Denise > Black-throated Blue Warbler (Dendroica caerulescens) [male]   (October 22, 2006)
Denise > Located on the Mississippi River in Vacherie, between the historic Louisiana cities of New Orleans and Baton Rouge,  Oak Alley Plantation has been called the "Grande Dame of the Great River Road." Nowhere else in the south will you find such a spectacular setting! The quarter-mile canopy of giant live oak trees, believed to be nearly 300 years old, forms an impressive avenue leading to the classic Greek-revival style antebellum home.
Denise > Miccosukee Indian Village  (February 7, 2009)

View into the Everglades . . . from what I can tell, there are two different birds in that flock:

White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) and Great Egret (Ardea alba)
Denise > Caribbean Flamingos (Phoenicopterus ruber ruber)  (September 1, 2008)
Denise > Miami MetroZoo  (June 1, 2008)  [BAG]

Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) [breeding plumage; nonbreeding plumage is a pale yellow head and a white neck]

Unique among the world's seven species of pelicans, the Brown Pelican is found along the ocean shores and not on inland lakes. It is the only dark pelican, and also the only one that plunges from the air into the water to catch its food.

The sexes look alike with the male being only slightly larger.  

Shooting for feathers and to "protect" fishing caused declines in pelican populations in the first half of the 20th century. Pesticide poisoning, especially by DDT, caused severe declines across the range in the late 1950's and the extirpation from Louisiana ("the pelican state"). It was listed as Endangered throughout the range in 1970. The ban on DDT led to a population recovery, and it was removed from the Endangered Species list in Atlantic Coast states in 1985. Breeding numbers in most states are stable or increasing, and the total population in the United States now exceeds historical levels.
Denise > Vosmaeri Eclectus Parrot (Eclectus roratus vosmaeri) [female]  (February 16, 2008)
Denise > Chihuly at Fairchild - Closeup of the Citron Green Tower with Red Infusion in front of the Visitor Center  (April 14, 2006)
Denise > Yellow Alder, Sundrops (Turnera ulmifolia)  (May 13, 2005)
Denise > 'Celia' (Double Red) Hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis)  (May 13, 2005)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Dendroica caerulescens) [male] (October 22, 2006)
Denise > Black-throated Blue Warbler (Dendroica caerulescens) [male]   (October 22, 2006)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Dendroica caerulescens) [male] (October 22, 2006)
See photo in gallery

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