Patty has been wanting to visit the Cosby Arboretum for some time, It is located outside Picayune, near the Mississippi Louisiana state lines. Our friend Ken has some of his images on display and we want to visit while they were still there. Making a day of it , we was at the Mockingbird in Bay St Louis at 0700 for breakfast, birded the Washington St Pier then headed north to be at the arboretum at 0900, opening time.
There are three ecosystems in the Arboretum, and as it turned out, plenty of birds for Patty.
Washington St Pier, Bay St Louis, MS
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Birder Patty
Willet (Tringa semipalmata)
That looks yummy
Willet (Tringa semipalmata)
Oyster catcher
Laughing Gull center
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Oyster catcher
Laughing Gull & several Forster’s Terns
Oyster catcher
American Oyster Catcher
Brown Pelican
Got an itch behind my ear!
Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
Crosby Arboretum
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Southern blue flag iris
Southern blue flag iris
Southern blue flag iris (scientific name Iris virginica)
Flower on a Tupelo Tree
Bald cypress (Taxodium distichum)
Lady Palm
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Virginia sweetspire (Itea virginica)
Pale Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia alata)
Pale Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia alata)
possibly a type of fruit fly
Pale Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia alata)
Ebony Jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata)
Ebony Jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata)
Honey Bees
Lao Tzu
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