Surprise !

I made a trip to the property today to do a little birding early in the morning and make a walk through with Dr. Mohlenbrock  for an upcoming plant identification course he puts on. At the same time the LSU Youth Wetlands Outreach Program came to the property to plant some trees for service hours. I didn't see anything outstanding or new (bird wise) before the visitors got there (7 -9:30 ), however about thirty minutes after everyone left  (12:30 ish) the place really came to life. I have been trying to get some photos of Prothonotary Warblers and an Orchard Oriole that I have seen but yet to photograph . Anyway I figured it was a long shot but went back to a spot were I had seen both in the past few weeks also where 20 screaming kids had just tromped through and planted trees. I settled down by a flooded pothole on the Levee next to the Weeks Canal to see what would come by. Within a few minutes (no birds yet) a deer came out and I got the pleasure of watching for maybe a half hour or so at a distance of about 30 yards. After the deer had wandered out of site behind some tall rushes I snuck back onto my main trail quietly as to not disturb the doe that was still unaware I was there. I took two steps out onto the trail looking up into the trees for birds and when my eyes came down to look at where I was going.....SURPRISE !......maybe twenty feet from me stood another doe with fawn ....also with a look of surprise. We stared each other down while I slowly inched my camera up and snapped a few.....then they were gone. Check out the birds page for an update from todays trip.....turned out to be a good one.