[bsg] Fw: eBird Report - Sentell Rd, Nov 23, 2012
- From: Terry Davis <trdavis22@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Bulletin Board for Dissemination of Information on Louisiana Birds <LABIRD-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "bsg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bsg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 16:48:28 -0800 (PST)
Sentell Rd....
Sentell Rd, Caddo, US-LA
Nov 23, 2012 10:20 AM - 12:50 PM
Protocol: Traveling
7.5 mile(s)
Comments: With Charlie Lyon. 2 observers, 2 hrs, 30 min (1020-1250), 7.5
miles. 63 degrees, cloudy, light n wind beginning, 61 degrees, cloudy, wind
12-15 mph n with stronger gusts ending. Birded Sentell rd which is comprised of
open agri- land, both fallow and active, interspersed with homestead/ large
pecan orchards, very few tree-lined fencerows and Sloan Sod farm with large
cattle pond. This is the window of time for some of the larger Sprague's Pipit
counts. Finding but a single heard-only at the sod farm was slightly troubling.
The nos of E Bluebird were amazing. An adult male prairie/ Richardson's Merlin
on the North end was the best bird of this trip. Abbreviations as follows are -
sf = sod farm- sfp = sod farm pond.
55 species (+1 other taxa)
Mallard (Domestic type) 15 sfp
Pied-billed Grebe 4 1,3, sfp
Double-crested Cormorant 7 3,4, flybys
Great Blue Heron 2 sfp
Great Egret 1 sfp
Turkey Vulture 5
Northern Harrier 2 sf
Bald Eagle 1 hy flyover at sfp
Killdeer 167 most sf
Rock Pigeon 10 sf cattle lot
Mourning Dove 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 7
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 2
American Kestrel 8
Merlin 1 Adult male pale prairie/ Richarson's with pale blue back and
lacking facial stripe seen well perched, then relocating on a couple of
occasions East along high-wire approx .5. miles east of crop maze on n end
Sentell. Charlie was getting the camcorder ready when the bird disappeared to
the north over, then down into the crop stubble In close proximity to AMKE.
This makes another of several observations over the years of this subspecies in
N Caddo.
Eastern Phoebe 1
Loggerhead Shrike 5 most notable along n end
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 108 most in usual spot at pecan orchard at northeast bend.
Horned Lark 5 sf- wintering grps yet to arrive?
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 1 This has to be a record- 3 Red River agri-area
WBNU at two separate spots in a single morning!!? At homestead/pecan orchard on
southeast bend.
Brown Creeper 1 near s-e bend
House Wren 1
Sedge Wren 2 in Andropogon patch/grassy field near s-e bend, with/near
calling LESP
Carolina Wren 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4
Eastern Bluebird 129 Wow!! largest concentration of 100+ indivs .2 miles
west of southeast bend, rest scattered small grps, mostly south end.
Northern Mockingbird 4
European Starling 850 commuters to n near s-e bend.
American Pipit 99 Scatt grps, mostly sf
Sprague's Pipit 1 heard-only at sf
Lapland Longspur 4 Single grp at sf. There was also a group of ~10
smallish-looking longspurs that flushed and were a good distance away before we
got on them. They disappeared headed east then northeast. I felt like In
would've seen a better tail pattern on then had they been Chestnut-collared.
Very briefly and distantly heard calls, however, sounded much like
Chestnut-collared.
Pine Warbler 7 again, very good open-country nos.
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 7
Chipping Sparrow 2
Vesper Sparrow 3 n/s stretch
Savannah Sparrow 16 nos very low!!- especially at sf
Le Conte's Sparrow 1 prob more than one heard.
Song Sparrow 3
Swamp Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 16
White-crowned Sparrow 6
Dark-eyed Junco 8
Northern Cardinal 4
Red-winged Blackbird 9180 Predominate sp in horde streaming north near
southeast bend with EUST, BHCO and COGR.
Eastern Meadowlark 49 most sf. Almost very surprising miss was WEME!
Brewer's Blackbird 20 sfp, with hordes of BHCO and a few RWBL.
Common Grackle 3000
Brown-headed Cowbird 2200 This may be the largest group I've seen yet.
Piles at sf, too.
American Goldfinch 14 6,6,2
House Sparrow 4 sf cattle lot. Rarely seen at this stop.
View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S12169255
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One more after this, for now............
Terry
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