John had glimpsed something about the Jackson Mound that made is sound impressive, so we planned to stop by it today. We had passed it going to the Poverty Point National Monument, so we knew where it was. We drove the Poverty Point Parkway to check for birds going out and coming back. Unfortunately, the sky was kind of grey and overcast.

We saw a pair of Bufflehead Ducks in the reservoir as we approached. We stopped to get pictures, but Buffleheads are very skittish. They are specs in the distance, even with a spotting scope and telescopic lens.

In the same area, there is a tree where the Double-crested Cormorants hang out. One of them was out on a limb by itself.

A little further up the road, we found a tree full of Turkey Vultures.

We missed a picture of a Belted Kingfisher because they are skittish and John received a call he needed to accept.

When we made it to the Lower Jackson Mound, we learned that whoever wrote that the mound was impressive does not have our standard for impressive. It was half of a mile off in the middle of a field with a monument marker beside the road. A eight feet tall, it is taller than a lot of the mounds that we saw. If you look closely, there are grave markers on top. Clearly, the early American Settlers did not watch the movie Pet Cemetery.

On the way back along the parkway, we saw a Great White Egret. It was stalking around a field looking for things to eat. It was on the smaller side for a Great Egret, and it has the beginnings of orange on its head. Upon further research, it appears to be a Western Cattle-egret.

As we approached the campground, we decided to keep going to look for the Bald Eagle nest a local had told us about a few days ago. It was behind the, now permanently closed, John Deere building. The nest is enormous; it makes the bird look small.