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Honey Island Swamp. Coordinates: 30°13′02″N 89°38′59″W. Honey Island Swamp. The Honey Island Swamp ( French: Marais de l'Île-de-Miel) is a marshland located in the eastern portion of the U.S. state of Louisiana in St. Tammany Parish. Honey Island earned its name due to the abundance of honey bees once seen on a nearby isle.
Red-tailed Hawk 28. Buteo jamaicensis. Green Anole 29. Anolis carolinensis. American Mink 30. Neovison vison. muskrats 31. Ondatra. Virginia Opossum 32.
Feb 5, 2019 · The Honey Island Swamp Monster is one such myth. Legend says a giant primate-like creature with gray hair and yellow eyes haunts this area of the bayou. The creature is supposedly the offspring of ...
Take a personalized narrated nature tour into the 250-square-mile Honey Island Swamp. Nearly 70,000 acres of it is a permanently-protected wildlife area--the Nature Conservancy's First Louisiana Nature Preserve. People from all over the world now explore this wildlife sanctuary with him. Call (985) 641-1769 or (504) 242-5877 for Reservations ...
Honey Island Tour times. In the event that there is enough daylight for the 6 p.m. tour, boats depart the dock at 9:45 a.m., 12 p.m., 2 p.m., 4 p.m., and 6 p.m. Make sure you arrive early enough to check in. We recommend you give yourself at least 15 to 30 minutes. All tours last an exciting hour and forty-five minutes.
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Mar 30, 2019 · The early morning sun was beaming down on us as excitement filled the air. Honey Island Swamp is home to several different types of animals, including alligators, snapping turtles, snakes, raccoons, wild boar and different species of birds. Out of all the wildlife, we were both eager to see alligators in their natural habitat.
The Honey Island Swamp encompasses almost 70,000 acres, more than half of which is preserved for posterity as part of the Pearl River Wildlife Management Area. The PRWMA is swampy in the south, more hardwood bottomland to the north, home to black bears, feral pigs, cougars, nutria and an abundant year-round and migratory bird population.
