Birds Everywhere at Bayou DeView

We were out in the swamp today and saw some really cool things. As we entered the swamp we heard ghostly echos of Barred Owl calls and the rolling machine gun sound of pileated woodpeckers. We saw a huge Cottonmouth resting on a log and took some great pictures. We saw several Prothonotary Warblers as we headed for our two camera traps. We got the first camera trap and then went for the second. We got to the last camera trap and a huge Barred Owl flew into a tree above us and just looked down on us. I took some pictures of it too and then a huge Pileated woodpecker flew off of a tree right next to us.

We've seen so many Pileated woodpeckers now that I can instantly tell that it isnt a IBWO in flight. We had 1,300 pictures on each of the cameras, and it took the better part of an hour to look over them all. I found some great pictures of Prothonotary Warblers on the camera traps and posted them below. No IBWOs in the camera trap pictures this time though.