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American Alligator (A. mississippiensis) [Explored 11 June 2025] by Steve Arena

Yellow-rumped “Myrtle” Warbler (S. c. coronata) by Steve Arena

Limpkin (A. guarauna) by Steve Arena

Endanged Species Day - Whooping Crane (Grus americana) - Population ~750 (IUCN) by Steve Arena

A Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) in flight - nice side view by Steve Arena

Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinica) by Steve Arena

Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) in flight by Steve Arena

Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) in flight by Steve Arena

A Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) acts like a shearwater moments before dropping into the rice by Steve Arena

Establishing Shot - Cameron Parish LA - October 2017 by SteveMlodinow

A Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) scoots out of the way of the advancing combine by Steve Arena

Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) in flight by Steve Arena

IMG_1177 Little Cheniere Ridge oilfield by Healthy Gulf

IMG_0961 Deep Lake oilfield by Healthy Gulf

IMG_0956 Deep Lake Field by Healthy Gulf

A drone was deployed one day providing a different view of rice harvesting and rails flushing by Steve Arena

Lake Arthur by glennaa

IMG_0986 Crab Lake oilfield by Healthy Gulf

Establishing Shot - Cameron Parish LA - October 2017 by SteveMlodinow

Sora (Porzana carolina) - skimming the tops of the unharvested rice by Steve Arena

Sora (Porzana carolina) - skimming the tops of the unharvested rice by Steve Arena

Dickcissel (Spiza americana) by Steve Arena

Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris) - In Flight, Flushed by the combine, common by Steve Arena

Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) by Steve Arena

Steve and Donna watch the combine pass - the best organizers and leaders I have ever met by Steve Arena

Sora (Porzana carolina) - in flight flushed by the combine by Steve Arena

Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris) - In Flight, Flushed by the combine, common by Steve Arena

White Lake Conservation Area - Sunset by Steve Arena

IMG_1187 Little Cheniere oilfield by Healthy Gulf

A nice shot of the combine making a pass near the mist nets by Steve Arena

Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) - Common in the rice fields by Steve Arena

DSC02028 by Hank Arnold

Erik Johnson and a YRARF Facilitator watch the combine by Steve Arena

Sora (Porzana carolina) - landing in the rice fields after being flushed by the combine by Steve Arena

Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata) by Steve Arena

Massive GLIB, WFIB, and WHIB flight at dusk by Steve Arena

Wide Shot of the Combine making a rail-rich pass by Steve Arena

Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) by Steve Arena

Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) - immature by Steve Arena

A Banding Workshop participant sprints to a bird (seen in the lower panel of the mist net) captured during one of the combine passes by Steve Arena

Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) - huge flock by Steve Arena

Hunting in the marsh by jritch77

Lacassine NWR early evening by Steve Arena

Ghost Oak Pano 2.jpg by TommyKib

Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola) in flight by Steve Arena

Integration of the vine-choked South and the palmtree South. by Tim Kiser

Well dang if it isn't Louisiana's famous Mermentau River this hot evening. by Tim Kiser

P7180109 by Marsh Maneuvers

P7030093 by Marsh Maneuvers

P7030113 by Marsh Maneuvers

P7030137 by Marsh Maneuvers

P7030117 by Marsh Maneuvers

P7030115 by Marsh Maneuvers

Broussard Beach by jvremsen

AMM 2017 by Marsh Maneuvers

P7110087 by Marsh Maneuvers

P7030136 by Marsh Maneuvers

P7110040 by Marsh Maneuvers

P7190272 by Marsh Maneuvers

Price Lake Rd., Rockefeller Refuge by jvremsen