[bsg] Fw: eBird Report - Red River National Wildlife Refuge- Headquarters Unit, Apr 19, 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, 21 Apr 2013 18:11:22 -0700 (PDT)
Hi all, Spring migration, at least in terms of neotropical songbirds, is
finally but SLOWLY starting toheat up here in N-w La.
Red River National Wildlife Refuge- Headquarters Unit, Bossier, US-LA
Apr 19, 2013 6:10 AM - 10:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.7 mile(s)
Comments: 1 observer, 4 hrs, 20 mins, ~ 1.7 miles. 40 degrees, clear, wind
8-10 N-w beginning, then to 12-15 mph shortly after with calmer breaks, then
steady near end.
An early morning planting job got rained out the day before so I decided to
make the best of it at RRNWR HQ. I arrived at the entrance gate to listen for
caprimulgids at 0540. Having no luck there, I began at 0610 at the pier over
the lake, scoping and listened there for an hour or so. Other than myriads of
whirling Tree Swallow and a few waterbirds, the lake was extremely slow. I then
birded the trail to N from the visitor's center to the rd toward back just N of
Scott Dickson's place, then circled back S on East side of Levee back to
visitor's center. From there, I took the Lake Bluff trail South, then turning
right on the Chocolate trail for approx .2 miles. There were some fair counts
of a few migrants but overall the wind and frontal situation kept things rather
slow.
61 species
Wood Duck 9 Mostly scattered pairs- 3 of which stood in scattered large
pecans on either side of the deck. No other ducks which wasn't surprising as
the front hit the area earlier during previous day.
Pied-billed Grebe 14 Some calling- largest group of 9 possibly indicates
wintering holdovers remaining.
Double-crested Cormorant 55 Large grp of 50 arrives early at first light,
5 roosting in large cypress there.
Green Heron 1
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1 to E
Black Vulture 3 Moving as group fairly early.
Red-tailed Hawk 1 Woods S on Lake Bluff
American Coot 22 10, 12
Killdeer 1 on ART Parkway
Rock Pigeon 8 S/S-e
Mourning Dove 11 Scatt singles and 4 at feeders.
Chimney Swift 4 Lake Bluff S end
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 6 4 males, 2 f- 3 males at feeder and one
nectaring at crossvine on S-e corner of building
Belted Kingfisher 2 S end of lake
Red-bellied Woodpecker 14
Downy Woodpecker 6
Hairy Woodpecker 1 near juncture of levee and rd to back of unit.
Northern Flicker 3 2,1- first group near building.
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 FOS- s end of Lake Bluff woods.
Great Crested Flycatcher 6 3 calling near building, rest scattered singles.
Eastern Kingbird 3 Lake Bluff near building/ overlook.
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 1 Field- Lake Bluff S end.
White-eyed Vireo 4 Scatt
Warbling Vireo 3 2 near buliding- much song.
Red-eyed Vireo 2 Separate indivs by song.
Blue Jay 8 Scatt singles and pairs.
Fish Crow 1 High S.
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Purple Martin 21 3 males calling early, then 18 (2 m, 16 f) perched on
dead willow snag out in lake. All swallows except a few Barn and Cliff
associating over lake
Tree Swallow 90 Swarm over S end of lake early. Several individuals
previously heard giving frequent, dry "cheed-lup" calls before first rays of
light.
Barn Swallow 18
Cliff Swallow 8
Carolina Chickadee 6 Low
House Wren 2 Song from both at a single location at overgrown pecan
orchard near levee.
Carolina Wren 15
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4 2,1,1- low!
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2 Sep loc's
Eastern Bluebird 2 Visitor's center/ overlook
American Robin 2 early by song
Gray Catbird 3 Sep loc's- Including singer cleverly incorporating Least
Sandpiper flight calls into it's song.
Northern Mockingbird 3
Brown Thrasher 7 much song.
European Starling 3 Pecan tops near VC.
Cedar Waxwing 27 Scatt- as 1,2,10,8,6
Prothonotary Warbler 1 Also in Cephalanthus and willows across from
overlook
Northern Parula 1 song- large hackberry Lake Bluff woods.
Yellow Warbler 2 Song from Cephalanthus/ willow thicket to N-w of pier/
overlook, single ad male in roughleaf dogwood on Lake Bluff narrow strip near
parkway.
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 18 Scattered grps and singles- approx 90%
males.
Lincoln's Sparrow 2 Sep
Swamp Sparrow 1 surprisingly low!
White-throated Sparrow 98 Mostly scattered groups of 10+ individuals,
Summer Tanager 6 4 scattered males/ song, 2 by calls.
Northern Cardinal 44 Ubiquitous throughout.
Indigo Bunting 6 Scatt singles and prs- 4m, 2 f. Surprisingly no
song.........
Red-winged Blackbird 16 Scatt singing males and grp of 8 f
Common Grackle 6 Commuting singles and a pr.
Brown-headed Cowbird 12 Scatt mostly singles to 3
Orchard Oriole 9 Scatt- All observed were ad male or by song.
Baltimore Oriole 15 Single grp of 4 males, rest scattered males. Some
indivs on move mostly to Southeast.
House Finch 5 3m, 2f at feeders.
American Goldfinch 2 Sep indivs by flight call.
View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S13833127
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
Good birding,
Terry
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