[bsg] Fw: eBird Report - Red River National Wildlife Refuge- Headquarters Unit, Apr 20, 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 18:16:59 -0700 (PDT)
Hi again, Thank goodness things were a little better this day for
theInternational Migratory Bird Day event! The thickets near the lake are
primed for arriving migrants. These woods should be hopping in another week!
Red River National Wildlife Refuge- Headquarters Unit, Bossier, US-LA
Apr 20, 2013 6:15 AM - 10:55 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.3 mile(s)
Comments: 2 observers, in part (Mark Wilson joined me later in morning for
Lake bluff to South portion of walk), 4 hrs, 40 minutes, 1.3 miles. Calm, clear
40 degrees beginning, notably warmer and light s winds later. Arrived a bit
late at 0605 to listen for caprimulgids briefly, then began the same route as
previous day at 0615 at the lake overlook/pier. The calm conditions certainly
made for better birding in terms of migrants. Although the lake was rather
slow, there were decent counts of a few neotrops. Some counts such as RBWO were
surprisingly lower than previous and notably windier day.
78 species
Wood Duck 12 Again, most were pairs perched in scattered pecans- most to N
and N-e of building.
Mallard 1 Female to N early
Blue-winged Teal 9 Pr (m,f) early, then 3, 4 mostly males.
Hooded Merganser 1 Female flushed grunting from dead stob on S end of lake.
Pied-billed Grebe 14 Largest grp of 6
Double-crested Cormorant 34 2,5,9,18
Anhinga 2 m,f, circling
American White Pelican 49 30,19
Great Egret 5 3 commuters E early, then 2 arriving on lake
Green Heron 1 in top of large pecan near VC.
Turkey Vulture 3 Single grp later in survey.
Red-tailed Hawk 1 Same loc as previous day
American Coot 33 10,5,18
Killdeer 1 Same
Spotted Sandpiper 1 basic at overlook
Rock Pigeon 5 S/S-e
Mourning Dove 7 Most near VC or feeders
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 By usual dry call series.
Great Horned Owl 1 calling early at overlook
Chimney Swift 2 1,1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 4 2 feeders, then scattered.
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 9
Downy Woodpecker 5
Northern Flicker 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 Same loc as previous day- also giving "chip-EE" calls.
Great Crested Flycatcher 7 Scattered
Eastern Kingbird 2 1,1
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 2 Lake Bluff central area
White-eyed Vireo 4 Scatt
Warbling Vireo 8 Conservative- scattered singers including 3 within
earshot of VC.
Red-eyed Vireo 3 Scatt
Blue Jay 10 Scatt singles and prs
American Crow 1 distantly-calling at S end of unit.
Fish Crow 4 1,1,2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Purple Martin 35 5 males early, then rest again perched and mostly female.
Tree Swallow 40 Again calling early. Swarm notably less than previous day.
Barn Swallow 10
Cliff Swallow 10
Carolina Chickadee 4
House Wren 3 Scatt
Carolina Wren 14
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 !!
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Eastern Bluebird 2
Swainson's Thrush 1 FOS- early giving full- loud song.
American Robin 3 Early singers
Gray Catbird 3 2 indivs singing in same area as prev single- vine-covered
tangles approx 1/3 of way S on Lake Bluff.
Northern Mockingbird 4 seemed quite low.......
Brown Thrasher 8 Again, much early song
European Starling 6 VC area. Surprising miss was Cedar Waxwing.
Northern Waterthrush 2 approx 200 yards apart along narrow strip of lake
adjacent parkway- both also giving "tune-up" song.
Blue-winged Warbler 1 ad m in large hackberry at N end of Lake Bluff woods.
Prothonotary Warbler 1 Same
Tennessee Warbler 1 female in same hackberry as BWWA
Kentucky Warbler 1 FOS for me........lol- Incessant song at S end of Lake
Bluff woods.
Common Yellowthroat 4 Scatt singing males.
Northern Parula 1 Prob same as prev.
Yellow Warbler 3 Singing males at three separate loc's- 2 same as previous
day.
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 28 Again high percentage of males. Much
song.
Black-throated Green Warbler 1 located by multiple chips- seen briefly,
prob f
Chipping Sparrow 2 orchard near levee
Lincoln's Sparrow 4 1,3 sep loc's. Some of the highest spring counts have
been around this time- just showing again how late some arrivals appear to be
moving North-ward this spring.
Swamp Sparrow 5 Including indiv which at first appeared to be alternating
between full and "tune-up" song near overlook/ pier. Recorded some of that.
White-throated Sparrow 122 Scattered grps- a few larger than previous day.
White-crowned Sparrow 1 Song early
Summer Tanager 6 Again, no females seen.
Northern Cardinal 71 Everywhere!!..........too bad buntings weren't
likewise!
Indigo Bunting 7 Few f- only a single male singing.
Dickcissel 1 Ad male somewhat high to N early- fos.....
Red-winged Blackbird 24 Fewer scatt singing males and grp of 6 males in
pecans at VC, then 3, 9 fem to W.
Common Grackle 17 Scatt 1-4 low-flying local commuters.
Brown-headed Cowbird 9 Scatt singles and a pair
Orchard Oriole 23 Most movement again to Southeast- single grps of 9 and
5, rest smaller grps. No certain females seen but at least 4 sym.
Baltimore Oriole 13 Largest grp of 3 headed N-w.
House Finch 4 feeders
American Goldfinch 7 "Budding" in single pecan N of building.
View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S13833545
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
Cheers,
Terry
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