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Parkway Birding Trail BIR AIL DING TR Gulf Coast Stretching nearly 150 miles eastward through the “boot” of Southeastern Louisiana, the Zachary Taylor Parkway leg of the America’s Wetland Birding Traveling along the Creole Nature Trail All-American Road and six Trail encompasses almost every major habitat type native to the state. additional state scenic byways, the America’s Wetland Birding Trail crosses Zachary Richard, Musician/Poet Louisiana Native At its western end, within the Tunica-Biloxi Loop, the trail slogs through through 22 South Louisiana parishes rich in unparalleled history, culture, the low bottomland hardwoods and cypress-tupelo swamps of the lower arts and entertainment. The trail will guide you to some of the state’s most Mississippi River floodplain. Further east, the Audubon Loop climbs into productive natural places along the Great Gulf Coast and will offer ready the prominent upland hardwood blufflands of the Mississippi River’s east access to some of the best birding in the country. bank. This is the only region of the state where the Eastern chipmunk and American ginseng live and grow and represents the southernmost The America’s Wetland Birding Trail consists of 115 bird watching sites extensions of these two species’ North American distribution ranges. crossing through 22 Louisiana parishes. Finally, the trail meanders higher up into the dry, 300+ foot pineland ridges near its boundary with Southern Mississippi.

The Zachary Taylor Parkway Birding Trail consists of 27 bird watching sites in 10 Louisiana parishes.

Red River Birding Trail

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A M U O H O UM A 1 POINTE A of the river’s upper reaches . 7 . LA HACHE E T O C T S A E A S T C O T E 1 B R E T O N S O U N D E H C N A L B L A N C H E G u l f B A Y 2 Sparsely populated and heavily cultivated in cotton, corn, and soybeans, in the Southern Great Plains. o f A T C H A F A L A Y A B A R A T A R I A M B A Y B A Y e 5 0 5 10 Miles SWAMP & FORESTED WETLANDS 8 x i 3 c o 5 0 5 10 Kilometers CO ASTAL MARSHES 5 Geologically, the Red River 8 1 0 23 9 the Northeast Louisiana Delta has served as one of the last homes for 7 9 3 4 2 1 4 6 2 5 R E I L A B M I T I M B A L I E R E N N O B E R R E T E R R E B O N N E B A Y the ivory-billed woodpecker and Louisiana black bear. Agriculture neatly bisects a large “shield” C A I L L O U B A Y 1 Y A B A Y RedBirding River Trail and hardwood timbering fragmented this once contiguous mosaic of of exposed, high-elevation bottomland hardwood and cypress-tupelo swamp habitats, virtually tertiary outcroppings, which exterminating both the woodpecker and the bear. The ivory-billed form the entire northwestern woodpecker may be lost forever, but the Louisiana black bear is making an quadrant of the state. This tertiary shield supports many of Louisiana’s impressive comeback, thanks to an intensive wildlife conservation program rarest plants. To this day, the Louisiana segment of the Red River Valley is initiated by both federal and state wildlife agencies. To date, hundreds best known for its timber resources, and interest in its mixed-pine forests of thousands of acres of abandoned farmland in this region have been culminated in the formation of the 600,000-acre Kisatchie National Forest purchased and restored to their former forested glory. system. Most of the forest’s districts lay along the Red River Trail. For complete information on America’s Wetland Birding Trails visit LouisianaTravel.com or The Mississippi River Birding Trail consists of 30 bird watching sites in 13 The Red River Birding Trail consists of 82 bird watching sites in 18 http://louisianatravel.com/explore/louisiana_birding_trails.cfm Louisiana parishes. Louisiana parishes. © 2009 Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation & Tourism SPRINGHILL BONITA Lisbon Landing Stuart Lake Recreation Complex/Glenn Emery 2 3 19 42B 18A 18B 14C 20 Lake Claiborne State Park Hiking Trail/Catahoula Hummingbird VIVIAN 4 21 James Lake and Butterfly Garden HOMER 19 FARMERVILLE 1 OIL 14 14B America’s WETLAND BENTON 79 CITY 18C 18 DUBACH Red River 22 Jackson Bienville Wildlife Management Area 43 Cotile Recreation Area 14A 20 21 71 44 Boyce Recreation Area on The Red River 11 BOSSIER MINDEN Red River 45 Kisatchie National Forest-Kisatchie CITY I-20 RUSTON Birding Trail 12 RAYVILLE LOOP 3 5 ARCADIA DELHI Ranger District 6 TALLUAH 10 13 Birding Trail LOOP 1 23 Rebel State Historic Site 45A Sandstone Multiple-Use Trail 7 SHREVEPORT 15 22 MONROE 24 Los Adaes State Historic Site 45B Caroline Dormon Trail 1 Earl G. Williamson Park CHATHAM 165 25 Fort Jesup State Historic Site 45C Kisatchie Hills Wilderness Trails/Longleaf Vista 9 16 Noah Tyson Park 17 2 26 Hodges Gardens State Park Recreation Area 8 Dear Birding Enthusiast: FRIERSON JONESBORO 3 Robert L. Nance Park/Black Bayou WINNSBORO Welcome to the Red River leg 27 South Toledo Bend State Park 45D National Red Dirt Wildlife NEWELLTON 4 Cypress Black Bayou Recreation Area 71 37 of Louisiana’s Birding Trail! 28 North Toledo Bend State Park Management Preserve 33 38A COLUMBIA 5 Red River Bicycle Trail MANSFIELD This is one of a series of four 29 Converse Bay Louisiana 6 Stoner Avenue Recreation Area 32 I-84 30 Oak Ridge Park 31 I-84 WINNFIELD driving routes through Louisiana LOOP 6 Louisiana ST. JOSEPH 7 C. Bickham Dickson Park 34 31 Logansport Riverfront Park 30 I-49 38 that focus on the state’s rich and 8 Bishop Point Recreation Area 46 Natchitoches National Historic Landmark District I-84 32 Mansfield State Historic Site 36 39 38B diverse natural environments. 9 Eddie D. Jones Park 47 Fort St. Jean Baptiste State Historic Site 29 35 47 33 Grand Bayou Resort 23 MARTHAVILLE 46 NATCHITOCHES The other tour segments include 10 Gardens of the American Rose Center 48 Cane River Creole National Historical Park, 24 40 34 Russell B. Long Lock and Dam NATCHEZ the Mississippi River, Gulf Coast, 11 Walter B. Jacobs Memorial Nature Park Oakland Plantation 25 ROBELINE 48 41 FERRIDAY ZWOLLE and Zachary Taylor Parkway trails, all of which offer 49 Melrose Plantation 71 FROGMORE 12 Richard Fleming Park/Cross Lake MANY 49 50 42A 50 Badin-Roque House 28 52 rewarding experiences for the seasoned naturalist as 13 Ford Park/Cross Lake LOOP 4 51 42 42B 45 45A well as the interested amateur. Come make your own 14 Bayou Bodcau Dam and Reservoir 51 Cane River Creole National Historical Park, 45B 35 Adai Indian Nation Cultural Center 45C I-49 14A Bayou Bodcau Wildlife Management Area Magnolia Plantation 26 44 adventure here in the Pelican State! 36 Grand Ecore Visitor Center and Recreation Area FLORIEN 45D 14B Tom Merrill Recreation Area 52 Magnolia Plantation House 43 PINEVILLE 37 Briarwood-Caroline Dormon Nature Preserve 27 62 14C Ivan Lake Recreation Area 53 Thistlethwaite Wildlife Management Area ALEXANDRIA 38 Kisatchie National Forest-Winn Ranger District ANACOCO 61A 15 Lake Bistineau State Park 54 Grand Prairie Rest/Recreation Area 38A Cloud Crossing Recreation Area/Saline Bayou Trail 61 60 59 LEESVILLE 61B MARKSVILLE 16 Loggy Bayou Wildlife Management Area 55 Chicot State Park 38B Dogwood Trail, Winn District of Kisatchie 58 LECOMPTE 56 Louisiana State Arboretum 17 Joe D. Waggoner, Jr. Lock and Dam 71 CHENEYVILLE National Forest 61D 57 Miller’s Lake 61C 39 St. Maurice Recreation Area LONG LEAF BUNKIE 58 Booker Fowler Fish Hatchery FRANKLINTON DERIDDER ST. FRANCISVILLE 59 Alexander State Forest Wildlife Management Area 190 CLINTON I-55 LOOP 2 BOGALUSA 56 I-49 JACKSON 60 Indian Creek Recreation Area 71 18 Kisatchie National Forest-Caney Ranger Dist. LOOP 5 54 MORGANZA NEW 61 MERRYVILLE 55 VILLE 53 ROADS Turkey Trot Hunter Camp Kisatchie National Forest-Calcasieu Ranger District 57 PLATTE 18A 40 Natchitoches National Fish Hatchery 61A WASHINGTON FOLSOM Corney Lake Recreation Area Wild Azalea National Recreation Trail 18B 41 Montgomery Recreation Area 61B Kincaid Lake Recreational Trails OPELOUSAS LIVONIA HAMMOND 18C Caney Lakes Recreation Area/Sugar Cane 42 DENHAM LIVINGSTON COVINGTON Kisatchie National Forest-Catahoula 61C SPRINGS National Recreation Trail Big Branch Trail Ranger District EUNICE ALBANY 61D Whisky Chitto Trail KINDER PONCHATOULA I-10 PORT N PEARL 42A Iatt Lake Recreation Area/Observation Pier SUNSET ALLEN BATO MANDEVILLE RIVER 62 Fort Buhlow Recreation Area GRAND GROSSE U I-10 ROUGE COTEA TETE LACOMBE SULPHUR JENNINGS PLAQUEMINE SLIDELL

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