[bsg] Fwd: [LABIRD-L] Cameron Report and ACBS-East Jetty, Sep 12, 2013

From: Jay V Huner <jvh0660@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: bsg <bsg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 21:00:37 -0500 (CDT)
BIRD STUDY GROUP
Some BSG folks are not on LABIRD and might want to know about the situation in 
the Cameron area.

Remember, even a WEAK front can change the birding situation from one day to 
the next.

Jay Huner

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From: Jay V Huner <jvh0660@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 20:58:26 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: [LABIRD-L] Cameron Report and ACBS-East Jetty, Sep 12, 2013

I hoped to find a few migrants today at Cameron. I would have preferred to have 
gone over the weekend but simply cannot go to the coast before the end of next 
week so it was today or no trip. Comments about several locations follow along 
with a list for Cameron. I went from Gardner to Oakdale to Iowa to Sulphur to 
Holly Beach/Johnson's Bayou to Cameron to Rutherford/Creole to Cameron Prairie 
NWR to Sweet Lake to Iowa and home reversing the route.

- Peveto Woods - Had the good fortune to bird with Robby Bacon. My list was 22 
including sea birds. Robby may have had a couple more birds. We "might" have 
heard a Morning Warbler. At least the weather was decent and the flies and 
mosquitos weren't problems. Will be interesting to see lists from those seeking 
early migrants over the weekend.

- East Jetty Area - see ebird report, below.

- Rutherford Woods/Beach - I did not stop at these locations.

- Rutherford to Creole Road Situation - There is work on the bridge between the 
two locations. The road was open for travel and the work will likely be 
completed tomorrow.

- Cameron Prairie NWR Pintail Loop - There was no water in the interior 
impoundment and water along the east side was very low but there were quite a 
few Blue-winged Teal, Mottled Ducks, waders including Roseate Spoonbills, 
shorebirds, and gallinules.

- Sweetlake Inc. Farm Area/Chalkley and Arceneaux Roads - Fields along 
Arceneaux Road were flooded and had good numbers of ducks and shorebirds. 

- Inland Water - The only water I found was at Cameron Prairie NWR, Sweetlake 
Inc., and Fruge Road near Iowa.

Cameron List

Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Gadwall - Single drake in Cameron Sewage Pond!
Wood Duck - Several at Cameron Prairie NWR
Mottled Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Neotropic Cormorant
Great Blue Heron

Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Reddish Egret
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis

White-faced Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
Turkey Vulture
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Clapper Rail
Purple Gallinule
Common Gallinule
Black-bellied Plover
Snowy Plover

Wilson's Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Black-necked Stilt
Spotted Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Willet
Lesser Yellowlegs
Marbled Godwit
Sanderling

Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Black Tern
Royal Tern
Sandwich Tern

Black Skimmer
Mourning Dove
Common Nighthawk
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Crested Caracara
Loggerhead Shrike

Blue Jay
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Blue Grosbeak
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle
Great-tailed Grackle
Baltimore Oriole

House Sparrow


> ACBS-East Jetty, Cameron, US-LA
> Sep 12, 2013 1:10 PM - 2:05 PM
> Protocol: Traveling
> 1.0 mile(s)
> Comments:     Audubon beach survey. Tide very low and apparently falling. 
> Wind SE about 10 MPH. Surf 12-18". Light clouds. Temperature 85+F. Beach rack 
> - 0.5; human activity - 0.0; cattle activity 0.0. Could see at least 100 
> American White Pelicans and a similar number of Brown Pelicans in the 
> distance on Broussard Beach. Not counted in this survey. It almost appears 
> that the beach to the east of the park is building. Area between shell berm 
> off shore at the park and the park is clearly filling in.
> 32 species
> 
> Neotropic Cormorant  8
> Brown Pelican  6
> Great Blue Heron  1
> Great Egret  3
> Snowy Egret  3
> Tricolored Heron  1
> Reddish Egret  1
> Yellow-crowned Night-Heron  1
> White Ibis  1
> Roseate Spoonbill  2
> Black-bellied Plover  11
> Snowy Plover  1
> Wilson's Plover  2
> Semipalmated Plover  18
> Killdeer  1
> Spotted Sandpiper  2
> Willet  9
> Marbled Godwit  2
> Stilt Sandpiper  1
> Sanderling  10
> Least Sandpiper  1
> Semipalmated Sandpiper  25
> Laughing Gull  200
> Ring-billed Gull  1
> Herring Gull  1
> Black Tern  11
> Royal Tern  65
> Sandwich Tern  9
> Black Skimmer  33
> Crested Caracara  1
> Common Grackle  2
> Boat-tailed Grackle  3
> 
> View this checklist online at 
> http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S15158823
> 
> This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
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