bird list 2013, New Orleans & cruise

3/30 Sat (Easter weekend)
  City Park, mainly the pond area around Botanical Garden; inc. Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden

Photo:

small butterfly -

Blue Dasher, male -

Spicebush Swallowtail (Papilio troilus)  - <1>   <2>   <3>

Pied-billed Grebe in breeding plumage (P1370272.JPG)

Chinese goose of brown color - <1>

Royal Caribbean cruise ship - <1>

Info:
1. Chinese Geese - one of the most popular breeds of domestic goose

3/31 Sun

Photo:

Barn Swallow - <1>

4/1 Mon (At Sea)

4/2 Tue (Costa Maya, Mexico)

Frigatebird - adult male flying: <1a>   <1b>   |   adult female flying: <2>

4/3 Wed (Belize City, Belize)

4/4 Thu (Coxen Hole at Roatan, Honduras)

4/5 Fri (Cozumel, Mexico)

light on ship - <1>

4/6 Sat (At Sea)

4/7 Sun
  Audubon Zoo (6 hr, arrived b4 10:30am, leaving at 4:30pm), Garden District

4/8 Mon
  Cajun Pride Tours, Algiers ferry

4/9 Tue

Fish -

  French Grunt (Haemulon flavolineatum) 黃仿石鱸 - <1>    wiki   Chinese

  Balloonfish (Spiny Porcupine Fish) (Diodon holocanthus) - <1>   info

  Any 橙线龙? Yes! P1420086.JPG  or called 黄斑海猪鱼
    英文名：Hoeven's Wrasse  (or Pinstriped Wrasse)  more names (e.g., Yellow-lined Wrasse, Orange-tipped Rainbowfish)
    学名：Halichoeres melanurus