New Orleans birding: the City Park
When: May 2016 Weather: cool 17-22C
Nikon P900 and Leica Q
In New Orleans for a few days and found out that the nearest parkland was in the City Park, about a 15 minute ride out from my hotel near the French Quarter. I alighted at the Couturie Forest and did a very nice walk towards the water….
entrance to the couturie forest in the City park
the first striking bird I saw was the Blue Jay..
my famed rear shots!
the pond was rather scenic…
a family of ducks on the water..
beautiful pair of Mandarin Ducks
mandarin duck perched
waterways
heron in foreground by the water
I’m not sure what this bird is, if any of my readers know, please enlighten me!
another view
a chickadee?
not sure about this one…
maybe a scarlet tanager?
American Robin
Maybe my timing wasn’t good but there weren’t as many birds as I had expected; still being so near to town and easily accessible it was still a very pleasant morning’w ramble.
The Natural Traveller 
Lovely blog 🙂 I think your Mandarin Ducks may be Wood Ducks though. I’m not so proficient in US species though.
Thanks for viewing!