[bsg] Fw: eBird Report - Red River NWR--Bayou Pierre Unit Yates Tract, Nov 9, 2013- 'nother Spotted Towhee, then Cross Lake/Shreveport highlights.
- From: Terry Davis <trdavis22@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Bulletin Board for Dissemination of Information on Louisiana Birds <LABIRD-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "bsg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bsg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2013 18:38:37 -0800 (PST)
Hi all, Jeff, Rosemary, Charlie and I birded Yates for a little over six hours
this morning. Best bird was another male Spotted Towhee. This bird was found in
low Campsis and other mixed vines near the edge of PR401 in a large tall grass
field with scattered small green ash and oaks. Driving East from the old red
barn (which is just East of the refuge house along 401 and on Same/North side
of rd), one can look straight ahead in the distance and see an old metal gate
leading up onto the levee. This is where where the road curves right to the
South (gate on left side of rd). The SPTO was approx 70 yards East, before you
get to the gate and on the opposite (South) side of the road- but could
certainly be anywhere in that general area.
Other than that, several lingering Stilt Sandpiper, first decent numbers of Fox
Sparrow and some nice highish counts of Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Marsh Wren,
Sedge Wren, Swamp Sparrow and first arriving Ring-necked and Lesser Scaup were
welcome. This is by far the very latest I've seen the first major increase in
Sedge Wren numbers- also note very close totals of those, RCKI and MAWR. Both
MAWR and SEWR nos were quite conservative!
Charlie and I ran into some electrical system issues with the boat after
arriving at the lake so we scoped the lake and cove from the banks and piers.
Good numbers of Franklin's Gull- 470- which were possibly down a slight bit
from a week or so ago when we weren't able to make it out- and 2 Common Loon
(prob adult) were decent finds. RBGU were quite low with 150+- then HEGU with 7
and a single FOTE. Late movement with Five to 6 Spotted Sandpiper on Yacht Club
grounds - (two noted moving from N to S across the lake while scanning) was
cool. A single very distant smallish dark gull with RBGU (too far, darn it!!)
was quite thought-provoking as well!
On Saturday, November 9, 2013 7:49 PM, "do-not-reply@xxxxxxxxx"
<do-not-reply@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Red River NWR--Bayou Pierre Unit Yates Tract, Red River, US-LA
Nov 9, 2013 6:45 AM - 1:10 PM
Protocol: Traveling
5.4 mile(s)
74 species
Gadwall 508
Mallard 11
Blue-winged Teal 9
Northern Shoveler 202
Green-winged Teal 324
Ring-necked Duck 10
Lesser Scaup 3
Ruddy Duck 2
Pied-billed Grebe 2
Double-crested Cormorant 33
Great Blue Heron 3
Great Egret 29
White Ibis 18
White-faced Ibis 4
Northern Harrier 4
Cooper's Hawk 3
Red-shouldered Hawk 2
Red-tailed Hawk 8
Virginia Rail 6
Sora 1
American Coot 111
Black-necked Stilt 8
Killdeer 65
Greater Yellowlegs 55
Stilt Sandpiper 4
Least Sandpiper 147
Long-billed Dowitcher 57
Wilson's Snipe 153
Eastern Screech-Owl 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 8
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4
Downy Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 7
American Kestrel 1
Eastern Phoebe 18
Loggerhead Shrike 1
Blue Jay 24
American Crow 12
Fish Crow 2
Carolina Chickadee 9
Tufted Titmouse 3
House Wren 23
Sedge Wren 34
Marsh Wren 36
Carolina Wren 11
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6
Golden-crowned Kinglet 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 34
Eastern Bluebird 7
Hermit Thrush 3
American Robin 43
Brown Thrasher 5
Northern Mockingbird 12
European Starling 45
American Pipit 28
Orange-crowned Warbler 7
Common Yellowthroat 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler 14
Spotted Towhee 1
Eastern Towhee 15
Chipping Sparrow 3
Savannah Sparrow 39
Le Conte's Sparrow 3
Fox Sparrow 8
Song Sparrow 34
Swamp Sparrow 125
White-throated Sparrow 64
White-crowned Sparrow 11
Northern Cardinal 43
Red-winged Blackbird 1740
Eastern Meadowlark 23
Common Grackle 79
American Goldfinch 5
View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S15624657
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
Good luck out there tomorrow, y'all. (:
Terry
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