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Avery Island's Jungle Gardens

Pam and Edmund McIlhenny's photographs of Avery Island's Jungle Gardens, which was originally the home of E. A. McIlhenny, the third president of McIlhenny Company, and a well known naturalist. Around 1895 he helped save the Snowy Egrets from extinction, by establishing a rookery that became known as Bird City. Over time he continued to build his home into a 170-acre park filled with hundreds of varieties of Azaleas, Camellias, and other species nestled among the majestic Southern Live Oaks. Jungle Gardens was opened to the public in 1935, and has remained so ever since. The Jungle Gardens website, www.junglegardens.org, has more information as well as directions and hours of operation, and www.TABASCO.com also outlines the history of this beautiful garden. A more detailed history can be found in The History of Jungle Gardens by Lisa B. Osborn, Shane K. Bernard, and Scott Carroll. Jungle Gardens is a lovely place to take photographs. We hope you enjoy our collection, which is always a work in progress. Warmest regards, Pam and Edmund McIlhenny
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    Cattle Egret in Avery Island's Jungle Gardens.
    Cattle Egrets are known for the orange-buff plumes on their crown, back, and breast. They have traditionally followed, or perched on, cows or other large mammals, eating the insects stirred up by those animals. While the Snowy Egrets and Great Egrets struggled to survive the period around the end of the 19th century, when their feathers were in demand for ladies' hats, the Cattle Egrets did not even arrive in North America until the 1940's. Originally native to parts of Spain, Portugal, Asia and Africa, they have now accomplished one of the fastest and most wide reaching expansions of any bird species. They are found from Florida to California, and up into Canada. Cattle Egrets are the last of the egret species to arrive on Avery Island each spring.