[missbird] St. Catherine Creek WMA
- From: Christopher King <birdnerd42@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "missbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <missbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2013 13:30:41 -0500
Well, it was a good morning at St. Cath. I made my way back to the swamp
stopping periodically, listening and looking. Once I was on the final
straight part of Swamp Rd I could see hundreds if not thousands of birds at
the termination of the road. Once I combed all the cypress trees I struck
off on foot southward through the wetlands via the berms, and it's this
area that held all the peeps and plovers.
The TVA has done a great job on the roads as there were no white knuckle
moments for me and my Honda Fit.
St Catherine Creek NWR, Adams, US-MS
Aug 10, 2013 6:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
5.0 mile(s)
Comments: The roads throughout the WMA are, for the moment, comfortably
passable in non 4-wheeled drive vehicles.
71 species (+2 other taxa)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 8
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 1
Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors) 17
Wood Stork (Mycteria americana) 373
Neotropic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus) 27
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) 20
Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) 1
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 8
Great Egret (Ardea alba) 168
Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) 33
Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) 122
Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor) 2
Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) 68
Green Heron (Butorides virescens) 4
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) 4
White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) 245
Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) 8
White-faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi) 23
Plegadis sp. (Plegadis sp.) 60
Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) 38
Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) 3
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 4
Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) 1
Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) 1
Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) 4
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) 7
Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) 78
Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius) 3
Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) 1
Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) 59
Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) 22
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) 34
peep sp. (Calidris sp. (peep sp.)) 26
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 8
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) 34
Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) 3
Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) 18
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 6
Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus) 1
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 1
Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens) 3
Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) 4
Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) 3
Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) 6
White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) 22
Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) 5
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 17
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 6
Fish Crow (Corvus ossifragus) 12
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 4
Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) 3
Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) 8
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) 6
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) 5
Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) 1
Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) 3
Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 9
Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) 1
Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea) 4
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) 3
Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) 2
Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus) 1
Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens) 3
Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) 9
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) 6
Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) 2
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 6
Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea) 2
Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) 27
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 34
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) 18
--
Peace,
Chris
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