May 2026 Louisiana Bird Photography Tour Report
Great Egret Feeding Frenzy–Cazan Lake
Tour Report — May 2026 Louisiana Bird Photography Tour
This past week’s Louisiana bird photography tour provided excellent opportunities to photograph nesting wading birds at several of my favorite spring locations including Cazan Lake, Miller’s Lake, and Rip’s Rookery.
Great Egret Portrait
Participants photographed a wide variety of species and behaviors throughout the trip including:
Roseate Spoonbills
Great Egrets
Snowy Egrets
White Ibises
White-faced Ibises
Little Blue Herons
nesting behavior
flight photography
territorial interactions
and a wide variety of spring wetland scenes
Roseate Spoonbill in Flight
White Faced Ibis–Miller’s Lake
Miller’s Lake continued to provide excellent late afternoon opportunities, while Cazan Lake offered productive morning sessions with active nesting birds throughout the rookery. Rip’s Rookery also provided close photographic opportunities with nesting wading birds in beautiful soft light.
One of the primary goals of this particular trip was to evaluate the progression of the Roseate Spoonbill nesting season in preparation for my upcoming May 31st Louisiana Bird Photography Tour.
The results were very encouraging.
During this tour we located several active Spoonbill nests, including multiple nests containing extremely small chicks still low in the nest. Based upon what we observed during this trip, I believe the upcoming May 31st tour has excellent potential for photographing larger and more visible Roseate Spoonbill chicks as the nesting season continues to progress.
Louisiana’s rookery activity changes quickly during the spring season, and timing is everything. The upcoming May 31st tour was specifically scheduled to increase the opportunity to photograph Roseate Spoonbill chicks on the nest during this stage of development.
If you have been considering joining one of these spring Louisiana bird photography tours, space is still available for the upcoming May 31st departure.
Little Blue Heron Leaping from Branch to Branch–Rip’s Rookery
Upcoming Tour
Spring Louisiana Bird Photography Tour — May 31, 2026
Small group instruction
Boat-based and shoreline photography
Roseate Spoonbill chicks and nesting wading birds
Louisiana swamp and wetland environments
Personalized instruction and field guidance
More information: