Nowadays, I always start research like this by looking for birding
trails. Most states have at least one now and several have more. We made
good use of the four that Florida offers last fall while visiting.
Florida's are free for the asking.

Many are also online as are Louisiana's. Here is the website:
http://louisianatravel.com/louisiana-birding-trails. It includes a map,
directions and specific species that you might see at each stop.

Don't limit your search to the Orleans loop as other loops will fit your
distance limit.

I envy you going to the Jazz Festival and would recommend coming down to
Portland over the 4thof July if you also like blues. The Portland
Waterfront Blues Festival is one of the best in the country. Here is its
website which already has information for the 2012 Festival:
http://www.waterfrontbluesfest.com/

David Barber
Vancouver, WA, USA

I like the quote.



On 1/24/2012 8:46 PM, Eric Kowalczyk wrote:
> We will be going to the New Orleans Jazz Festival at the end of
> April....and staying a few days afterwards to do some birding. Anyone
> have any suggestions of some must see birding hotspots within perhaps
> ~100 miles of New Orleans. Please contact me off list at
> aceros at mindspring.com <mailto:aceros at mindspring.com>
> although I would not turn my eyes away from any species, some of the
> target species that would be high on my list would be: Worm-eating
> warbler, Red-cockaded woodpecker, Brown-headed nuthatch, Yellow rail,
> Black rail.
> Thanks for any suggestions.
> Eric Kowalczyk
> Seattle
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> Frodo: I wish none of this had happened.
> Gandalf: So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for
> them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that
> is given to us. There are other forces at work in this world, Frodo,
> besides the will of evil. .... And that is an encouraging thought.
>
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