for protection), so there might actually be baby raptors in the nest already! [...]
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Lost a bit after being hacked by some virus, but there are still some decent photos and I can always continue!
A Cooper’s Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) pair has moved into da hood!! When walking around my neighborhood, I’ve occasionally seen a hawk flying over, or heard one keening as it flew by, but usually several [...]
I’ve been taking photos, training clients, sewing, socializing feral kittens…. but not posting! Ack! Anyway, I have a ton of photos I can share, but I’ll start with just a couple…
American Eagles, spotted along the highway near Morgan City, LA, 2009-Apr-18
One of a pair of American Eagles, possibly the male (unlike most other [...]
My friend Ginger and I took a day trip out to Lake Martin/Cypress Island Preserve. Ginger’s favorite bird is the roseate spoonbill and we’d heard there were some nesting there. Unfortunately for us, we didn’t see very many, and the ones we did see were either flying overhead, or far in the distance. [...]
I’ve been pretty busy with work, but I have gotten a few trips out. These are photos from the final birding class field trip to Bayou Sauvage. Some are ok, but mostly they are a record of some of the birds we saw – it was quite dreary and overcast for most of [...]
After Earth Fest on Sunday, I decided to walk through the park to get home (some of those photos showed up in yesterday’s blogpost). One the exciting events I witnessed was a fight between two black-bellied whistling ducks – each had his (I can only assume they were males as they are not dimorphic) [...]
Sunday afternoon was a beautiful day to be out, and since the zoo was hosting Earth Fest (although honestly, what’s with “Earth Fest” a full month before Earth Day?), I hauled the camera there. This was a test of my ability to hold the lens steady without a tripod – I figured with a membership [...]
For the second field trip, we went to Barataria Preserve, which I’ve been to before, but again, the trail I normally go on is closed until late April, so it was a completely new area for me. More warbler and woodland birds, and we even spotted a barred owl, which I’d never seen [...]
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