[wisb] brief LA report
- From: "Seegert, Greg" <gseegert@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 19:33:19 -0400
Wisbirders
Last Sun, Mon and Tues, Jann and I were in New Orleans to attend a conference.
After the conference, we headed west to Breaux Bridge, LA where we met up with
former Wisbirder, John Romano. We spent Wed along the SW coast of LA. Best
birds here were Nelson's sparrow, seaside sparrow (this was a lifer for John),
piping plover, reddish egret, boat-tailed grackle, scissor-tailed FC, and a
variety of common shore and water birds. On the way back, we saw a caracara,
which was a LA bird for John.
The next day we did a 4-hr swamp tour with a commercial fisherman. There
wasn't much birdwise but as a fish biologist it was interesting to hear the
common names they used. For example, the fisherman said he used live perch as
bait for yellow catfish. Turns out the term perch is used for anything in the
genus Lepomis...in this case it was a large bluegill. Yellow cat is flathead
cat. At one point a boat in front of us hit a paddlefish, which became dinner
for John and his friend.
Greg Seegert
Beaver Dam, WI
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