An Accessible Louisiana Swamp kanye Rookery
Isiqhingi saseCypress Island Esilondolozwe eLake Martin, ngaphandle kweBreaux Bridge , eLouisiana, sinendawo yemvelo enamanzi egcwele izilwane zasendle nezimila zasendlini. Ngokungafani nemifula ejulile ye-Atchafalaya Basin, iLake Martin ingafinyelelwa kalula ngemoto futhi iningi lezindawo ezizungezile lingacubungulwa ngezinyawo noma ngesikebhe noma kayak.
Ukugcinwa okwamanje kunomnikazi futhi kulawulwa yi-Nature Conservancy, osebenzela ukugcina leli chibi lihlanzekile futhi lizwakala kahle.
Babuye balondoloze isikhungo somvakashi kanye ne-boardwalk phezu kwempambu ekupheleni kweNingizimu kwechibi.
Izinyoni nezinye izilwane
I-Lake Martin iyindawo engcwele yezilwane ezisendle ezisemthethweni futhi ihlala endaweni yokudabukela kwemvelo lapho izinkulungwane zasogwini olusendle nezintaba zomculo ezifudukayo zakha izidleke zazo ngonyaka. Phakathi kwamakhulu ezinhlobo zezilwane ezihlambalaza lapha kukhona izinhlobo eziningana ze-heron ne-egret (kufaka phakathi i-heron enhle eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, i-heron encane eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, i-heron eluhlaza, i-heron eluhlaza obumnyama, i-egret enkulu, i-snowy egret, nokuningi), i-neotropic ne-double-crested cormorants , i-anhingas, iphakamisa i-spoonbills, ne-osprey. Ukuze ubone uhlu oluphelele, landa uhlu olugcwele lwezinyoni zeLake Martin (kwifomu le-PDF) .
I-Lake Martin nayo iyindawo yokuhlala enkulu yabantu abahlala kuyo. Zingabonakala zivela eRookery Road, egijima ngqo emaphethelweni echibi. Ngokwemvelo iqhutshiwe, kodwa akuthatha isikhathi eside ukuze uthole kahle ku-gator-spotting, futhi ngisho noma ingafiki kalula kuwe, ungawathola ngokubheka ukumisa izimoto nabantu abaphethe amakhamera nama-binoculars.
Ama-alligators awavamile ukuhlukumezeka, kodwa ezinye izindlela ezihamba ngezinyawo ezingasemuva kwechibi zivaliwe ngesikhathi senkathi yokuzijabulisa, njengoba abesifazane abakhulayo bangaba khona kulo mthetho.
Ukondla ama-alligators akuvumelekile, njengokuphonsela izinto kuzo. Yiba isivakashi esihle futhi ubheke kude, noma ubungozi kokubili okuhle okuhle nokushaya okukhulu kwe karma yakho.
Ezinye izilwane ezinwabuzelayo kanye nama-amphibians, kuhlanganise nezinhlobonhlobo zezinyoka, izivunguvungu, izilonda, namaxoxo, nazo zivame kakhulu echibini kanye nebhashi elizungezile, ngakho-ke qaphela. Futhi, akekho kulawa mfuyo onobudlova, kodwa izinyoka, ikakhulukazi, zibhekwa kakhulu kusuka kude.
Esinye isilwane esivame ukubonakala eLake Martin yi-nutria, noma i-coypu. Lezi zinduku ezinkulu eziqhamukayo zaqala ukuqhuma izimpophoma zaseNingizimu Louisiana ngawo-1930 ngenkathi, njengendlovukazi, zabalekela endaweni yokukhiqiza izinyolo ezivela emndenini wakwaMcIlhenny (udumo lwaseTabasco) phakathi nesikhonyane.
Akuzona izakhamuzi ezikhangayo kunazo zonke, futhi ukugwedla nokudla kwabo okunomthelela kunomthelela omubi emadlanzini aseLouisana futhi kubangela enye inkinga yemizamo yokubuyisela emanzini kakade. Kunezixazululo ezihlukahlukene eziye zahlongozwa kuwo wonke ummandla wesogwini, kubandakanya abagqugquzeli abagqugquzela ukudubula i-nutria ukudla nokuboya, kodwa basakabamba njengemthombo wokudla noma imfashini.
Ukuhlola uLwandle
Umgwaqo weRookery, umgwaqo ongcolile nowomgodla, ugijima ujikeleze ingxenye enhle yechibi, futhi ukuhamba kancane emaphethelweni kungabangela imiphumela emihle yezilwane zasendle. Uma ukhetha ukuhlola ngezinyawo, ungafaka imoto yakho eceleni komgwaqo nganoma yisiphi isici, noma endaweni yokupaka emaphethelweni omabili eRookery Road nasehlangothini lweLake Martin Road neRookery Road, eduze kwesikebhe uqalise.
Abathengi abanokuhlangenwe nakho bangaqasha i-kayak noma isikebhe kusukela ekuqaliseni isikebhe ekupheleni kweLake Martin Road bese behamba bezungeza leli chibi. Uma ukhetha ukuhamba ngeqembu eliqondisiwe, hlola isheduli esitolo sangaphandle sendawo, i-Pack nePaddle, ovame ukubamba ukuvakasha kokuhamba ngezansi lapha nakwezinye izindawo.
Uma ungathanda ukubona isikebhe esikebheni, izinkambo ziyatholakala. I-Cajun Country Swamp Tours yinkampani enconywa kakhulu ekhethekile ekuhambeni okungavamile kokuhamba ngesikebhe, ngokuqokwa kuphela. Umhlahlandlela u-Butch Guchereau nendodana yakhe yizinto zemvelo ezibukeka ngokuthakazelisayo echibini kanye nezilwane zasendle ezigcwalisa, kanye nemifino emlandweni wendawo kanye neCanjun culture .
Ukuhlala eduze
I-Lake Martin ikulungele imoto emahoreni amaningi, ama-B & B nama-inns kokubili iBreaux Bridge neLafayette, kodwa uma ungumuntu oyisimo esibucayi noma umdlandla wemvelo futhi ungathanda ukubuyela ekhaya, cabanga ukuhlala e-House enhle Madeleine, esiteshini ezimbalwa nje ezivela echibini.
Kuyinto yokulala nekhanda lokudlela elihle kodwa elihle kakhulu lapho ungabuka khona imifula yaseLatin Martin enhle noma nini lapho inhliziyo yakho ifisa khona.