[bsg] Fwd: [LABIRD-L] Nice Visit to Kincaid Reservoir, Mar 6, 2013

From: Jay V Huner <jvh0660@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: bsg <bsg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2013 17:30:44 -0600 (CST)
BIRD STUDY GROUP
This is surely a double post for those of you on LABIRD but for those who are 
not, perhaps you will find this to be an interesting commentary?

Jay Huner

Kincaid Reservoir was in the news Saturday when Steve Shively was featured in a 
Bald Eagle event organized by the US Forest Service. The event got a lot of 
local publicity and was apparently quite a success despite the cold blast from 
the north. I didn't manage an eagle today but had a pretty good diversity of 
birds. I thought I heard part of a loon call when I got to the dam face and 
after about an hour finally found it well out into the reservoir. I see so few 
Eared Grebes in Louisiana that finding one was a real treat.

Jay Huner

> Kincaid Reservoir, Rapides, US-LA
> Mar 6, 2013 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
> Protocol: Traveling
> 2.0 mile(s)
> Comments:     Dam area accessed from LA 28 W via Tunk's Cypress Inn. Brisk 
> northerly wind and clear sky. Almost hot in protected area below dam along 
> riparian habitat at base of dam. Simply too nice a day to not be out. Really 
> nice potpourri of birds. Horned Grebes have been around all winter. I was 
> surprised to find the Eared Grebe in the middle of the flotilla of Ruddy 
> Ducks. The reservoir is over 2000 acres in size so the Eared Grebe could have 
> been present all winter. Or, it might have just dropped in to visit. Really 
> nice to look up in the blue sky and see the pelicans circling down to the 
> water. The Northern Rough-winged Swallows were the first I've seen this 
> spring in Rapides Parish.

> 35 species
> 
> Canada Goose  1
> Lesser Scaup  18
> Bufflehead  5
> Ruddy Duck  230
> Common Loon  1
> Pied-billed Grebe  3
> Horned Grebe  7
> Eared Grebe  1
> Double-crested Cormorant  30
> American White Pelican  95
> Great Blue Heron  1
> Great Egret  1
> Turkey Vulture  2
> Red-shouldered Hawk  1
> Red-tailed Hawk  2
> American Coot  17
> Bonaparte's Gull  23
> Forster's Tern  2
> Red-bellied Woodpecker  4
> Eastern Phoebe  3
> Blue Jay  9
> American Crow  10
> Northern Rough-winged Swallow  4
> Tufted Titmouse  4
> Carolina Wren  3
> Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  2
> Ruby-crowned Kinglet  4
> Eastern Bluebird  3
> Northern Mockingbird  3
> Yellow-rumped Warbler  15
> Savannah Sparrow  20
> Swamp Sparrow  4
> White-throated Sparrow  4
> Northern Cardinal  10
> Common Grackle  1000
> 
> View this checklist online at 
> http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S13311296
> 
> This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
[bsg] Fwd: [LABIRD-L] Nice Visit to Kincaid Reservoir, Mar 6, 2013

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