Trip to the Gulf Coast

 Saturday, May 29th 

The Biloxi Lighthouse

Pale Grasspink at Yellow River

Last weekend was a trip up to the north shore of the Gulf of Mexico. As part of the trip was to catch up with an old friend in Biloxi, but it was also to visit to locations looking for interesting flora and fauna.

Visited Yellow River Marsh Preserve State Park near Milton, Florida to look for pitcher plants and visit to Blackwater River State Park.

Blackwater River State Park

Then to Alabama and Dauphin Island to see Audubon Bird Sanctuary and historical Fort Gaines

False Rosemary

Dunes habitat at Audubon Bird Sanctuary

Canadian Meadow Garlic

Crowpoison

Fort Gaines, Dauphin Island, Alabama

Then in Mississippi to find Mississippi Sandhill Cranes, rarest of the Sandhill Crane sub-species and points of interest around Biloxi.

Eastern Fence Lizard at Mississippi Sandhill Crane NWR

Mississippi Aquarium

Lastly stopped at Tarkiln Bayou State Park in Escambia County, Florida

Butterfly Pea

White Pitcher Plants at Tarkiln Bayou State Park

White Pitcher Plants at Tarkiln Bayou State Park

Six-lined Racerunner