[bsg] Fw: eBird Report - Red River National Wildlife Refuge- Headquarters Unit, Sep 22, 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, 22 Sep 2013 15:31:13 -0700 (PDT)
Hi all, Charlie Lyon, Ronnie Maum, Bill Wood and Mark Wilson joined me for the
walk this morning at Headquarters. It was an awesome, cool morning to bird! I
had a great time birding with you guys- as always- thanks for joining me!
Red River National Wildlife Refuge- Headquarters Unit, Bossier, US-LA
Sep 22, 2013 6:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.1 mile(s)
Comments: Birded with Charlie Lyon, Ronnie Maum, Bill Wood and Mark Wilson.
Five observers, 4.5 hrs, 1.1 miles. Clear, 55 degrees, wind 5-+ N-e beginning,
then clear, ~70 degrees, wind 7 E/N-e ending. The morning was especially good
for some flycatchers and warblers. Best birds were Gadwall, FOS, Yellow-bellied
Flycatcher FOS and single latish Alder, Chestnut-sided FOS, Black-throated
Green and Mourning Warbler. Aside from a single FOS Ruby-crowned Kinglet,
winter residents still not showing. After leaving the Chocolate trail, we also
birded a short stretch of woods/ thickets near the intersection of levee and rd
to back, this on the N end of the refuge- finding YBFL, NOPA and 2 of EAWP
there. Other than a single RHWO, we only listed the few migrants there.
Considering that this location is fairly close to the overlook, those numbers
were included in with that group.
73 species
Wood Duck 58 54, 4. Highest nos of males yet this season.
Gadwall 2 2, 0. Eclipse/ fem-plumage, dabbling with BWTE group early in
small cove to N-w of overlook-Fos
Mallard 5 5, 0. Two sep groups of 2f, 1m, then 1 f, 1m- with BWTE and
WODU. Fos
Blue-winged Teal 50 50, 0. Four sep groups of 15,9,25,1
Pied-billed Grebe 15 15, 0
Double-crested Cormorant 9 1, 8. Found as 3, 4 commuters along Choc. 2
ad, 6 juv.
Anhinga 13 13, 0
Great Blue Heron 7 4,3
Great Egret 110 107, 3. Winding down. Few to N early. Commuters leaving
mid-lake roost in variable directions.
Snowy Egret 20 14, 6. Single loose group to N early
Tricolored Heron 1 0, 1
Cattle Egret 1 0, 1. Commuter to E
Green Heron 3 2, 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 1, 0. Prob sy
White Ibis 12 7, 5. Four ad, 3 juv at overlook, 3 ad, 2 juv on Choc
Roseate Spoonbill 6 4, 2. Four hy at overlook, 1 prob sy, 1 hy as separate
commuters on Choc.
Black Vulture 2 0, 2. Sep commuters rising late to E on Choc
Turkey Vulture 2 0, 2. Singles
Cooper's Hawk 2 0, 2- both largish prob f
Red-tailed Hawk 2 1,1, ad.
American Coot 1 1, 0
Killdeer 14 10, 4
Lesser Yellowlegs 1 1, 0. On bar w/ others
Least Sandpiper 34 10, 24. Group at bar, then Sep groups of 12 along Choc.
Single juv-plumaged seen at overlook
Mourning Dove 11 9, 2. Single group W early, then singles
Great Horned Owl 3 Probably 4. At least 2 males and female (prob 2)
calling from surrounding large pecans at overlook.
Chimney Swift 4 2, 2. Single group early, then sep singles
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 2, 0. Fem-type feeder, then weedy edge of lake
at overlook
Belted Kingfisher 4 3, 1. Noted increase.
Red-headed Woodpecker 1 1, 0
Red-bellied Woodpecker 9 3, 6
Downy Woodpecker 10 2, 8
Hairy Woodpecker 1 0, 1
Northern Flicker 6 1, 5
Pileated Woodpecker 1 0, 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 4 3, 1. Pecans at overlook, then Willows, pecans on
back loop
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1 1, 0. In pecans w/ rough-leaf dogwood viny/
mix understory. Fos. Charlie quickly got off trail and under the thick
rough-leaf dogwood to clench the identity of this one for the group. Retracted
calling bird somewhat uncertain of from Aug awhile back
Least Flycatcher 1 0, 1 Rough-leaf dogwood
Eastern Phoebe 2 1, 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1 1, 0. Additional added by Ronnie after we left-
nice photo to boot!
Eastern Kingbird 9 Two early singles to S on Chocolate, then later groups
of 3, 2, 2 moving slowly W in dead willow tops.
White-eyed Vireo 5 0, 5. Variable habitat- two juv included
Red-eyed Vireo 1 0, 1. Willows, weedy/viny understory
Blue Jay 16 2, 14. Scatt groups of 1-4
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 29 27, 2. Largish group circling early at
overlook, then singles S/W along Choc.
Barn Swallow 6 0, 6. Single group to S
Carolina Chickadee 9 2,7
Tufted Titmouse 2 1,1
Carolina Wren 13 2, 11
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 9 2, 7. Early two in pecans at overlook. Largest
loose group of 3 at Choc
American Robin 65 20, 45. Movers mainly later W and S
Gray Catbird 4 0, 4. Found as 3, 1
Brown Thrasher 15 8, 7. Single spread group at overlook, then 5,1,1
Northern Mockingbird 11 4, 7. Found as 6, 1 along Choc. Largest group near
large r-l dogwood thicket at W end of trail as uusual
European Starling 20 4, 16. Sandbar early, then 1,1,4,10
Northern Waterthrush 4 1, 3. Scatt singles later also
Black-and-white Warbler 3 0, 3. Ad male/f, then single f. Willows/dense
understory. Ronnie obtained pics of the ad m and separate female.
Mourning Warbler 1 0, 1. Female or hy willows/ weedy-viny edge.
Common Yellowthroat 8 0, 8. One ad male, most others by call. Number seems
somewhat low. Groups of 1-4 scattered, mostly more open central area of trail
American Redstart 4 0, 4. Ad m and f-t in R-l dogwood, then sep f-t in
willows. Ronnie snapped some shots of female.
Northern Parula 1 1, 0. Weak song by male in pecans near YBFL.
Magnolia Warbler 1 0, 1. Briefly seen
Yellow Warbler 1 0, 1. Fem. Ronnie w/ pics
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 0, 1 Hy f- in willows/ mix E side of trail. Fos.
Black-throated Green Warbler 1 0, 1. In willows/ mix Central E portion of
Choc. Looked to possibly be lightly-marked hy m- breast streaking notably faint
but fairly far down onto sides. Very nice photo by Ronnie.
Summer Tanager 1 1, 0 Calls
Northern Cardinal 31 8, 23
Blue Grosbeak 4 3, 1. Single calling birds to W early, then single to W/S
along Choc.
Indigo Bunting 19 4, 15. Scatt groups of 1-5 along Choc.
Red-winged Blackbird 31 24, 7. Small groups of 1-4 males, including mixed
group of 20 mostly f.
Common Grackle 10 2, 8. Scatt small groups
House Finch 5 0, 5. Single group of 4f, 1m headed E- stop briefly in
pricky ash on W end of trail.
House Sparrow 3 0, 3. Odd place fro them. Single group to N-w
View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S15231716
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
Cheers,
Terry
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