[bsg] Fw: eBird Report - Shreveport W Quad, Jan 11, 2014
- From: Terry Davis <trdavis22@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Bulletin Board for Dissemination of Information on Louisiana Birds <LABIRD-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "bsg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bsg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2014 14:15:57 -0800 (PST)
Hi all, Charlie Lyon and I had a decent day on Cross Lake yesterday- especially
considering lake conditions after mid morning!
On Sunday, January 12, 2014 4:12 PM, "do-not-reply@xxxxxxxxx"
<do-not-reply@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Shreveport W Quad, Caddo, US-LA
Jan 11, 2014 7:50 AM - 12:50 PM
Protocol: Traveling
6.3 mile(s)
Comments: Birded with Charlie Lyon. Two observers, 5 hours (0750-1250), 6.3
miles. Clear, 41 degrees, wind calm/ light-~5 N-w beginning. Clear, 61 degrees,
wind 8 N-w ending. Charlie and I birded Shreveport West quad portions of Cross
Lake by boat- also including land areas of Cross Lake- including portions of S
Lakeshore and Ford Park. Best note for this quad was 11 White-breasted
Nuthatch. High numbers of RBGU arriving back from S around 1 was impressive,
too. Although the winds weren't yet up too bad, the lake was choppy and had the
consistency of chocolate milk- soaking and nearly beating us to death on the
way back to get gas before the second run! Lol. Excellent activity early near
YC entrance and FP.
63 species (+1 other taxa)
Wood Duck 2
Mallard (Domestic type) 57
Northern Shoveler 11 6,5
Canvasback 15
Bufflehead 120
Ruddy Duck 96
Pied-billed Grebe 11
Double-crested Cormorant 407
American White Pelican 77
Great Blue Heron 64 Amazing nos!
Great Egret 47
Black Vulture 6
Turkey Vulture 12
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 ad f, then male at sep locations
Cooper's Hawk 1 juv m to N-e
Bald Eagle 1 ad
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 FP
Red-tailed Hawk 2 1,1 including 1 ad
American Coot 224
Spotted Sandpiper 1 YC pier
Bonaparte's Gull 72
Ring-billed Gull 4000 There were 1250 soon after we arrived, ~3000 during
our gas run, with 350+ arriving from South just before we left, then final
count taken shortly after 4:30 on the way back to the yacht club. Count
conservative!
Herring Gull 5 4 juv, 1 advanced 2nd cycle/ 3 year
Forster's Tern 35
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2
Mourning Dove 2
Belted Kingfisher 1 Low!!
Red-bellied Woodpecker 10
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3
Downy Woodpecker 6
Northern Flicker 5
Eastern Phoebe 3
Blue Jay 13
American Crow 4
Fish Crow 1
Carolina Chickadee 11
Tufted Titmouse 9
White-breasted Nuthatch 11 Much song/ activity. 3-4 early at yacht club,
then 3 on S end of Ford park immediately after, with yacht club birds still
there upon our return, then 2,1,1,1 at scattered orchard-like habitat of
various back yards along S shore of lake from W to E
Brown-headed Nuthatch 8
Brown Creeper 3 Has been amazingly hard to find this winter until now!
Single location- in dense mature baldcypress near end of pier at Ford Park
Winter Wren 8 4-5 at FP
Carolina Wren 10
Golden-crowned Kinglet 3 2,1- for another previously tough to find sp this
winter.
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 8
Eastern Bluebird 12
American Robin 1
Brown Thrasher 1
Northern Mockingbird 14
European Starling 5
Cedar Waxwing 33
Orange-crowned Warbler 7 3-4 at FP
Pine Warbler 24 Nearly all at FP
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 43
Chipping Sparrow 2
Field Sparrow 1 Decent for S Lake at this time, especially since they've
been keeping waters edge more clean at FP
White-throated Sparrow 33
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 20 Many looked cismontanus- group on
ground and in bushes near entrance gate.
Northern Cardinal 38
Red-winged Blackbird 24
Rusty Blackbird 2 Calling and observed fairly high to E at YC entrance
gate early at 0810
Common Grackle 2
House Finch 11 Much resurgence in song from males the past several days.
American Goldfinch 17
House Sparrow 34
View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S16345554
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