[bsg] Fwd: [LABIRD-L] Sabine Parish - Toledo Bend Area - Converse Bay, Aug 9, 2013

From: Jay V Huner <jvh0660@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: bsg <bsg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2013 15:43:22 -0500 (CDT)
BIRD STUDY GROUP
I think this list is good for the BSG study area. Does BSG take lists from 
ebird or does someone have to input the data to the BSG data base?

Jay Huner

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Subject: [LABIRD-L] Sabine Parish - Toledo Bend Area - Converse Bay, Aug 9, 2013

I rarely get to the Toledo Bend area but came south from Logansport in 
mid-morning looking for a nice public park  in Desoto Parish and missed it. 
Rather than just continue on home, I turned westward at a sign for Converse Bay 
just opposite where LA 174 intersects LA 191. Found a reasonably nice place to 
bird. Tried my best to turn a flycatcher that was whitting away at a BirdJam 
screech-owl rendition into a Willow Flycatcher but common sense and a note from 
a senior birder got me straight. 

Converse Bay looks like what I'd say should be an ebird hotspot based on the 
wide vistas of Toledo Bend Reservoir that can be viewed from shore plus 
riparian habitat and tall pines. But it's sure off the beaten path.

Jay Huner


> Converse Bay, Sabine, US-LA
> Aug 9, 2013 11:10 AM - 12:20 PM
> Protocol: Traveling
> 0.3 mile(s)
> Comments:     Really nice site located on a large bay on the east side of 
> Toledo Bend Reservoir. Access at the intersection of LA 174 and LA 191. Well 
> marked. Really good open area with picnic tables and grills at large, open 
> public boat launch. No restrooms or portalets. Park like with huge pines on 
> the northern side and scrubby trees on the south side. Brush on east side. 
> First visit. I was taken aback by an unusual Pine Warbler and finally 
> realized that it had a yellow body and a dark line through the eye - 
> Blue-winged Warbler.
> 27 species (+2 other taxa)
> 
> Double-crested Cormorant  4
> Great Blue Heron  2
> Great Egret  8
> Black Vulture  1
> Turkey Vulture  3
> Red-tailed Hawk  1
> Mourning Dove  1
> Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
> Red-headed Woodpecker  1
> Red-bellied Woodpecker  3
> Downy Woodpecker  1
> Pileated Woodpecker  1
> Eastern Wood-Pewee  3
> Alder Flycatcher  1
> Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher)  2
> Great Crested Flycatcher  1
> Blue Jay  6
> American Crow  6
> swallow sp.  2
> Carolina Chickadee  1
> Tufted Titmouse  6
> Carolina Wren  7
> Eastern Bluebird  2
> Northern Mockingbird  1
> Blue-winged Warbler  1     I initially thought that this bird was a male Pine 
> Warbler but the body was yellow including the head and there was a dark line 
> through the eye.
> Pine Warbler  20
> Chipping Sparrow  2
> Northern Cardinal  4
> Orchard Oriole  2
> 
> View this checklist online at 
> http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14891793
> 
> This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
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