Welcome to the America's Wetland Birding Trail along the Louisiana Great Gulf Coast. With landscapes ranging from coastal wetlands to rolling hills and prairies, Louisiana is a natural paradise. The trail's 115 sites will introduce you to a variety of Louisiana's coastal habitats including fresh and saltwater marshes, cheniers, upland pines, cypress-tupelo swamps, bottomland hardwood forests and open meadows, among many others.
Traveling along the Creole Nature Trail All-American Road and six additional state scenic byways, the America's Wetland Birding Trail crosses through 22 Southern Louisiana parishes rich with unparalleled history, culture, arts and entertainment. The trail will guide you to some of the state's most productive natural places along the Great Gulf Coast and will offer ready access to some of the best birding in the country.
So, get out your walking shoes and your binoculars, and let the bird count begin.
- Atchafalaya Loop
- Orleans Loop
- Barataria Loop
- Sabine Loop
- Creole Loop
- St. Mary Loop
- East Florida Parishes Loop
- Terrebonne Loop
- Grand Isle Loop
- Vermillion Loop
- Lacassine Loop
- West Florida Parishes Loop
Louisiana Office of Tourism for Outdoors and Birding, call 225-342-8100. Click here for the Birding Trail map.
More Birding Trails
Mississippi River Birding Trail
Red River Birding Trail
Zachary Taylor Parkway Birding Trail
Please note that all trails are drafts, and subject to evaluation and revision.
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