[bsg] RRNWR Headquarters highlights- Bossier City, La + retraction from Yates.
- From: Terry Davis <trdavis22@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Bulletin Board for Dissemination of Information on Louisiana Birds <LABIRD-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "bsg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bsg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2013 20:16:33 -0800 (PST)
Hi all, Ronnie Maum and I surveyed Headquarters this morning. We had good
overall numbers of birds but somewhat low diversity- especially with water
birds. Both the pecan orchards near the overlook and area along the chocolate
trail have changed much since our last visit. Most trees, which had been fully
leaved up until this last visit, are now bare. This has caused a slight
re-distribution of small land birds throughout and an especially notable drop
in numbers along the W end of the chocolate trail, except for White-throated
Sparrow and a few others. A few spots checked along thickets and fields
adjacent the back road were once again busy with sparrows and other small birds
for the first time since an earlier movement a few weeks prior. The understory
of many areas still remain quite thick and teeming with small birds. I kept
track of N Cardinal numbers throughout after seeing several groups of 20 and 30
birds for a total of 110 birds- but only 30 were
found within the areas fully surveyed for "sedentary" spp. We will likely
change the route up a bit in the weeks to come. Highlights were-
Anhinga- 1 female-type
Snowy Egret- 8. Including group of 5 with 4 TRHE.
Tricolored Heron- 4. Also a slight increase of Black-crowned Night-Heron with
4
Bald eagle- 1-2 ad. Including ad flying with fish.
Ruby-crowned Kinglet- 41. Including single group of 20 birds in vine-draped
understory thicket of pecan orchard at levee juncture stop. There were at least
4-5 Pine Warblers with this group as well. Numbers of RCKI at overlook and
chocolate trail were not especially high.
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher- 5. Found as singles and one group of 2.
Although I felt 100% sure at the time, I've decided to retract the Barn Swallow
record from our Yates tract list yeserday, due to the brevity of the sighting.
Good birding y,all
Terry
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