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

Common Nighthawk by chrysoptera

Marsh Farm by Bill Hertha

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

Limpkin (A. guarauna) by Steve Arena

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

Common Nighthawk by chrysoptera

Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinica) by Steve Arena

Blackpoll Warbler by chrysoptera

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) by Steve Arena

Apparent Glossy x White-faced Ibis hybrid (Plegadis falcinellus x P. chihi) - Louisiana by chrysoptera

Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) in flight by Steve Arena

To see the flatness of southwestern Louisiana from unusually high up. by Tim Kiser

Lawrence's Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera x cyanoptera (F2 backcross)) - Louisiana by chrysoptera

Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) in flight by Steve Arena

Lawrence's Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera x cyanoptera (F2 backcross)) - Louisiana by chrysoptera

IMGP7533 by Peter Guthrie

Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) - Louisiana by chrysoptera

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

my kinda therapy by Suzan Olivia

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

Cameron Prairie NWR Sunrise with a Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway) in morning flight by Steve Arena

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

The Son has Risen! Alleluia! Happy Easter! by leisakay3

IMG_0986 Crab Lake oilfield by Healthy Gulf

Rutherford Beach sunset by Suzan Olivia

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

LeBleu Camp beach by jvremsen

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

Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors) in flight 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

IMG_1187 Little Cheniere oilfield by Healthy Gulf

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

Spread of evening primrose. by Tim Kiser

Rutherford Beach by lotosleo

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

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

Basking Red-eared Slider by ilouque

Darner (Anax sp.) photo bombed by a Yellow Rail (C. noveboracensis) by Steve Arena

Oak Grove by lotosleo

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

LeBleu Camp beach by jvremsen

Rutherford Beach by lotosleo

Rutherford Beach by lotosleo

Out takin a walk on a sidewalk. by Tim Kiser

Rutherford Beach by lotosleo

Mounds and Sacred Sites by BekJonesGeo

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