Louisiana Wet Lands
Louisiana Wet Lands, we stopped at a beautiful little park in southern Louisiana back in January. This campground only had 8 campsites and no one was there when we arrived. So we had the whole park to ourselves for a couple of days.
Video below of the Flight of the Snow Goose, thousands of geese looking from ground level to above the geese. Link click Here; Flight of the Snow Goose
I always look for Wildlife Refuge locations everywhere we go, because they are usually wet lands and home for a lot of wildlife depending on the time of year. So, we found this one here shown above. We drove clear out to the east side of the park and not one bird we found anywhere.
The green icon is the park we were at and the Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge in dark green below it.
I thought that maybe we were a little early to see birds migrating through in January. The photo below is the farmland around the campground. It is close to Lake Charles Louisiana.
A couple days later some folks came to camp that were from the area and we got to talking about birding and the wet lands. Come to find out, we were on the wrong side of the wet lands. The gentlemen told us where to go to get to the hot spot and we went there the next day.
Below is part of the wet lands to this refuge and we were not disappointed on what we found. So many birds and new birds I had never heard of.
Talking to folks that live in the area is the best way to get to know some wonderful people and to learn all about their state. This area was hit pretty hard by 2 hurricanes over the last couple of years and when we drove into Lake Charles you could still see all the damage.
Folks were still fighting with their insurance company’s on getting their roofs rebuilt. There was a lot of blue tarps on 80% of the homes waiting to get the shingles or metal roofs put on. Plus they just have a shortage of workers to get it done as well. But the folks were in good spirits and so helpful to us as we were asking questions and enjoying their parks.
As we are chasing 70 degree weather this year, the temperatures stayed in the 50’s f. for the most part and 30’s at night. We did have a few campfires as the park also provided the wood at each campsite.
This is the park where I photographed my first sighting of the Ibis and this bird below is called the white faced Ibis, even though it does not have a white face. It is very colorful with the sunlight shinning on it.
Louisiana Wet Lands
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Why is t white faced? Was it having trouble eating the whipped cream of of its sundae?
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I know, it has the bill for scooping whipped cream. 😅
That is what I thought
They almost look a little prehistoric don’t they Sandra? Beautiful images of the flocks – you have seen so many beautiful birds while traveling.
Thank you Linda, yes this has been quite the trip for seeing new wildlife.
Awesome photos really! 🤩🤩
Thank you 😊
Welcome 😊
Did you notice all the blue tarps on the roofs of houses. That was a shocking reality when we drove through there in January.
Yes, the tarps were still there. The locals said they are still fighting with the insurance companies, plus there are not enough workers to put the new roofs on and they have been like that for two years. One guy at the campground gave up and sold his house and bought a trailer to live in at the campgrounds around there.
splendid images for an equally beautiful place.
Thank you very much 😊
I saw mosquitoes blot out the sun near Florida Bay in the Everglades, but these geese, falling a bit short of that made an impressive shadow. Thanks.
Wow, that is probably something one doesn’t want to see with the mosquitoes.
I was with my cousin who still lives in the Cocoa, FL area. We were frying bacon for breakfast. I was focusing the camera on a “cloud” that was about to blot out the sun when he said. “Get back in the tent and let’s hope the insect screen doesn’t have any holes in it.” It got dark and then the swarm passed through the campsite. We were safe inside the tent, but our bacon burned before we got back to it.
I have never seen anything like that. You suppose that is why they made those hybrid mosquitos, have you heard of those. They supposedly let a lot of them loose in Florida to help slow down the breeding of them.
I heard something about that, but I have no idea.
Thank you Sandra. Blessings to y’all
You are very welcome RJ,
Wonderful ! 💙💙💙
Thank you very much Francine 😊
Hope you don’t miss the FWS refuge in southern Mississippi. The Whooping cranes babies!
We missed it, I did not know about them there. I will add it to my list.
Incredible snow goose video too.
Thank you very much 😊
Lovely sights and such important refuges for wildlife. Think we call that ibis, the glossy one here in Spain but there may be variations.
Yes, I think it is the glossy Ibis here also. They are so colorful in the light.
Your Ibis capture is realy nice but I enjoyed most of all the video of the hundreds of snow goose taking of from the wetland. Thanks for sharing and have a nice Easter monday.
Thank you very much, it was quite the sight seeing all those snow geese. A wonderful Easter Monday to you as well.
A great shot of what appears to me to be a Glossy Ibis Sandra. That’s what we call them in Australia, as they are very similar species. These birds are found worldwide, and they are always a treat in the sunlight with their beautiful coloration. They move about a fair bit .
They are so pretty in the light. I am sure that is what it is now. 😊
splendides compos et infos
bonne journée
Thank you very much 😊