Elevation of LA-, Lake Arthur, LA, USA

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

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

Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinica) by Steve Arena

Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinica) by Steve Arena

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) 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

Wood Stork (Mycteria americana) - late 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

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

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

Lake Arthur by glennaa

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

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

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

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

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

DSC01772 by Hank Arnold

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

Lacassine NWR early evening by Steve Arena

Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola) in flight by Steve Arena

Broussard Beach by jvremsen

From Benoit rice mill on Watkins Rd. by jvremsen

Rd. 3056 by jvremsen

Marceaux Rd. X Hwy. 99 by jvremsen

W. Niblett Rd. by jvremsen

W. Niblett Rd. by jvremsen

Grass used by Pyrrhuloxia by jvremsen

Lacassine NWR by jvremsen

From Benoit rice mill on Watkins Rd. by jvremsen

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Marceaux Rd. by jvremsen

Marceaux Rd. by jvremsen

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