[bsg] Big Day in Rapides Parish Peters Out - Re: eBird Report - Rapides County, LA, US, Apr 3, 2014
- From: Jay V Huner <jvh0660@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bsg <bsg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Mary Mehaffey <m11mehaffey@xxxxxxx>, janine robin <janinerobin1982@xxxxxxxxx>, Matt Pontiff <mpontiff@xxxxxxxxx>, Tom P <drtomdude@xxxxxxxxx>, Michael Musumeche <mjmusumeche@xxxxxxx>, Stephen Pagans <slp_4-7@xxxxxxx>, Steve Shively <steveshively@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2014 07:26:01 -0500 (CDT)
BIRD STUDY GROUP
Wednesday, I marked a state bird list with birds I thought I might be able to
find in various venues in Rapides Parish. The list was a bit over 100 birds so
I decided to get up yesterday and make a stab at 100. I was prompted by
generating around 75 birds in two consecutive days earlier in the week and the
lingering presence of good numbers of ducks. Well, here's what I found. Had
some surprises and some misses but would have needed the encouragement and
assistance of a Charlie Lyon, Terry Davis or Hubert Hervey to have gotten to
100+.
I did not do a counted report because my goal was to find birds and move on. I
lost 45 minutes at Elbow Slough WMA because I had to walk to the back to pick
up Solitary Sandpiper, Wilson's Snipe and White-crowned Sparrow. Found
Red-cockaded Woodpecker and Bachman's Sparrow near Evangeline Camp in a
location where Brown-headed Nuthatch should have been the first bird located. I
found ONE Carolina Chickadee - when I got home!
- Ducks - several hundred each of Blue-winged Teal, Northern Shoveler, and
Gadwall with special reference to the crawfish ponds at Woodworth adjacent to
I-49 and the crawfish ponds at Echo-Cheneyville Road. Found about a 100 Ruddy
Ducks at the dam on Kincaid Reservoir bouncing around in the waves with a flock
of at least 30 Blue-winged Teal. BUT, I could not find a single scaup in
Kincaid Reservoir or near the dam at Cotile Lake.
- Waders - there were at least 100 White-faced Ibis at Echo-Cheneyville Road
and around 30 at Elbow Slough WMA. Had only one flock of White Ibis - around 35
- at Elbow Slough WMA. Had 2 Green Herons and smatterings of Snowy and Cattle
egrets and Little Blue Herons.
- Shorebirds - No great numbers anywhere with dominant bird being Greater
Yellowlegs.
- Neotrops - Nice to relocate a Louisiana Waterthrush at Castor Plunge Bottoms
and find Prothontary Warbler, Northern Parula, and Great Crested Flycatcher.
- Raptors - Broad-winged Hawk FOS but no Red-shouldered or Red-tailed hawks.
Bald Eagle eating a waterbird at Echo-Cheneyville Road and one soaring at dark
at Cotile Lake.
Jay Huner
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Subject: Re: eBird Report - Rapides County, LA, US, Apr 3, 2014
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> Rapides County, LA, US, Rapides, US-LA
> Apr 3, 2014 6:30 AM
> Protocol: Incidental
> Comments: Big Day Effort - Home on East Side Cotile Lake - Evangeline
> Camp Area of Wild Azalea trail - SE Corner of Kincaid Reservoir Dam - Castor
> Plunge Bottoms - Woodworth US 165 Crawfish Ponds - Woodworth @ I-49 Crawfish
> Ponds - Echo/Cheneyville Road Working Wetland Area via Lecompte - West Side
> of J. H. Overton Lock and Dam No. 2 on Red River - Elbow Slough WMA - South
> Central Alexandria - Buhlow Lake Recreation Area - Alexandria Airport Area -
> Kincaid Reservoir @ Tunk's Cypress Inn - Browns Creek Bottoms - Hoyt Road
> Causeway @ SW Arm of Cotile Lake - End of Hoyt Road - Cotile Lake @ Dam at
> Recreation Area/SE Corner - Home/East Side of Cotile Lake.
> 87 species
>
> Wood Duck X
> Gadwall X
> American Wigeon X
> Mallard X
> Blue-winged Teal X
> Northern Shoveler X
> Green-winged Teal X
> Ring-necked Duck X
> Ruddy Duck X
> Pied-billed Grebe X
> Double-crested Cormorant X
> Anhinga X
> American White Pelican X
> Great Blue Heron X
> Great Egret X
> Snowy Egret X
> Little Blue Heron X
> Cattle Egret X
> Green Heron X
> White Ibis X
> White-faced Ibis X
> Black Vulture X
> Turkey Vulture X
> Bald Eagle X
> Broad-winged Hawk X
> American Coot X
> Black-necked Stilt X
> Killdeer X
> Solitary Sandpiper X
> Greater Yellowlegs X
> Lesser Yellowlegs X
> Least Sandpiper X
> Long-billed Dowitcher X
> Wilson's Snipe X
> Ring-billed Gull X
> Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) X
> Eurasian Collared-Dove X
> White-winged Dove X
> Mourning Dove X
> Ruby-throated Hummingbird X
> Red-bellied Woodpecker X
> Downy Woodpecker X
> Red-cockaded Woodpecker X
> Pileated Woodpecker X
> Great Crested Flycatcher X
> Eastern Kingbird X
> Scissor-tailed Flycatcher X
> Loggerhead Shrike X
> White-eyed Vireo X
> Red-eyed Vireo X
> Blue Jay X
> American Crow X
> Fish Crow X
> Northern Rough-winged Swallow X
> Purple Martin X
> Tree Swallow X
> Barn Swallow X
> Cliff Swallow X
> Carolina Chickadee X
> Tufted Titmouse X
> Carolina Wren X
> Blue-gray Gnatcatcher X
> Ruby-crowned Kinglet X
> Eastern Bluebird X
> American Robin X
> Northern Mockingbird X
> European Starling X
> Louisiana Waterthrush X
> Prothonotary Warbler X
> Orange-crowned Warbler X
> Hooded Warbler X
> Northern Parula X
> Pine Warbler X
> Yellow-rumped Warbler X
> Eastern Towhee X
> Bachman's Sparrow X
> Chipping Sparrow X
> Savannah Sparrow X
> White-throated Sparrow X
> White-crowned Sparrow X
> Northern Cardinal X
> Red-winged Blackbird X
> Eastern Meadowlark X
> Common Grackle X
> Brown-headed Cowbird X
> House Finch X
> House Sparrow X
>
> View this checklist online at
> http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S17730926
>
> This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
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