[bsg] Fw: eBird Report - Red River National Wildlife Refuge- Headquarters Unit, Oct 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, 20 Oct 2013 13:53:24 -0700 (PDT)
Hi all, Chiming in with Bill F in agreement on the decent movement of
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher! As Paul C mentioned, it definitely has been an
excruciatingly slow Fall for the most part. Except for a couple of short
periods of cool and rain earlier in the season which brought with it a few
warblers and decent movements of ad shorebirds in July and earlier August, the
stale weather has been terrible. Let's hope the recent cool weather will change
that!
Birded Headquarters yesterday with Ronnie Maum. Here's our list-
On Sunday, October 20, 2013 3:34 PM, "do-not-reply@xxxxxxxxx"
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Red River National Wildlife Refuge- Headquarters Unit, Bossier, US-LA
Oct 19, 2013 7:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.8 mile(s)
Comments: Birded with Ronnie Maum who obtained some outstanding photos of
migrants and arriving winter birds this day. It was good to be back at the
newly re-opened refuge! 2 observers, 5 hrs, 15 minutes 0700-1200 (short break)
then the portion of parkway bordering refuge to the South on the way out for
1.8 miles total. Cloudy, 56 degrees, wind ~N 10+ beginning. Clouds 50% puffy,
wind 8-10 N ending. Birded overlook, then .1 mile counted by sight and ear at
levee/ back road convergence in pecan orchard with much vines and ragweed.
Leaving there, we birded the chocolate trail. On the way out I drove the .7
miles of overgrown former cattle pasture along the parkway adding more
Scissor-tailed Flycatchers and another juvenile Red-tailed hawk. Migrants and
arriving wintering birds only were added at levee stop and parkway location.
Numbers of some locals were low. Migrants and arriving wintering birds would
have been better detected with less wind,
especially early on. We're now well past arriving dates for Golden-crowned
Kinglet, Brown Creeper, Winter Wren and others.............
63 species
Wood Duck 29 19, 10. ~90% males
Gadwall 1 1, 0. Eclipse or f
Blue-winged Teal 29 9, 20. Same as Gadwall. I have not seen a
"well-marked' male yet, which seems sort of odd..
Green-winged Teal 26 16, 10. ~50/50% well marked males and f-t
Pied-billed Grebe 32 24, 8- including tight knit group of 16 at overlook.
Double-crested Cormorant 97 70, 27
Anhinga 6 6, 0. One m, 5 f.- all f perched in single baldcypress.
American White Pelican 65 27, 38. Count almost surely low. Other birds
arriving high from N late on back trail.
Great Blue Heron 9 6, 3
Great Egret 101 98, 3. Counted singly including clustered mid-lake roost
of 86 from overlook
Snowy Egret 12 12, 0
Tricolored Heron 1 1, 0
Cattle Egret 1 1, 0. Bird appeared moribund/ sickly- wobbling- near GREG
roost.
Black-crowned Night-Heron 2 2, 0. 1 ad, 1 sy
White Ibis 9 9, 0. Single group of 1 ad, 8 juv- feeding in shallows off
point with ROSP, TRHE, SNEG beyond overlook
Roseate Spoonbill 11 11, 0. Counted as 4, 7. First group sy to S, then 7
juv at point
Turkey Vulture 4 0, 4
Northern Harrier 1 0, 1. Migrant high S.
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 0, 1 ad.
Red-tailed Hawk 2 1, 1 Both juv
American Coot 350 350, 0. Missed KILL
Spotted Sandpiper 2 2 (prob 3), 0.
Ring-billed Gull 3 0, 3. Two first winter and single adult overhead to S.
Rock Pigeon 4 0, 4. S/S-e
Mourning Dove 27 21, 6
Belted Kingfisher 4 2, 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 13 4, 9
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 0, 1
Downy Woodpecker 9 1, 8
Northern Flicker 6 0, 6
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 1, 0
Eastern Phoebe 8 2, 6
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 24 14, 10. ~90% ad males. Including single group
of 9 on fence, surrounding weed tops along parkway when leaving. Choc trail
groups earlier of 3, 1, 5 to S/S-e and W.
Blue Jay 4 1, 3. No crows
Tree Swallow 15 0, 15. Groups of 10, 3, 2 to N.
Carolina Chickadee 10 0, 10. No TUTI
House Wren 3 0, 3 Scatt singles.
Carolina Wren 10 2, 8
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3 0, 3. Scat singles
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 7 1, 6. Including single group of 3-4 birds in
willows with BGGN and B-t Green
Eastern Bluebird 1 1, 0. No Catharus detected yet this fall here.
American Robin 11 9, 2. All to W, S or high in trees. None low.
Gray Catbird 1 0, 1. Roughleaf dogwood.
Brown Thrasher 8 1, 7. Groups of 1, 3, 3 along Chocolate.
Northern Mockingbird 10 5, 5
European Starling 77 12, 65. Single overlook group with 10 m RWBL.
Orange-crowned Warbler 3 0, 3. Found as 2, 1. All were f or hy. Variable
habitat of black willows and viny understory.
Common Yellowthroat 9 0, 9. Scatt 1-4, including 1 ad male. Low for area
surveyed!
Yellow-rumped Warbler 13 5, 8. Groups of singles to 2. Those overhead to
~N in wind.
Black-throated Green Warbler 3 1, 2. Including nice photo by Ronnie of
prob hy male.
Clay-colored Sparrow 2 0, 2. Probably 3-4. Small, thin-tailed,
clear-breasted sparrows moving along with larger group of Indigo Bunting in low
vegetation and scattered small willows near water. Two individuals were seen to
have strikingly pale bluish-gray napes, thin but crisp dark malar and
moustachial surrounded by paler and very warm "clay-colored" sides of breast
and flanks. Brownish rump seen of one individual. Always a nice bird to see
here- rare but very regular in Fall.
Lincoln's Sparrow 2 0, 2. Found as 1, 1 h.o. Exceptional shot of one indiv
taken by Ronnie.
Swamp Sparrow 12 0, 12. Including single group of 5 to possibly 8-10 birds
in low vegetation, asters and yellow composite near water. Ronnie took great
shot from back of a prob hy.
White-throated Sparrow 20 20, 0. Numbers probably quite low due to wind
early keeping overlook activity down early. Heard much more "pink" calls there
later, before leaving. Single groups of 5, 15 early. First group of 5 in
various weedy growth edging lake. Group of 15-20+ in ragweed with largish
Indigo Bunting group at confluence of levee/ rd to back
White-crowned Sparrow 1 0, 1. adult in low/ variable vegetation. Slightly
early-ish. Great shot also by Ronnie!
Northern Cardinal 39 15, 24. Low along Chocolate trail.
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 0, 1. By "eenk" call.
Blue Grosbeak 1 0, 1 f
Indigo Bunting 31 15, 16. Single group, then, 6, 2, 8 along chocolate in
variable, low shrubby/weedy habitat- larger group with CCSP
Red-winged Blackbird 43 30, 13. ~90% ad males
Common Grackle 1 0, 1 commuter
Brown-headed Cowbird 605 600+, 5. Single tight group of 600+ continuing
high S, then 5 high S/S-e
Baltimore Oriole 1 1, 0. Chattering and trumpet calls from pecans at
overlook
View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S15452580
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
Hope y'all had some good luck down in Cameron!
Terry
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