Birds of Louisiana is an easy to use, light-weight, all-weather field guide to the incredibly varied birdlife of Louisiana. Stunning photographs depict 130 species of birds, enabling users to identify nearly every commonly-occurring and regional bird specialty they encounterday or nightin the area from the Gulf of Mexico to the Texas, Arkansas and Mississippi state lines, and all points betweenincluding the Gulf Coastal Plain south of Lake Charles, east to the bays, bayous and Mississippi Delta regions of Baton Rouge and New Orleans, north through the verdant Atchafalaya Basin and Mississippi River Valley, to the piney woods of Shreveport, and beyond. This guide will easily fit into any daypack, pocket or glove compartment, facilitating easy field identificationwhether in a backyard, on a family vacation, or a serious birding trip visiting the best birding hot spots in the aptly-named Pelican State.