[bsg] Fw: eBird Report - Red River NWR--Bayou Pierre Unit Yates Tract, Mar 30, 2013
- From: Terry Davis <trdavis22@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Bulletin Board for Dissemination of Information on Louisiana Birds <LABIRD-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "bsg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bsg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2013 17:42:09 -0700 (PDT)
Hi all, Here's afull list that I'd already posted a partial of, previously.
I'll go ahead and post itas somewhat comparative (route slightly different,
except shorebird survey) to yesterday's full list, coming next!
Red River NWR--Bayou Pierre Unit Yates Tract, Red River, US-LA
Mar 30, 2013 7:50 AM - 12:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
8.35 mile(s)
Comments: 2 observers, 4 hrs, 40 mins, 7.5 miles. 58 degrees, calm/
drizzling beginning, then clearing somewhat and rather cool at 54 degrees
early/mid-survey, 67 degrees, 70% cloudy ending. Charlie Lyon and I birded the
refuge somewhat different than the usual survey. We turned N at the barn into
the complex rather than continuing to the curve in 401 to the East. We also
continued Northeast between the oxbows E of the levee to the wooded N dead end.
We had some really good duck numbers, also that of a few lingering winterers
such as sparrows and Ruby-crowned Kinglet. However, birding was excruciatingly
slow in regard to arriving land-bird migrants.
75 species
Wood Duck 8 Singles to 4 moving early
Gadwall 441 All but single bird at barn pond and other oxbows along river.
Single indiv in unit 3- interesting.
American Wigeon 8 2 in unit 3. Rest barn pond/ oxbows
Mallard 2 Barn Pond
Blue-winged Teal 69 30, and 7 away from, rest units.
Northern Shoveler 535 All but a few in units.
Northern Pintail 3 Males- units
Green-winged Teal 645 All in units
Ring-necked Duck 1 Female/ oxbow
Lesser Scaup 1 Female/ barn pond.
Pied-billed Grebe 12 All barn pond and oxbows
Double-crested Cormorant 1 Oxbow
American Bittern 1 Unit 7. Flushed from cattails twice, gave two flight
calls the second time
Great Blue Heron 4 All commuters
Great Egret 10 Only THREE in units. Also only wader recorded except WFIB
and three comm. CAEG grps
Cattle Egret 21 Commuters as 3,15,3
White-faced Ibis 6 As 1,4,1, in units.
Turkey Vulture 2 Singles
Northern Harrier 6 2m, 4 f-t units.
Bald Eagle 1 Juvenile/ 1st year bird overhead near units.
Red-tailed Hawk 7 One very nice textbook adult krider's first spotted near
oxbow adjacent levee/ u 7.
Virginia Rail 1 Unit 7- Standing, grunting in a small opening in plain
sight approx 8 feet away.
Sora 1 Flushed from narrow unit division rd with dense vetch into open
sparse cattails in 7
American Coot 230 Sep units.
American Golden-Plover 4 Resting in short grass on unit 3 division rd.
Killdeer 13 All except three scatt singles in units.
Greater Yellowlegs 29 1 barn pond, rest sep units
Lesser Yellowlegs 39 Sep units
Least Sandpiper 83 Sep units
Pectoral Sandpiper 95 Sep units
Long-billed Dowitcher 95 Sep units
Wilson's Snipe 78 units, largest gp in 4
Eurasian Collared-Dove 2
Mourning Dove 6
Red-bellied Woodpecker 6
Downy Woodpecker 4
Northern Flicker 3
Eastern Phoebe 2 Only flycatcher. Single STFL on hwy 1 N of complex
afterward
White-eyed Vireo 6
Blue Jay 5
American Crow 3
Purple Martin 8
Tree Swallow 20 Most over unit 3 and 2 with Cliff and Barn.
Barn Swallow 15
Cliff Swallow 2
Carolina Chickadee 9
Tufted Titmouse 7
House Wren 8 much song
Sedge Wren 4 Sep units
Marsh Wren 3 All in rather small area of unit 7
Carolina Wren 14
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 ..........!!?
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 20 This number felt way too conservative afterward-
much partial song, too
Eastern Bluebird 1
American Robin 2 single grp commuters.
Northern Mockingbird 10
Brown Thrasher 7
European Starling 10
Cedar Waxwing 18 10,8
Orange-crowned Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 2 males, single location near oxbow
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 16 Most males, some partial song.
Eastern Towhee 6 Several singers, most near oxbows
Chipping Sparrow 1 calls along 401
Savannah Sparrow 86 most in units/ rd divisions
Le Conte's Sparrow 4 sep indivs units, most between 4 and 5
Song Sparrow 5 Scatt singles
Swamp Sparrow 63 Count very conservative. Much partial song.
White-throated Sparrow 32 Scatt, mostly small grps except two of 10, 12
White-crowned Sparrow 30 Most near levee and smaller grps- single grp of 14
Northern Cardinal 47 Conservative!
Red-winged Blackbird 130 Few early commuters, most units.
Eastern Meadowlark 4 401
Common Grackle 603 Including large early grp of 600 commuters.
Brown-headed Cowbird 20 Many scattered and displaying grps of 1-5. While I
realize that some male BHCO calls are fairly reminiscent of Broad-winged Hawk,
they almost invariably end with a longish ascending note + tonal quality
notably different. However, one males call was so spot on for Broad-winged that
it was eery!
View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S13748648
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
Good birding,
Terry
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