[bsg] Fw: eBird Report - Cross Lake/Shreveport, Nov 10, 2012
- From: Terry Davis <trdavis22@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Bulletin Board for Dissemination of Information on Louisiana Birds <LABIRD-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "bsg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bsg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 21:33:21 -0800 (PST)
Hi all, I just noticed after sending my previous post that the wordswereshown
afterward to be runningtogetherin my salutation/opening sentence.Now,I'll bethe
first to admit that my punctuation leaves a lot to be desired- and I'm pretty
tired right now. However, I checked sent mail anditcertainly wasn't sent that
way........so somethingelse must be cluster'ing it betweenhereand there! (-;
This kind of reminds me of those run-away partial sentences in the beginning of
many e-bird posts,yet a bit more odd. I'm at a loss on this recent one, though.
Hopefully this one doesn't get skewed........................
Cross Lake/Shreveport, Caddo, US-LA
Nov 10, 2012 2:25 PM - 5:25 PM
Protocol: Traveling
12.0 mile(s)
Comments: 2 observers, 3 hours (2:25- 5:25 p.m.) 12 miles by boat. 40%
cloudy, 78 degrees, wind s 12-15, calmer ending. Survey of Cross Lake by boat
with Charlie Lyon. Good count of Franklin's Gull w/ larger nos of Ring-billed
but lower Forster's Tern, Am Coot very low compared to previous survey.
Landbird nos way down on n side, possibly attributable to windy conditions,
although also low in less wind on Fortney Bayou. Interesting how the ducks
appear to almost completely AVOID the west end of the lake during hunting
season..................
55 species (+1 other taxa)
Wood Duck 14 2 Fortney Bayou, rest Cotton Pocket
Gadwall 366 most mid-lake slightly e, then e end.
Mallard 41 wary/slim, faster-flying group mid-lake north, slightly to w.
Mallard (Domestic type) 165 Several large groups- one of the best showings
of funnies I've seen, considering Barron's Landing area not fully covered.
Northern Shoveler 23 Scatt small grps, mostly mid-lake n- 2,1,6,1,6,7
Canvasback 475 increase. Largest grp of 300 indivs, most mid-lake n
Redhead 2 pr flushed w/ CANV mid-lake n
Ring-necked Duck 17 3, 14-down from last
Lesser Scaup 111 Groups of 3 to 50, mostly mid-lake n and slightly west,
scattered few on e end.
Ruddy Duck 3500 widespread n side, except few west end, largest
concentration near I-220
Pied-billed Grebe 13 all 1-2 except single group of 3.........!
Double-crested Cormorant 6520 Large group of 3500+ foraging mid-lake n
w/numerousRBGU, 1 HEGU in attendance. Rookery counted, then observed return of
first gp when leaving.
Great Blue Heron 18
Great Egret 30 significant decrease
Black Vulture 1 w end
Turkey Vulture 5 scatt
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 ad, prob f mid-lake n, then juv, prob male at Fortney.
Cooper's Hawk 1 juv, prob m- mid-lake n
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 same loc as last survey- again very vocal
Red-tailed Hawk 1 dark morph or possible Harlan's- not seen well at w end.
American Coot 1345 Very low, especially considering we missed much of
Cotton Pocket, a coot stronghold, during previous survey
Killdeer 2 yacht club near dark
Spotted Sandpiper 1 yacht club, beginning
Franklin's Gull 650 Just about everywhere on the lake- from scattered nos
dropping in from high on w end to larger concentrations on e end, roost not
counted separately late. This count was linear from w to e and very
conservative.
Ring-billed Gull 375 mid-lake s roost.
Herring Gull 2 single 1st cycle w/DCCO- 2 among RBGU at roost
Forster's Tern 20 roost- significant decrease.
Mourning Dove 11 Buzzard Is
Barred Owl 2 Fortney- again very entertaining
Belted Kingfisher 6 scatt
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2 same tree- mid-lake n
Pileated Woodpecker 1 Fortney
Eastern Phoebe 4
Blue Jay 2 ! ZERO crows!
Carolina Chickadee 2 again, no TUTI.....
Brown Creeper 1 Sharp's
House Wren 1
Winter Wren 6 very high, considering....
Carolina Wren 4 3,1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2 1,1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5 1,1,2,1
Eastern Bluebird 6 5,1
Northern Mockingbird 2 yacht club
European Starling 200 Buzzard Is
Pine Warbler 4 1,1,2- still low.
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 19 significant increase, most mid-lake n.
Song Sparrow 2 1,1, mid-lake n side
Swamp Sparrow 3 singles "
White-throated Sparrow 9 5,2,2, "
Northern Cardinal 3
Red-winged Blackbird 205 30, 75 100 scattered, Buzzard Island and mid-lake
Brown-headed Cowbird 8 Buzzard Is
House Finch 3 sep singles- calling flybys -mid-lake n.
View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S12056419
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
Good birding........oh, and btw, could someone PLEASE tell me what's going on
with the doubled-up runaway sentences before some e-bird posts?
Terry.
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