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Alex Landry

@alxlandry

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Naturalist / Environmental Educator
Pelican Park / LMNGNO ‘24 / LMNGBR ‘22
📍& ❤️ Southeast Louisiana
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I stayed with my parents for a few weeks while waiting to close on and move into the cabin. They have a very special cat and I enjoyed being in her presence. This is Katy. by @alxlandry

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10 days ago

The Bartram Bio Bash ended two days ago but I’m still speechless at how well it went and how well it was received. I think I still have a nap or two left to get back to baseline. Can’t wait to do it again — thanks to ALL who came, as attendees, exhibitors, educators, volunteers, friends, etc. Estimated attendance is over 300. by @alxlandry

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18 days ago

Bartram Bio Bash was a success! 🌿

I’m so grateful to have been part of such an incredible weekend filled with inspiring classes and so many like minded people who share a deep love for nature and learning. I’m already looking forward to next year!

And a huge shoutout to @alxlandry for all of his hard work, dedication, and passion for creating these incredible, accessible events for the public. by @alxlandry

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20 days ago

The Bartram Bio Bash is the most ambitious environmental program I’ve been a part of planning so far! It’s this weekend and I hope you consider attending :) more info and you can register at link in bio. taken in Fontainebleau State Park by @alxlandry

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a month ago

I officially bought a cabin in the woods!!! Check out my new backyard. Can’t wait to get a bird list started.

Thanks to @ashleyglueck_realtor for not only being my best friend and birding watching buddy but also (very conveniently) a wonderful real estate agent. Please call her for your real estate needs. She recommended I use Cameron Budzius with @the_mortgage_firm_nola as my lender and I’m very happy I did, super smooth process AND fast. We went from purchase agreement to closing in only TWENTY days. taken in Louisiana by @alxlandry

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I wish every Louisiana resident could see take a trip down to the bird’s foot delta and Southwest Pass. The habitat is quite unlike any other place on God’s Green Earth. Did you know there are grazing cattle on the bank of the Mississippi just a stones throw from Gulf of Mexico? I sure didn’t.

We saw orphan and derelict oil wells which are a mounting problem for the coming generations. Orphaned wells are industrial, out-of-commission oil “platforms” that are left to rust in the marsh because it’s cheaper than removing them, both financially and consequentially.

We also saw 40 species of birds (a wayward Caracara being the highlight), dolphins all day, miles and miles of fragmites, and a whole new Louisiana than the one I’ve spent my entire life in.

Thanks to Richie Blink with @delta_discovery_tours for taking me out there. I can’t recommend his knowledge and understanding of the delta enough. Tell him I sent you. taken in Mississippi River Delta by @alxlandry

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2 months ago

Feels silly to make an end of summer post while we’re in a perpetual heat advisory but that’s a changing climate for you. by @alxlandry

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2 months ago

Our first day at sea was spent transiting the Gulf of Alaska. I spent that morning (and afternoon and evening and into the Alaskan night) camped in a cozy corner on the weather deck looking for birds.

I saw flashes of a red songbird fly right by my head a handful of times, which seemed so out of place to the Sooty Shearwaters and Pelagic Cormorants of the gulf. The only bird I could reckon it’d be was White-Winged Crossbill, but we were about 30 miles from land, not close to its preferred coniferous forests. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t get a good look at it

My parents joined me on the deck. A few minutes after I told them to be on the lookout for a curious songbird, it buzzed right above our heads. It lingered maybe 50 yards from us, then doubled back in our direction! It looked yellow, not red, in my binoculars. Through my glass it kept getting bigger and bigger and - wait - was it landing??

Yes!!

It landed not five feet from me! It WAS a White-Winged Crossbill, but a female (yellow), not a male (red)! Thankfully, my dad was adept with his phone and didn’t fumble the opportunity for an incredible picture of me and the bird. I took the picture of the bird on the rail with my phone at 1x zoom- she was that close.

When I logged it on ebird, I logged it as two White-Winged Crossbills as I’m confident (or as confident as I can be in a Gulf other than Mexico 😂) that the red songbird I couldn’t get a good view of was the male and they were a happy couple joining our summer cruise.

It was a magical experience, out at sea, an unlikely lifer literally dropping from the heavens into clear-as-day view.

I had a feeling at that moment that I’d just experienced the peak moment of the cruise, but I quickly learned that you can’t compare a god-given lifer, zooming around a fjord on a zodiac fast boat, or being next to an ancient glacier still in process of carving a young landscape. It’s apples and oranges!! They’re all the best moments and none are better than the other.

If you’re lucky enough to have a good relationship with your parents, and still have them around in your 30s, take a trip with them if they invite you! It was so fun. taken in Gulf Of Alaska by @alxlandry

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2 months ago

Alaska photographs itself. taken in Alaska by @alxlandry

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3 months ago

First Alaska photo dump—

The flight into anchorage from DFW was incredible. Book a window seat on the right side of the plane.

We had a quick 12 or so hours in anchorage, so we popped in a brewery and had reindeer corn dogs and reindeer hotdogs. After an 11:45pm sunset and 4:30am sunrise, I got some birding in along the coast and logged 8 lifers.

Early afternoon we boarded a train that took us to Seward, where the cruise ship was docked. The 5 hour ride was an excursion all on its own. Incredible views in the panorama car.

We boarded the ship around 6 and set sail shortly after. In the harbor, I logged a flock of Common Murres and Pigeon Guillemots, two more lifers. There were a ton of Cormorants around, but only the SE LA regular Double-Crested Cormorants that I could tell. Red-Faced and Pelagic cormorants were possible but absent as far as I could tell. There were a million gulls and there were likely lifers mixed in there but as any honest birder understands, gulls are unknowable.

Woke up today at sea and had breakfast on the deck with three cups of coffee, binos, and a fully charged camera. I had a really really magical and special experience happen but I’m saving that for its own post.

After breakfast, I went to the ships theater where the ship’s naturalist (the second best naturalist gig in the world, second only to my own) gave an in depth presentation about glacial geology in prep for seeing the Hubbard Glacier later this afternoon.

And then we saw the glacier! It was so cool sailing amongst the sheet ice. Logged more lifers today: pelagic cormorant, white-winged crossbill, sooty shearwater, and a pelagic cormorant. Also saw a flock of surf scoters in flight; not a lifer, but super cool nonetheless. by @alxlandry

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3 months ago

34; here’s to 30 more! I never expected to be one of the fortunate who found their calling, but 33 showed me I am indeed one of the fortunate. I feel indescribably blessed and lucky to have found my calling as a professional naturalist and environmental educator and I want to thank everybody who helped and continues to help me along the way. taken in Louisiana by @alxlandry

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4 months ago

Killdeer in sequence. by @alxlandry

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