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Ailanthus Webworm Moth

Posted on 15/06/2020
Citizen Science, Creature Feature, Environmental education, Insect Photography, Louisiana Nature, Macro, Recording wildlife sightings, wildlife photography

A calm and beautiful Cottonmouth, endemic to the USA

Life In The Leaf Litter

Posted on 19/01/2020
Louisiana Nature, Photographic Projects, Recording wildlife sightings

1st Q Mtg: The Ivory-Bill!

Posted on 15/01/2020
Bird watching, Conservation, Events, Louisiana Master Naturalists Northeast, Louisiana Nature, Recording wildlife sightings

Starlings resemble fish when photographed between wing-flaps!

These Wild Turkeys Survived Thanksgiving

Posted on 02/12/2019
Bird watching, Recording wildlife sightings

a bat in flight

Bat Watching Near You

Posted on 14/06/2019
Citizen Science, Conservation, Recording wildlife sightings

Rodent tooth in fresh Bobcat scat. The anterior surface of the tooth is orange because it is fortified with iron. C. Paxton image and copyright.

Bobcat Business at Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge

Posted on 27/02/2019
Louisiana Nature, Recording wildlife sightings, Wild Places

Beauty even in decay. Can you find the little frog? Taken on Sigma SD1 with 17-50mm lens at Black Bayou, Monroe Louisiana. C. Paxton image and copyright.

Frog watching — Find The Frog. Part 1

Posted on 18/12/2018
Frog watching, Landscape, Landscape photography, Louisiana Nature, Nature City, Recording wildlife sightings, The World's Water

Bowfin tail in shallow backwater at Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

Fish watching: Meeting a Bowfin at Black Bayou!

Posted on 30/03/2018
Fish watching, Recording wildlife sightings, wildlife photography

A young pike floats effortlessly in Black Bayou Lake waiting for a smaller fish to come within snapping range. C. Paxton image and copyright.

Spring Fish Watching: Redfin Pikerel

Posted on 24/03/2018
Fish watching

Carpenter Bees make for great insect-in-flight photographs because they exhibit a patrol flight pattern that is reasonably predictable. This individual we named Horatio, for his dutiful guarding of the bridge to Pier 1. It was regularly attacked by Red wasps that crashed into it, but managed to see them off. C. Paxton image and copyright.

Photographic Walk and Talk at Black Bayou Lake NWR

Posted on 22/03/2018
Conservation, Insect Photography, Recording wildlife sightings, wildlife photography