[bsg] Fw: eBird Report - Elm Grove, Bossier County, LA, US, Aug 9, 2013 ALFL here with a bang!
- From: Terry Davis <trdavis22@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Bulletin Board for Dissemination of Information on Louisiana Birds <LABIRD-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "bsg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bsg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2013 16:53:57 -0700 (PDT)
Hi Y'all, I noted Jay Huner's Alder Fly yesterday and was hoping to find one
or more my self today. It appears they have arrived in very good numbers
already- at least at one location!
Elm Grove, Bossier County, LA, US, Bossier, US-LA
Aug 9, 2013 6:55 AM - 10:50 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.15 mile(s)
Comments: 1 observer, 3 hrs, 55 mins (0655-1050) 3.15 miles (2.4 driven,
~.75 walked). 76 degrees, clear, calm/ light S beginning, then variable 5-+,
then 88 degrees, clear, trace W ending. Birded big pond of Whitehouse
Plantation, also an area just to the N that I haven't birded since 2008-09.
Willow Flycatcher almost certainly bred there during earlier succession. It was
a good area for spring migration for both WIFL and ALFL back at that time. The
trees and understory have now grown taller. Being in a fairly wet area, most of
the areas are now much more rank with assorted vegetation. There is a grassy
field/ pasture varying from a few yards wide to nearly 100 yards between the N
oxbow and another spotty, seasonally discontinuous pond n of there. Both water
sources are heavily edged with willows, rough-leaf dogwood, box-elder maple,
then scattered E cottonwood and sycamore. There is much buttonbush and other
semi-aquatic types in the wetter
areas, then weedy/ grassy understory under drier areas. A few areas are also
choked heavily with Va Creeper, Kudzu and other vines. I began there first this
morning, running into the first good calling groups of vocal migrant Alder
Flycatcher. I made quite a few recordings of song and various calls- which
hopefully will turn out good. The big pond was rather slow in terms of waders
and shorebirds. 5 Least Tern marked the first gathering of adults I've seen
there this fall. A single NOMO for entire morning + few other notes were a
little odd.
In notes below- np = property at N edge birded first, bp or bp/ ox = big pond
or big pond/ oxbow. Other abbreviations are mostly plumages observed, etc.
64 species
Wood Duck 8 2 np, 6 bp- all females and older juveniles that were seen.
Pied-billed Grebe 5 bp- 3 ad, 2j
Double-crested Cormorant 2 bp/ oxbow along river- 1j, 1ad
Anhinga 25 1 np, 24 bp- ~95% f
Great Blue Heron 7 1 np, 6 bp
Great Egret 28 bp/ox
Snowy Egret 25 bp/ox
Little Blue Heron 9 np-1 ad, 1j, bp 7- ~50/50 hy/ ad
Tricolored Heron 7 np 1, bp 6
Cattle Egret 82 most in smallish commuter groups of 1-7- most headed W
Green Heron 12 np 5, bp/ox 7 ~90% j of those seen well.
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1 bp/ox j
White Ibis 63 np 28, bp 35- also ~90% ad
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 np- incessant calls
Common Gallinule 6 3 ad bp, 3 ox
American Coot 7 single grp ad- bp
Killdeer 58 np 5, bp 53
Black-necked Stilt 20 bp
Spotted Sandpiper 3 np 1 ad, bp 2
Solitary Sandpiper 1 bp
Greater Yellowlegs 3 bp, ad.
Least Sandpiper 18 bp, no j observed yet,
Pectoral Sandpiper 1 bp ad
Eurasian Collared-Dove 3 bp
Mourning Dove 171 np 1, bp 170, with groups of 20, 80 and 40 near cattle
island on S end, 30 on N end.
Inca Dove 1 np/ calling
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 np
Eastern Screech-Owl 1 np
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3 np- as 1,2, all f-t
Belted Kingfisher 2 np 1, bp 1 m
Red-headed Woodpecker 1 bp calls
Red-bellied Woodpecker 9 np 5, bp 4
Downy Woodpecker 2 np, bp
Alder Flycatcher 10 Found in small groups of 1-2 in largish, dense black
willow edging S side of Northern oxbow, then also along pond just N of there.
Much r-l dogwood also in area- as understory to willows in many areas here.
Giving pip calls early but otherwise silent, then very vocal w/ songs and
various calls after playback. Made recordings. One group of bickering/ trilling
birds only responded to ALFL playback. No response given to WIFL playb, wit
calls or song not heard today. It had warmed up considerably before I got to
the willows on the W side of big pond. There were no takers to brief playback
at selected stops there.
Great Crested Flycatcher 3 np 2,1- willows
Eastern Kingbird 3 np 1, bp 2
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 4 bp- 1,2,1
Loggerhead Shrike 1 bp
Blue Jay 8 np 3,2,2 bp 1
American Crow 1 bp
Fish Crow 1 bp
Purple Martin 2 np- f-t fairly high S early. Oddly none observed at bp-
possibly too early in day
Barn Swallow 4 np 2 high S early, bp 2. No other swallows.
Carolina Chickadee 12 np- as 7!,1,3, bp 1
Carolina Wren 12 np 11, bp 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 7 np 5,1 bp 1- willows
Northern Mockingbird 1 bp LOW!!
Brown Thrasher 1 np
European Starling 7 bp
Common Yellowthroat 1 bp calls
Northern Parula 1 np adm- willows
Yellow Warbler 1 np, hyf, willows
Prairie Warbler 1 np- adf/ hym, willows
Yellow-breasted Chat 1 np, calls and brief "whisper" song
Northern Cardinal 25 np 21, bp 4
Indigo Bunting 7 np 1 song, 1c, bp 2 molting/ female overhead to s/se,
rest singles by call
Dickcissel 1 np f-c
Red-winged Blackbird 48 bp Scatt groups on S end- only 2 males observed.
Eastern Meadowlark 3 bp- singles by song and calls
Common Grackle 13 np 2, bp 11
Brown-headed Cowbird 1 f
Orchard Oriole 1 np- c
Baltimore Oriole 8 np- Scatt 1-3 most fem, in willows
House Finch 2 np- 2 comm to W
View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14892804
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
Good birding,
Terry
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