[bsg] Fwd: [LABIRD-L] Southern Rapides Parish Birds - J.H. Overton Recreation Area, Oct 12, 2013
- From: Jay V Huner <jvh0660@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bsg <bsg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2013 18:10:54 -0500 (CDT)
BIRD STUDY GROUP
Hope this is not a repeat. Apologies if it is. For people not on LABIRD. Plenty
of RAIN - over an inch and a half at Cotile Lake. Maybe the weather will bring
some migrants?
Jay Huner
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From: Jay V Huner <jvh0660@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Sat, 12 Oct 2013 16:33:21 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: [LABIRD-L] Southern Rapides Parish Birds - J.H. Overton Recreation
Area, Oct 12, 2013
The day started off lousy with pretty heavy fog. Birding at water sites in
heavy fog is problematic. But, the fog was lifting as I got to the Overton site
and I was pleasantly surprised by what I found including Magnolia Warbler and
American Redstart. The site is an e-bird hotspot and included in the Lane's
Guide central Louisiana guide. I shouldn't have been surprised by the Savannah
Sparrow as it's about time for them to show up around here. It would be nice to
be able to get to the east side of the site from the west side without driving
60 miles as it is located on the Red River Valley escarpment as opposed to
being IN the Red River Valley. The mixed flock of cormorants was some distance
away but it's hard to not notice the differences in size and tail length when
two cormorants are physically almost touching each other.
It's pretty clear that Neotropic Cormorants are not only moving northward from
the coast but they are also moving eastward. Noticed the reports of rufous-type
hummingbirds at Delhi well to the north of us and in the Pollock area just to
the east of us. Maybe we'll get wintering hummers in the Cotile area?
Jay Huner
PS - The Overton area IS obviously open but the restrooms are closed. Guess
there is a limit to the amount of pain DC wants to visit upon the general
public?
> J.H. Overton Recreation Area, Rapides, US-LA
> Oct 12, 2013 8:40 AM - 10:40 AM
> Protocol: Traveling
> 2.6 mile(s)
> Comments: Birding west side of complex accessed from LA 1 via LA 1198 and
> north on LA 457/River Road. Very foggy to start with high overcast to end.
> Nice for find a few migrant songbirds.
> 37 species
>
> Neotropic Cormorant 5 Mixed flock of cormorants on steep slanting
> concrete embankment from top of lock to water on spillway side of structure.
> Distinctly smaller and long-tailed compared to adjacent Double-crested
> Cormorants. No first fall birds of either species. All black in overall
> coloration.
> Double-crested Cormorant 16
> Great Blue Heron 8
> Great Egret 11
> Little Blue Heron 2
> Turkey Vulture 1
> Rock Pigeon 75
> Mourning Dove 1
> Belted Kingfisher 1
> Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
> Downy Woodpecker 1
> Northern Flicker 2
> Pileated Woodpecker 1
> American Kestrel 1
> Eastern Phoebe 2
> White-eyed Vireo 2
> Blue Jay 9
> American Crow 20
> Fish Crow 130
> Northern Rough-winged Swallow 10
> Tree Swallow 10
> Barn Swallow 85
> Carolina Chickadee 4
> House Wren 1
> Carolina Wren 12
> Gray Catbird 2
> Brown Thrasher 1
> Northern Mockingbird 9
> Common Yellowthroat 2
> American Redstart 2
> Magnolia Warbler 1
> Eastern Towhee 2
> Savannah Sparrow 1
> Northern Cardinal 20
> Blue Grosbeak 1
> Indigo Bunting 3
> Brown-headed Cowbird 6
>
> View this checklist online at
> http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S15384903
>
> This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
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