• Home
  • About Avery Island
  • Search

AVERY ISLAND IMAGES

  2. Avery Island Louisiana

Avery Island Wildlife

Pam and Edmund McIlhenny's wildlife photos of Avery Island, Louisiana, which is one of five salt domes rising above the flat Louisiana coastal wetlands. This gallery includes photographs of the following species: American Alligator, Anhinga, Armadillo, Bobcat,Cormorant, Deer, Hawk, Great Blue Heron, Green Heron, Little Blue Heron, Tricolored Heron, White Ibis, White-faced Ibis, Glossy Ibis,Lesser Scaup diving duck, Lamb,Common Loon, Otter, Barred Owl, American White Pelican, Brown Pelican, Racoon, Robin, Roseate Spoonbill, Eastern Wild Turkey, and Turkey Vulture.

Avery Island is also the home of TABASCO Brand Pepper Sauce, which Edmund McIlhenny's great grandfather invented in 1868. Because the company remains family owned, with its headquarters still at Avery Island, we have had the opportunity over the years to photograph wildlife, as well as some of the most beautiful parts of the Island. We hope you enjoy them. More information on Avery Island is available at http://www.TABASCO.com, and http://www.Twitter.com/A_Island.
Warmest regards, Pam and Edmund McIlhenny
Read More
  • Photo Sharing
  • About SmugMug
  • Browse Photos
  • Prints & Gifts
  • Terms
  • Privacy
  • Contact
  • Owner Log In
© 2021 SmugMug, Inc.
    At first glance I thought this wa s an Egret, but it's not. It is an immature Little Blue Heron. They start off completely white, and gradually turn to the blue/gray color at maturity.
    Green Herons are considered among the world's most intelligent birds, because they sometimes drop food or insects on the water's surface to attract fish, making them one of the few species to use tools. They are generally nocturnal, and are not very tolerant of other birds. This Green Heron was photographed perched in the Buttonwood tree to the right of Bird City's observation platform, in Avery Island's Jungle Gardens.
    The Tricolored Heron used to be called the Louisiana Heron. These birds have mostly gray feathers, except for a white breast, rust colored neck, and a white stripe up their neck. They eat fish, crustaceans, reptiles and small insects, and wade in shallow or deep water when stalking their prey.