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the spoonbills of lake martin, louisiana 2004-03-21 - 4:25 p.m. Please Note: All photos � 2004 by Elaine Radford All Rights Reserved Click the above photo to visit my Spoonbill photo album! For the first time, we were able to use the van to go camping/birding, instead of just hauling lumber, soil, plants, and everything else in the world required to rebuild our fence and our back garden. Saturday morning, BF and I headed over to Lake Martin to catch the Roseate Spoonbill spectacle before the trees fully leafed out. The van proved worth its weight in gold in its added height, because all the other birders in the area had the same idea, and it made it delightfully easy to look over their puny little cars and mini-vans for an eye-level view of this incredible rookery. I'd been told that there were about 100 Spoonbills, but I'm convinced that we saw a lot more. And they were in spectacular breeding condition, with bright pinks, reds, oranges, and even yellows popping out in places I barely knew they had places. Some Black-Crowned Night Herons and Little Blue Herons are also nesting in the same rookery, but the show belongs to the many thousands of Great Egrets who were courting, carrying sticks, and nest building over a huge area. My bird list isn't as long as it could be, because I invested my time in enjoyng the Spoonbills, but here it is for what it's worth: � 2004 by Elaine Radford Click the above photo to see my Great Egret photo album! Double-crested Cormorant Neotropic Cormorant Anhinga Great Blue Heron Great Egret --thousands, full breeding plumage, courting, carrying sticks, building nests, even a copulation witnessed Little Blue Heron --several pairs Snowy Egret --3 low overflight, not yet nesting Cattle Egret Green Heron -- one pair Black-crowned Night-Heron -- several pairs White Ibis -- large flocks circling overhead near sunset Roseate Spoonbill --dozens if not hundreds of pairs courting and nest-building Turkey Vulture Common Moorhen Rock Dove Ruby-crowned Kinglet Carolina Wren Northern Mockingbird Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Carolina Chickadee Tufted Titmouse Blue Jay American Crow --both crow species vocalized frequently Fish Crow European Starling White-eyed Vireo -- one, close-up, singing, Acadiana Nature Center Prothonotary Warbler --singing very softly, very close at Lake Martin Swamp Sparrow Northern Cardinal Common Grackle House Sparrow Notable: An intimate look at a Prothonatory Warbler from a short distance who sang under his breath but did not fly away, allowing us to study every glowing feather in the scope. Of course, many tourists visit Lake Martin in search of alligators, and we were not disappointed; several huge gators were up and out of hibernation, like this gator with a retired nutria in his mouth: � 2004 by Elaine Radford The cycle of life goes on, and we saw this overwhelmed mother nutria just about covered with babies -- two are nursing on the near side, one is sleeping nearest the camera, and another is nursing on the far side: � 2004 by Elaine Radford In case you missed my hints up above, if you want to see more pictures from this trip, click here for the great egret photo album and click here for the roseate spoonbill photo album. Other reptiles included a good-sized ribbon snake and many red-eared sliders. Other mammals included (unfortunately) a feral cat at the Acadiana Nature Center. Hummingbird Report: At least two adult male Ruby-Throats. back - next All Rights Reserved, Copyright 2002-2017 by Elaine Radford