Elevation of Pom Roy Rd, 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

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

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

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

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

c IMG_1634 by Healthy Gulf

Broussard Beach by jvremsen

From Benoit rice mill on Watkins Rd. by jvremsen

Rd. 3056 by jvremsen

Marceaux Rd. X Hwy. 99 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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