def plot(self, *args, **kwargs):
        """Plot data onto these axes

        Parameters
        ----------
        args
            a single instance of

                - `~gwpy.segments.DataQualityFlag`
                - `~gwpy.segments.Segment`
                - `~gwpy.segments.SegmentList`
                - `~gwpy.segments.SegmentListDict`

            or equivalent types upstream from :mod:`ligo.segments`

        kwargs
            keyword arguments applicable to `~matplotib.axes.Axes.plot`

        Returns
        -------
        Line2D
            the `~matplotlib.lines.Line2D` for this line layer

        See Also
        --------
        :meth:`matplotlib.axes.Axes.plot`
            for a full description of acceptable ``*args` and ``**kwargs``
        """
        out = []
        args = list(args)
        while args:
            try:
                plotter = self._plot_method(args[0])
            except TypeError:
                break
            out.append(plotter(args[0], **kwargs))
            args.pop(0)
        if args:
            out.extend(super(SegmentAxes, self).plot(*args, **kwargs))
        self.autoscale(enable=None, axis='both', tight=False)
        return out