Birds of the Louisiana Swamp: A Paddler’s Guide
Most people come to the swamp for the gator. Fair enough. But if you sit still out here for two hours, the thing that actually fills the morning is birds. They’re everywhere. In the trees, on the snags, wading the shallows, cutting low across the pass. I guide these paddles, so I watch it happen…
Maurepas Swamp: Inside Louisiana’s Largest Wildlife Management Area
Ask a hundred visitors in New Orleans to name a swamp and most of them will say Honey Island, a few will say Manchac, and almost none will say Maurepas. Which is wild, because the Maurepas Swamp is the biggest protected wild place of the three. It’s the largest wildlife management area in the whole…