| Updates from the bayou 2008 |
Barred Owl 2/9/08
| Attakapas Adventures LLC Captain Ginger A. Rushing 1324 Hwy. 401 Napoleonville, La. 70390 985-369-8588 or 985-637-8923 attakapasadventures@Yahoo.com. |
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A pair of Bald Eagles along the edge of
Lake Verret. 2/23/08
Lake Verret. 2/23/08
The Swamp Maples, with a first sign of
Spring. 2/24/08
Spring. 2/24/08
A Gold Finch, one of many migratory birds
that pass through the area eating on a
thistle. 4/03/08
that pass through the area eating on a
thistle. 4/03/08
The Louisiana Brown Iris. Not as abundant
or large as the purple but still a real treat.
4/08/08
or large as the purple but still a real treat.
4/08/08
Tumey's Travels on WAFB TV in Baton
Rouge came out and did a story on the iris'
that are blooming throughout the swamp.
Below is the story line. If you click on the link
below you can see the video.
April 8, 2008 - "Wild Louisiana Irises"
Ginger Rushing shoves off from Attakapas
Landing in Napoleonville and guides her
boat across the waters of Lake Verret. She is
on a quest-hunting down our official state
wildflower. It's an easy quest. The swamps
and bayous of southern Louisiana are full of
wild irises right now.
Ginger says, "It's a really nice time of the
year. You get to see a lot of color out in the
swamp, and they last for such a short time,
so you've really got to come and catch them
while they're blooming."
Ginger runs Attakapas Adventures -- boat
tours throughout Lake Verret and adjoining
waters. Here spring is always special. "It's a
fresh feeling because everything has its new
green leaves," she says. "Everything is
budding out. The birds are singing.
Everybody is nesting, and the swamp just as
far back as you can see covered with purple
irises."
These are irises the way God made them,
untouched by the hand or science of man.
Ginger says people "see them in stores and
the garden variety, but to see something wild
like this, it's a real treat a real treat to them.
It's totally different."
Not that it really matters, I asked Ginger if she
knows why the iris was chosen official
Louisiana wildflower. She says, "Look how
beautiful they are! Why not? And they're in our
bald cypress tupelo swamp, and they're just
magnificent."
WAFB TV Tumey's Travels Wild Iris Story
Rouge came out and did a story on the iris'
that are blooming throughout the swamp.
Below is the story line. If you click on the link
below you can see the video.
April 8, 2008 - "Wild Louisiana Irises"
Ginger Rushing shoves off from Attakapas
Landing in Napoleonville and guides her
boat across the waters of Lake Verret. She is
on a quest-hunting down our official state
wildflower. It's an easy quest. The swamps
and bayous of southern Louisiana are full of
wild irises right now.
Ginger says, "It's a really nice time of the
year. You get to see a lot of color out in the
swamp, and they last for such a short time,
so you've really got to come and catch them
while they're blooming."
Ginger runs Attakapas Adventures -- boat
tours throughout Lake Verret and adjoining
waters. Here spring is always special. "It's a
fresh feeling because everything has its new
green leaves," she says. "Everything is
budding out. The birds are singing.
Everybody is nesting, and the swamp just as
far back as you can see covered with purple
irises."
These are irises the way God made them,
untouched by the hand or science of man.
Ginger says people "see them in stores and
the garden variety, but to see something wild
like this, it's a real treat a real treat to them.
It's totally different."
Not that it really matters, I asked Ginger if she
knows why the iris was chosen official
Louisiana wildflower. She says, "Look how
beautiful they are! Why not? And they're in our
bald cypress tupelo swamp, and they're just
magnificent."
WAFB TV Tumey's Travels Wild Iris Story
| A Little Blue Heron or "Louisiana Heron" 4/16/08 |
An Osprey looking back over his shoulder
checking us out. He was perched near his
nest. One of two along the route. 4/16/08
checking us out. He was perched near his
nest. One of two along the route. 4/16/08
One of the two Osprey nest. Not quite as
big as an Eagles nest but still pretty
impressive. 4/16/08
big as an Eagles nest but still pretty
impressive. 4/16/08
| I finally caught a pretty good picture of a Prothonotary Warbler. One of my favorite Spring time visitors. They are also called a Swamp Canary. 4/16/08 |