[The refuge is named for the marsh, but the longleaf pine woods in the uplands—"uplands" being a relative term—represent arguably the most critical habitat, as they shelter a population of endangered red-cockaded woodpeckers.]
[Looking out over Lake Pontchartrain.]
[Laughing gull.]
[Blue crabs. The ice chest is admittedly not their natural habitat, but made for a better picture.]
[Marsh grasses.]
[Electric-blue damselfly.]
[Caspian terns, laughing gull, and gull-billed tern at the mouth of Bayou Lacombe.]
[Topminnows, I think. I watched an alligator gar hunting these, but couldn't get a good picture without moving, which would have ruined both the photo opportunity and the gar's lunch.]
[A fare-thee-well (or so I'll assume) from another laughing gull.]
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