
Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinica)

Limpkin (A. guarauna)

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

Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinica)

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis)
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A Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) in flight - nice side view

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

Franklin's Gull (Larus pipixcan) in flight, view from underneath

Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) in flight

Establishing Shot - Cameron Parish LA - October 2017

Establishing Shot - Cameron Parish LA - October 2017

Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata)

Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) in flight

Wood Stork (Mycteria americana) - late

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

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

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

Dickcissel (Spiza americana)

Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Greater White-fronted Geese (Anser albifrons) arriving at dusk

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

Erik Johnson and a YRARF Facilitator watch the combine

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

Wide Shot of the Combine making a rail-rich pass

Louisiana sugar cane

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

Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola) in flight

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Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) - huge flock

Lacassine NWR early evening

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Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus)

Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) - immature

Broussard Beach

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Fruge Rd.

From Benoit rice mill on Watkins Rd.

Marceaux Rd. X Hwy. 99

W. Niblett Rd.

Rd. 3056

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