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Buccaneer State Park, Waveland, Hancock County, MS
This park was completely leveled by Hurricane Katrina, but I like its new design. There are now a bunch of medium-sized trees where a mowed field with just a few trees used to be; now there is a curvy path through this little forest. But the beach is right across the road and has its own offerings. See the live map below.
10/19/19
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| Beach Morning Glory (Ipomoea imperati) | Eastern Wood Pewee | Same Eastern Wood Pewee | Estuary, with Great Egret in the distance | Marsh Wren |
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| Monarch at the beach area | Another Monarch there | Variegated Meadowhawk there | Virginia Rail | Same Virginia Rail |
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| Same Virginia Rail |
10/13/17
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| Little Yellow | Northern Mockingbird | Moth | Orchard Spider | Ocola Skipper |
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| Bee hidden in Common Boneset | Common Buckeye | Pierid butterfly | Crablike Spined Orb Weaver |
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| Same Crablike Spined Orb Weaver | Gulf Fritillary | Apparently Asian Multicolored Ladybug Beetle pupa, or its deserted exoskeleton |
10/15/10 (after Hurricane Katrina)
There were lots of Monarchs, but no milkweed; the only milkweed bug I saw was simply nectaring.
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| Bee (Coelioxys mexicana), Megachilidae family). First expert-identified photo of this species on BugGuide, on this page. | Gulf Fritillary | Large Milkweed Bug, the only one I saw in the park | A view of a wooded trail from outside it |
10/11/04 (before Katrina)
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