[bsg] Barn Swallow on March 1st and other NW Rapides Parish Notes - Lost Bayou Bottoms, Mar 1, 2013

From: Jay V Huner <jvh0660@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: bsg <bsg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2013 20:43:06 -0600 (CST)
BIRD STUDY GROUP
I went to Lost Bayou Bottom this morning hoping to find an American Bittern but 
struck out. Did find a Fox Sparrow, a reasonably hard bird to find in this 
area. Still it was a nice trip - see ebird report below. I even got a ride out 
from the escarpment on a Forest Service ATV because they were going to do a 
selective burn and could start until I left!  

I still have at least one Red-breasted Nuthatch in my yard on the east side of 
Cotile Lake and a modest number of Pine Siskins. Could not detect any 
goldfinches in my yard or at Lost Bayou Bottom.

Had a single Barn Swallow and two Tree Swallows at the rookery area at the Hoyt 
Road Causeway on Cotile Lake's NW arm. 

A list of today's birds follows. 

Jay Huner

- Wood Duck
- Mallard
- Blue-winged Teal
- Ring-necked Duck
- Lesser Scaup
- Ruddy Duck
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Anhinga
- Great Blue Heron
- Turkey Vulture
- Red-shouldered Hawk 
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Forester's Tern
- Mourning Dove
- Inca Dove
- Barred Owl
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
- Northern Flicker
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Loggerhead Shrike
- Blue Jay
- American Crow
- Fish Crow
- Tree Swallow
- Barn Swallow
- Carolina Chickadee
- Tufted Titmouse
- House Wren
- Carolina Wren
- Red-breasted Nuthatch
- Brown-headed Nuthatch
- Eastern Bluebird
- Hermit Thrush
- Amercan Robin
- Northern Mockingbird
- Brown Thrasher
- Pine Warbler
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
- Chipping Sparrow
- Fox Sparrow
- Song Sparrow
- Swamp Sparrow
- White-throated Sparrow
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Northern Cardinal
- Red-winged Blackbird
- House Finch
- Pine Siskin




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Sent: Friday, March 1, 2013 2:27:55 PM
Subject: Re: eBird Report - Lost Bayou Bottoms, Mar 1, 2013

---- do-not-reply@xxxxxxxxx wrote: 
> Lost Bayou Bottoms, Rapides, US-LA
> Mar 1, 2013 9:00 AM - 10:45 AM
> Protocol: Traveling
> 2.25 mile(s)
> Comments:     Really beautiful, clear, cold morning. 10-15 MPH wind from NE. 
> Site is located off Messina Road about 2.5 miles south of its intersection 
> with LA 8 West. Road goes through piney woods to edge of Red River Valley 
> Escarpment. Then, there is a trail down the escarpment to a 40+ acre moist 
> soil management impoundment.  There are at least 8 large low spots full of 
> water. The bottoms are hard but a high clearance vehicle is needed to get to 
> the escarpment trail head to the impoundment. There were at least 3 major 
> trash heaps near Messina Road. I park near Messina Road and walk back into 
> the woods and down to the escarpment. The impoundment is full of water. The 
> levee does not go all around the impoundment but it has been cut. Sad to see 
> that the Wood Duck boxes around the levee have been abandonned.
> 27 species
> 
> Wood Duck  2
> American Wigeon  2
> Blue-winged Teal  2
> Great Blue Heron  1
> Turkey Vulture  2
> Red-shouldered Hawk  1
> Barred Owl  1
> Red-bellied Woodpecker  3
> Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
> Northern Flicker  2
> Pileated Woodpecker  4
> Blue Jay  9
> American Crow  5
> Carolina Chickadee  2
> Tufted Titmouse  12
> House Wren  1
> Carolina Wren  10
> Hermit Thrush  1
> Brown Thrasher  1
> Pine Warbler  3
> Yellow-rumped Warbler  3
> Fox Sparrow  1
> Song Sparrow  2
> Swamp Sparrow  6
> White-throated Sparrow  14
> Northern Cardinal  8
> Red-winged Blackbird  70
> 
> View this checklist online at 
> http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S13229107
> 
> This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
[bsg] Barn Swallow on March 1st and other NW Rapides Parish Notes - Lost Bayou Bottoms, Mar 1, 2013

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