[bsg] Re: Hunter quad red- 06/19/14- breeding warbler grand slam........and then some.
- From: Terry Davis <terkchip@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: LABIRD-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, bsg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 22:47:47 -0500
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-
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> http://ebird.org/ebird/la/view/checklist?subID=S18839201
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> 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.
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> Some other highlights were:
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> 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
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> I counted around 18 possible misses for the overall habitat types
> surveyed. Biggest misses were-
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> Wood Duck
> Cattle egret
> Mississippi Kite
> Red-tailed Hawk
> Eastern Screech-Owl
> Great Horned Owl
> Chuck-will's-widow
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> Have a good weekend!
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> Terry
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