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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
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    "The Bald Eagle has been the national emblem of the United States since 1782 and a spiritual symbol for native people for far longer than that." Source: Cornell Lab of Orinthology.
    Cornell Lab of Orinthology notes that, "Had Benjamin Franklin prevailed, the U.S. emblem might have been the Wild Turkey. In 1784, Franklin disparaged the national bird’s thieving tendencies and its vulnerability to harassment by small birds. "For my own part,” he wrote, “I wish the Bald Eagle had not been chosen the Representative of our Country. He is a Bird of bad moral Character. He does not get his Living honestly. … Besides he is a rank Coward: The little King Bird not bigger than a Sparrow attacks him boldly and drives him out of the District.”"
    "Rather than do their own fishing, Bald Eagles often go after other creatures’ catches. A Bald Eagle will harass a hunting Osprey until the smaller raptor drops its prey in midair, where the eagle swoops it up. A Bald Eagle may even snatch a fish directly out of an Osprey’s talons. Fishing mammals (even people sometimes) can also lose prey to Bald Eagle piracy." Source: Cornell Lab of Orinthology