This past week, I had the luxury of visiting New Orleans on behalf of a magazine for which I write (DDNews). And not one to let an opportunity pass, a friend and I decided to take a swamp tour in Breaux Bridge, a small town outside Lafayette.
My thanks to Cajun Country Swamp Tours for what easily has to be the most enthralling two hours of my life.
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- Only 5 of 30 original siblings had survived the Spring
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- Our boat overstayed its welcome as mama slowly rose from the water
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- Not even close to the biggest dragonflies I saw around the swamp
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- The little blue heron watched us take off from the jetty
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- The eagle was so high above me, I was surprised to get this much detail
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- The red was so much deeper than that on the cardinals back home
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- It was so still, I wondered if the guides posted it there
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- The great blue heron is complete focus as it watches for its prey
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- The cormorant dries its wings under a canopy of Spanish moss
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- The great blue heron launches from the shoreline
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- The snowy egret does a dance across an island of weeds
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- The sun was too bright to capture the green plummage
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- Any square inch of water surface could hide a predator
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- The great blue heron practically skims the water in flight
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