Creole Nature Trail

Creole Nature Trail
Length	180 miles (290 km)
Location	Louisiana, United States

The Creole Nature Trail, part of Louisiana's Outback, is an All-American Road comprising more than 180 miles (290 km) of highway including portions of Louisiana state highways 14, 82, 27, 384, and 385 in southwest Louisiana. The Creole Nature Trail was one of the first National Scenic Byways designated by the U.S. Secretary of Transportation. Along this distinctive series of highways a wide variety of world-famous wildlife including alligators, birds, butterflies, and fish are found.

The trail includes several National Wildlife Refuges and nature reserves: Cameron Prairie National Wildlife Refuge, Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge, Sabine National Wildlife Refuge, Peveto Woods Bird & Butterfly Sanctuary in Johnson Bayou, and Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge near Grand Chenier. Most of the sights are located in Cameron and Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.

Following Hurricane Rita a number of the facilities especially in Sabine National Wildlife Refuge are closed to the public as of February 2007^[update] and presently in a state of recovery.

Creole Nature Trail sign.

Observable Bird Species	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter
Common Loon	occasional		occasional	occasional
Pied-billed Grebe	common	uncommon	common	common
Eared Grebe	rare		rare	rare
Horned Grebe	rare		rare	rare
American White Pelican	common	occasional	common	common
Brown Pelican	occasional	occasional	occasional	occasional
Magnificent Frigatebird		rare	rare
Anhinga	uncommon	uncommon	uncommon	occasional
Double-crested Cormorant	occasional	common	common
Neotropic Cormorant	abundant	abundant	abundant	abundant
American Bittern	uncommon	rare	uncommon	uncommon
Least Bittern	common	common	common	rare
Great Blue Heron	common	common	common	common
Great Egret	common	common	common	common
Snowy Egret	common	common	common	common
Reddish Egret	rare	rare	rare	rare
Little Blue Heron	common	common	common	uncommon
Tricolored Heron	common	common	common	uncommon
Cattle Egret	abundant	abundant	abundant	abundant
Green Heron	abundant	abundant	common	occasional
Black-crowned Night Heron	common	common	common	uncommon
Yellow-crowned Night Heron	common	common	occasional	rare
Glossy Ibis	occasional	occasional	occasional	occasional
White-faced Ibis	abundant	abundant	common	common
White Ibis	abundant	abundant	common	common
Roseate Spoonbill	common	common	uncommon	uncommon
Wood Stork		occasional	occasional
Greater White-fronted Goose	common	rare	abundant	abundant
Ross's Goose	rare		occasional	occasional
Snow Goose	abundant	rare	abundant	abundant
Canada Goose	occasional	occasional	occasional	occasional
Fulvous Whistling-Duck	common	uncommon	common	occasional
Black-bellied Whistling Duck	uncommon	uncommon	occasional	rare
Wood Duck	uncommon	uncommon	uncommon	uncommon
Mallard	common	rare	abundant	abundant
American Black Duck	rare		rare	rare
Mottled Duck	common	common	common	common

See also

• Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail

External links

• Creole Nature Trail