BIRD STUDY GROUP For BSG members who are not on LABIRD. Jay H. ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Jay V Huner <jvh0660@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: LABIRD-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 20:06:26 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [LABIRD-L] Birds Moving in NW Rapides Parish, LA - Huner Yard, Sep 19, 2013 We live on the east side of Cotile Lake about 6 miles west of Boyce - Exits 98/99 on I-49. Jay Huner > Huner Yard, Rapides, US-LA > Sep 19, 2013 7:15 AM > Protocol: Incidental > Comments: After 18 days of finding 14-18 birds per day, the dam burst > today. There are a few birds that are either local dispertants or migrants > ahead of the weather change. The Eastern Screech-Owl was a real treat. I've > let the SE corner of the yard by Cotile Lake grow up to make it hard for > people in the ratty RV park next door to get into our yard. I turned on my > screech-owl tape a bit after 4 PM CDST and within two minutes, an Eastern > Screech-Owl swooped in followed by a number of upset songbirds. It hung > around for about 15 minutes. I thought I heard a second owl in the distance. > In fact, it was the gray screech-owl calling in as low a tone as I've ever > heard. This is the first EASO I've ever SEEN in my yard since moving here in > 2002 and only the third I've found. Again, I'm finding screech-owls all over > the area versus finding next to none in the previous 11 years! Had an adult > Bald Eagle making a run over the lake around 9 AM so. Was it a resident eagle > or an immigrant coming for the winter to winter and/or breed? No telling. It > was nice to have a half inch rain starting around 5 PM. > 31 species > > Double-crested Cormorant 1 > Great Blue Heron 1 > Great Egret 3 > Turkey Vulture 1 > Bald Eagle 1 > Mourning Dove 1 > Inca Dove 1 > Eastern Screech-Owl 1 > Ruby-throated Hummingbird 8 > Belted Kingfisher 1 > Red-bellied Woodpecker 3 > Downy Woodpecker 3 > Northern Flicker 2 > Great Crested Flycatcher 1 > Yellow-throated Vireo 1 > Red-eyed Vireo 1 > Blue Jay 9 > American Crow 2 > Fish Crow 5 > Carolina Chickadee 7 > Tufted Titmouse 7 > White-breasted Nuthatch 1 > Brown-headed Nuthatch 2 > Carolina Wren 4 > Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 > Eastern Bluebird 4 > American Robin 2 > Northern Mockingbird 2 > Pine Warbler 1 > Northern Cardinal 9 > House Finch 4 > > View this checklist online at > http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S15210829 > > This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)