A perfect leg-stretcher for travelers heading south on U.S. 90 towards Port Fourchon and Grand Isle, this secluded boardwalk gives visitors a wonderful taste of freshwater marsh, bottomland hardwood, and swamp habitats, each of which holds its own suite of birdlife. Bird, butterfly, and other swamp animal activity is usually high year-round.
Waterfowl, however, use all three habitats -- including the bottomland hardwoods when flooded -- and include species such as Wood Duck, Mottled Duck, and Green-winged Teal. Other noteworthy waterbirds here include marsh-dwellers such as Sora and Clapper Rails, Great Blue, Little Blue, and Green Herons, Great, Snowy, Tricolored, and Cattle Egrets, Belted Kingfisher, Eastern Kingbird, Red-winged Blackbird, and Common Yellowthroat -- all of which nest here.
In the swamp and the bottomland hardwoods, nesting species include Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Red-shouldered Hawk, Barred Owl, Red-bellied, Downy, and Pileated Woodpeckers, White-eyed Vireo, Carolina Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, Carolina Wren, Northern Cardinal, and Prothonotary Warbler.
In fall, winter, and spring, expect additional overwintering species such as Bald Eagle, American Kestrel, Blue-headed Vireo, House Wren, Golden-crowned and Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Song, Savannah, and Swamp Sparrows, as well as Orange-crowned and Yellow-rumped Warblers.
Birders and nature photographers primarily use this site. Amenities are limited to gravel parking, identification/directional signage, and boardwalk. The boardwalk itself is handicapped-accessible.
