Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Nesting Great Egrets at Avery Island

On March 20th, my husband and I visited Jungle Gardens, located at Avery Island in Louisiana. Jungle Gardens is a self-driving tour which winds through 4 miles of beautiful gardens filled with live oaks, spanish moss, azaleas, tropical plants and much more, including some wildlife. Located within Jungle Gardens is "Bird City", a rookery which attracts thousands of nesting birds every spring.  A variety of egrets and herons nest here and raise their young.  

On the day we visited, we saw only the great egrets- hundreds of them.  It was mid-day and the sunlight was extremely bright which made it somewhat challenging to photograph them.  I went through my images and saved a few descent ones...


A great photo library of Bird City and Jungle Gardens is posted online here.  Some of their photos are amazing!  

Thank you for visiting.  Have a great Wednesday and a wonderful upcoming weekend!
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5 comments:

  1. Hello, gorgeous shots of the egrets. The last shot is awesome. Have a happy Thursday!

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  2. Great photo series of the egrets!

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  3. Thank you for sharing your lovely images! I love this time of year when the Great Egrets plumes are so beautiful and the facial skin turns bright green. Spring is definitely here!

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  4. Beautiful birds! They're very elegant looking.

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