March: Black Bayou Lake NWR

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Sorry, friends. I’m on vacation this week, having a wonderful time birding on Dauphin island. My #YearInReview has not been top priority, but this morning I’m taking a minute to let it warm up a bit outside before I head out again. Back in March 2024, my chapter of Louisiana Master Naturalists was making final plans for the statewide Master Naturalist gathering in April, which we were to host in northeast Louisiana. I was going to be leading a couple of kayak tours of the lake, so I was out scouting. I have kayaked that lake often but on this…

Newer Work

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I organize my photo archive by year, location, and date, in that order. Sad to say, my folders for 2023 and 2024 are kind of slim pickings. I just can’t seem to get out and shoot lately! So I’m especially pleased that, nevertheless, I have a few winners in those rather thin folders. Color Me Jazz is from a 2023 trip to Chicago. It was in a couple online shows earlier this year and is now hanging in the show called “Spot On #5” in the D’Art Gallery in downtown Denver. You will hear more about this gallery soon, as…

#AdventWord #Herald

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One of the reasons I began kayaking is because you can get closer to birds in a kayak than on land. The lower profile of a kayak on water and the smooth, silent movement–assuming you aren’t splashing your paddle!–seems to alarm them less. I came fairly close to the male Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) perched on a snag over Black Bayou Lake. Was he calling to his mate? Signaling that he was ready to take his turn on their nest? Warning away other birds? Announcing appreciation for the beauty and bounty around him? God told Job, Ask the beasts and the…