Lake Martin Rookery 2016

This swamp rookery is south of Lafayette, LA. I visited a couple of weeks ago and there were no birds there. This morning there were thousands of egrets there and lots of nest building. I'm not a biologist but as I understand the males build the nest and flaunt there aigrettes (the white plume) to attract the ladies. The swamp will be green soon and the birds will be in the nests until May so I hope to make a few more trips.

While you prune I'll get another stick

It fits right there

None of the trees were single family dwellings

I've gotta build more nest

Who needs a back scratcher

The early bird. Little blue herons nest here also but this was the only one I saw.

The splashes of pink behind some of the shots were roseate spoonbills far too deep in the swamp for my 400MM, but they were a nice backdrop.

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