Forgot to mention that I put a little over two hours in Bossier City quad this morning during work activities. I began the effort after noticing a Western Kingbird flying low to the W over my vehicle at the railroad viaduct off Benton Rd near Kroger. I continued the survey in Old Greenacres off Arlington Place, then for about a mile East between there and Lowe's while traveling for materials. There were no major finds but numbers of WWDO- 8, INDO-2, MIKI- 3, GTGR- 5, then at least 4 adult Yellow-crowned Night-Heron moving back and forth from foraging areas to nests in large live oaks was interesting. On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 10:26 PM, Terry Davis <terkchip@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi all, Hubert did exceptionally well in Hunter quad several days before > with 64 spp. This is especially due to the fact that it would be considered > a "waterless" quad. However, this isn't entirely true as the area is loaded > with many creeks and bottoms- but certainly no accessible "big" water or > ponds. We returned there yesterday and had an awesome day of birding with > 65 spp. We had a breeding warbler grand slam with good numbers of all > species found for the habitat that was surveyed, except Common Yellowthroat > and Prothonotary- with one of each spp at a single location. To my > knowledge, this has never been achieved in Northwest La- certainly not East > of Bienville Parish- and definitely not in a single quad. I'd be surprised > if it has happened many times anywhere in the state after June 1st. We felt > downright lucky with our success. The quad is at around 78 spp and was > finished now with a little over 11 hours. The habitat varies from mostly > heavily wooded bottoms to gently rolling hills with a nice diversity of > plant life and is a songbird paradise I have gps coordinates for WEWA, AMRE > and a few others if anyone is interested but I'll warn that they were done > with an i-phone and interference was bad- with coordinates changing as we > stood there. I also made some vocal recordings of unknown quality that I > have yet to upload. Below is a list of warbler spp and numbers first, then > list of other highlights afterward. A long and grueling but complete > rundown can be found at- > > http://ebird.org/ebird/la/view/checklist?subID=S18839201 > > > > 1. Worm-eating warbler- 3 > 2. Louisiana Waterthrush- 4 > 3. Black-and-White "-4 > 4. Prothonotary "- 1 > 5. Swainson's "- 3 > 6. Kentucky "- 8 > 7. Common Yellowthroat- 2 > 8. Hooded "- 32 > 9. American redstart- 2 > 10. Northern Parula- 1 > 11. Pine "- 20 > 12. Yellow-throated- 2 > 13. Prairie- 3 > 14. Yellow-breasted Chat- 27. > > Some other highlights were: > > > Great Egret- 1 > Green Heron- 1 > Wild Turkey- 1 (Hubert previously) > N Bobwhite- 4 > Broad-winged Hawk- 2 > Inca Dove- 1 > Red-headed Woodpecker- 1 > Hairy "- 3 > Acadian Flycatcher- 8 > Scissor-tailed "- 3 (2 by Hubert previously) > White-eyed Vireo- 44 > Red-eyed "- 52 > Loggerhead Shrike- 1 (Hubert previously) > Eastern Phoebe- 1 > Northern Rough-winged swallow- (Hubert previously) > Cliff swallow- 1 > Brown-headed Cowbird- Only 2. Whistling flybys at two separate locations- > although we all know that this is just an artifact of inactivity/ low > detection. Hubert also had RWBL and COGR- definitely not ho-hum birds for > this hilly area > > I counted around 18 possible misses for the overall habitat types > surveyed. Biggest misses were- > > Wood Duck > Cattle egret > Mississippi Kite > Red-tailed Hawk > Eastern Screech-Owl > Great Horned Owl > Chuck-will's-widow > > > Have a good weekend! > > Terry > > > > > > > >