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Swamp Things
2008.05.01
On the way from Baton Rouge to Houston, we spent a couple hours at the Lake Martin Nature Preserve near Breaux Bridge (Pont Breaux), Louisiana. I think this guy is an anhinga.
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On the way from Baton Rouge to Houston, we spent a couple hours at the Lake Martin Nature Preserve near Breaux Bridge (Pont Breaux), Louisiana. I think this guy is an anhinga.
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Water hyacinths
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Water hyacinths
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Blue on green makes the dragonfly a little hard to see.
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Blue on green makes the dragonfly a little hard to see.
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There's a snowy egret rookery on site, but this is about as close as I got to it, far behind the trees. I could hear them squawking.
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There's a snowy egret rookery on site, but this is about as close as I got to it, far behind the trees. I could hear them squawking.
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Cypress and algae
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Cypress and algae
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Trees and vines
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Trees and vines
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Snowy egret in flight
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Snowy egret in flight
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Spider webs, spider webs
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Spider webs, spider webs
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Turtles take the sun.
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Turtles take the sun.
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Water-walking anhinga returns.
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Water-walking anhinga returns.
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To the lake!
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To the lake!
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Feeding time
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Feeding time
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Flying time. They didn't like me to get too close.
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Flying time. They didn't like me to get too close.
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Ranger's house
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Ranger's house
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Lake Martin panorama
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Lake Martin panorama
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Back on the road to Houston. Here's the bridge in "Breaux Bridge" over the Bayou Teche.
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Back on the road to Houston. Here's the bridge in "Breaux Bridge" over the Bayou Teche.
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Religious icons watch over the liqueurs at Cafe Des Amis in Breaux Bridge.
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Religious icons watch over the liqueurs at Cafe Des Amis in Breaux Bridge.
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This guy welcomes you to the mens room.
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This guy welcomes you to the mens room.
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Zydeco brunch happens every Saturday.
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Zydeco brunch happens every Saturday.
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He’s got fishing lines strung across the Louisiana rivers
Gotta catch a big fish for us to eat
He’s setting traps in the swamp catching anything he can
He’s gotta make a living, he’s a Louisiana Man
He’s gotta make a living, he’s a Louisiana Man
Louisiana Man, Acuff and Rose, popularized by Doug Kershaw
