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

Air Tractor by CaptRH

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

Limpkin (A. guarauna) 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

Joe's Train Room by GeneSalassi

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

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

Rice field I think.JPG by minnemom

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

Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata) by Steve Arena

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

DSC01772 by Hank Arnold

Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) by Steve Arena

Louisiana sugar cane by lns1122

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

Louisiana fields.JPG by minnemom

Zoom by Jorge Alberto Romero

Landfill Rd. by jvremsen

Broussard Beach by jvremsen

IMG_3059 by John Haffner

IMG_3057 by John Haffner

Rd. 3056 by jvremsen

Marceaux Rd. X Hwy. 99 by jvremsen

W. Niblett Rd. by jvremsen

W. Niblett Rd. by jvremsen

Bellard Rd. by jvremsen

Grass used by Pyrrhuloxia by jvremsen

Lacassine NWR by jvremsen

Landfill Rd. by jvremsen

From Benoit rice mill on Watkins Rd. by jvremsen

Ardoin Cove Cemetery by jvremsen

Illinois Plant Rd. by jvremsen