[bsg] Re: [LABIRD-L] DUSKY-CAPPED Flycatcher remains at same location/Cross Lake 12-01-12
- From: Terry Davis <trdavis22@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Bulletin Board for Dissemination of Information on Louisiana Birds <LABIRD-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "bsg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bsg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2012 16:02:55 -0800 (PST)
Jay/all, Sorry for inadvertently erasing 100 spp from your year list in my
message to Labird...... that should've read343, y'all!! O-; For what it's
worth, I hope that you find many more between now and the end of the month.
Good luck with that!
Earlier this morning, a single stop for us at a field/ wet woods border sampled
on Tacoma while on the way to the DCFL area yielded 3 Winter Wren, 4 Sedge
Wren, 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 2 White-breasted Nuthatch, loads of Pine Siskin
and at least 5 Le Conte's Sparrow- the latter perched up in giant ragweed
edging the field- an interestingly odd mix indeed!! There was also one
White-breasted Nuthatch at the DCFL site.
Terry
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From: Terry Davis <trdavis22@xxxxxxxxx>
To: LABIRD-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, December 1, 2012 1:11 PM
Subject: [LABIRD-L] DUSKY-CAPPED Flycatcher remains at same location/Cross Lake
12-01-12
Hi all, Jay Huner and I luckily met one of the local landowners leaving this
morning who directed us where to go to ask for permission to bird the property.
The land owners wish to remain anonymous at this time. We walked into the woods
trying to remain as silent as possible around 0955. The Dusky-capped gave the
descending mournful "wheer" call twice at 10 a.m., then fell silent. I was
looking in a different direction when Jay spotted the bird approaching while we
were using Ash-throated playback. I was not able to get on the bird after it
dropped low farther away, but Jay saw that proportions and colors were right
for the Dusky-capped. We did not hear or suspect the Ash-throated. The land
owners asked us not to walk too far into the woods as there are hunters nearby,
so we declined to chase the bird any further. We sat on a downed log just
Northwest of the large thicket at the waters edge and waited for some time,
mostly silently, with occasional
playback used at low volume for DCFL, ATFL and Eastern Screech-Owl. As we were
about to leave, I heard another distant call. We waited a few more minutes but
the bird did not show so we left. I will probably contact the owners again
sometime this evening and may try, if granted permission, for an early morning
run. My phone # is (318) 934-2133 if anyone is interested in going, although I
may or may not be able to secure permission for others. I'm not certain at this
time
This would be year-bird # 243 for Jay. He got # 242 when we found a Bewick's
Wren approximately 75 yards east of the Lakewood Drive dead end. GO JAY!! (-:
Terry
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