[bsg] Fw: eBird Report - Red River National Wildlife Refuge- Headquarters Unit, Aug 25, 2012
- From: Terry Davis <trdavis22@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Bulletin Board for Dissemination of Information on Louisiana Birds <LABIRD-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "bsg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bsg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2012 13:50:37 -0700 (PDT)
Red River National Wildlife Refuge- Headquarters Unit, Bossier, US-LA
Aug 25, 2012 7:20 AM - 10:10 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.4 mile(s)
Comments: 7 observers, 2 hrs, 50 mins, 1.4 miles. 65 deg, cloudy, wind s/e
5-8 beginning, calm, cloudy ~80 degrees ending. Birded .4 mi at entrance to
main building before joining Larry Raymond, Rosemary Seidler, Carolyn Phillips,
Martha Lennard and Alan and Ruth Schlichtemier at the observation pier and deck
just w of the building for a walk on the eastern leg of the Lake Bluff trail.
With the early wind and cloudy conditions, waterbird and landbird numbers and
diversity seemed low from beginning, including local spp. A quick spot of an
Olive-sided Flycatcher on a tall snag next to the pier by Carolyn Phillips
started the ball rolling. A Yellow-throated Warbler here was also good. A hy
female Blackburnian was another excellent find along the eastern/southern end
of the lake bluff trail by Larry Raymond was another outstanding find. Nancy
Menasco just reported to me that there were not one, but TWO OLIVE-SIDED
FLYCATCHERS on the same snag on
08/26/12!!
50 species
Wood Duck 5 all f/t scattered as 1,1,3 across lake
Pied-billed Grebe 6 localized early near wader roost.
Double-crested Cormorant 5
Anhinga 35 Scatt perched across lake~80% female/juv.
Great Blue Heron 4
Great Egret 8
Cattle Egret 120
Green Heron 5
White Ibis 1 juv
Mississippi Kite 1 Rosemary- when leaving parking lot
Killdeer 4
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Rock Pigeon 49 3 sep gps sse
Mourning Dove 14 scatt gps 1-2, 1 gp 6
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Eastern Screech-Owl 1 loudly responding.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3 2 observation deck, then 1 on trl
Red-bellied Woodpecker 7
Downy Woodpecker 6
Olive-sided Flycatcher 1 Spotted by Carolyn Phillips atop large snag
immediately s of observation deck. The indiv was first observed from almost
directly below but slightly to west of it's perch and facing away with back
toward us. I saw the proportionately large head, somewhat largish bill and
overall brownish coloration and ruled out EAKI, calling it Olive-sided. The
bird made a sally or two, disappearing then reappearing with a large dragonfly.
The whitish central breast and distinct blurry streaking/vest-appearance at
sides were then seen well afterward. Someone else reported hearing the bird
giving "pip" calls. My only other personal fall record for nw La. was at Stoner
Woods the previous fall or fall before that. Nancy Menasco reports TWO from the
same snag on 08/26/12!!
Eastern Wood-Pewee 5 most in scatt pecans around/near building.
Alder Flycatcher 4 as 2,1,1....representative of first arrivals/adult nos
beginning to decrease?
Great Crested Flycatcher 4
Eastern Kingbird 7 noisy gp of 4, then 2,1
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 3 1, 2
Warbling Vireo 1 lake bluff/s-e end
Red-eyed Vireo 2 1,1 lake bluff s/e end
Blue Jay 4
Fish Crow 2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 4
Purple Martin 4 gp fem-type circling overhead west
Carolina Chickadee 11
Tufted Titmouse 3
Carolina Wren 9
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 9 several near building/entrance rd early, then
scatt singles on lake bluff trl.
Eastern Bluebird 6
American Robin 95 First good nos since summer dispersals, scatt few at
bldg, then large gp lake bluff s/e end.
Northern Mockingbird 2
Brown Thrasher 1
Hooded Warbler 1 adm in riparian viny tangle on lake bluff just n of
chocolate trl.
Northern Parula 1 adm just s of building
Blackburnian Warbler 1 Very drab hyf with gp of migs including 2 YEWA,
WAVI, 3 BAOR and 1 SUTA in large pecan just south of lake bluff woods. Looked
Cerulean to me initially, but Larry with better observation angle said
Blackburnian, which was correct. I also obtained a better look at the
connecting neck-stripe/ supercilium and distinct under-eye arc. Nice and very
rare find here in fall!!
Yellow Warbler 5 AS 1,1,1,2
Yellow-throated Warbler 1 In large pecan at observation pier.
Summer Tanager 8 Scatt, all female, except 2 h.o.
Northern Cardinal 22
Indigo Bunting 3 2,1
Common Grackle 7 Scatt 1-3 commuters
Baltimore Oriole 10 About 50/50 m/f
House Finch 1 calling flyby
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