[bsg] Fw: eBird Report - George Rd, Nov 23, 2012
- From: Terry Davis <trdavis22@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Bulletin Board for Dissemination of Information on Louisiana Birds <LABIRD-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "bsg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bsg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 16:46:36 -0800 (PST)
11/23- George Rd andvicinity.......
George Rd, Caddo, US-LA
Nov 23, 2012 7:25 AM - 10:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling
7.6 mile(s)
Comments: With Charlie Lyon. 2 observers, 2 hrs, 50 mins (0725-1015) 7.3
miles. 57 degrees, cloudy/light rain, calm beginning., 63 degrees cloudy, light
N ending. Charlie and I began on 3049 just South of the southern confluence of
George Rd with 3049. We covered George Rd, ~.6 mile of Whit Cavett Sibley, then
from there, stopping sporadically along 3049 n to a little over a mile S of
Sentell's southern confluence with 3049. We thoroughly covered approximately
5.5 miles of the area, only adding those on wires/plainly visible, etc, during
distant moves with less stops along 3049. The habitat on George Rd is fairly
dry and open, though somewhat riparian being sandwiched between Red River and
an oxbow to the West. The area is mostly comprised of both plowed and fallow
cropland interspersed with tree-lined fencerows, cattle pastures, pecan
orchards and small patches of mixed woods. Two separate Bewick's Wren and
multiple Harris's Sparrow were best sp
for the early portion of the day. Finding two White-breasted Nuthatches in
cattle country along the river, then locating another along Sentell later in
the morning, was the single most amazing note for this morning.
53 species
Wood Duck 2 flybys
Double-crested Cormorant 2 morning commute to East
Great Egret 3 morning commute
Cooper's Hawk 1 ad prob fem perched in open pasture along 3049 approx 1.5
miles s of Sentell.
Red-tailed Hawk 4
Killdeer 7 George
Ring-billed Gull 37 32 and 5 commuters n early
Mourning Dove 2 low
Red-headed Woodpecker 1 pecan orchard ~1.5 mi s of Sentell
Red-bellied Woodpecker 14 conservative
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2
Downy Woodpecker 5
Northern Flicker 5 low thus far this season.
American Kestrel 9 6 on George Rd alone
Eastern Phoebe 6
Loggerhead Shrike 1
Blue Jay 17
American Crow 1 low!
Carolina Chickadee 9 low
Tufted Titmouse 3
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 Fairly open area/hackberry fencerow on George Rd
approx .5 mi southeast of s confluence with 3049. Approached to playback after
heard calling from 100 yds to west in narrow line of larger pecans, hackberry
mix along river.
White-breasted Nuthatch 2 Pr moving together on George Rd- same loc as
above. Along river, then in fencerow near White-crowned, White-throated and
Harris's Sparrow.......... of all places!
House Wren 2
Bewick's Wren 2 Drab brownish bird in fallow field with large pecan and
downed branches .6 miles w on Whit Cavett Sibley. There was a reddish
individual here a few seasons ago. Very pale reddish bird along 3049 at near
small hackberry-lined creek/pecan orchard/pasture approx 1.5 miles South of
Sentell. This same location produced several HASP a few seasons ago and has
produced Bewick's numerous times
Carolina Wren 8
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2 1,1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 11 most numerous along George fencerow
Eastern Bluebird 57 Most along George- grps of 2,18,2,10,1,20 and 4.
Northern Mockingbird 20 Abundant along George Rd.
European Starling 226 Several grps of 3 to 100- mostly along George
American Pipit 8 1,4,2,1, flybys
Cedar Waxwing 10 single grp George- relatively scarce thus far!
Orange-crowned Warbler 1
Pine Warbler 6 very good nos for habitat.
Yellow-rumped Warbler 21
Chipping Sparrow 6
Field Sparrow 4 single grp on George- in narrow fencerow with WTSP, WCSP
Vesper Sparrow 4 grp on 3049
Savannah Sparrow 28 Most on George and Whit C S.
Song Sparrow 7
Swamp Sparrow 3
White-throated Sparrow 97 Very high compared to usual ratio with WCSP here.
Harris's Sparrow 5 1 and 3, prob females and a hy along George, ad m on
Whit Cavett Sibley ~.4 miles W of 3049.
White-crowned Sparrow 40
Dark-eyed Junco 2
Northern Cardinal 32 overall in mediocre nos.
Red-winged Blackbird 629 w/ large grp of BHCO on George
Eastern Meadowlark 30 25,5
Common Grackle 2692 mostly early commute to n/w.
Brown-headed Cowbird 579
House Finch 8 Scattered 2 to 4 along George Rd
Pine Siskin 4 3,1, George.
American Goldfinch 25 12 West, then 6,1,5,1
View this checklist online at
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This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
More to come,
T
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