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This morning about 6:30, there were three adult bald eagles perched 
on the MS River batture, 2 at Colonial Country Club (8 miles west of 
New Orleans) and another about an eight of a mile upriver .

David J. L'Hoste
L'Hoste & Ramsey, LLC
400 Lafayette Street, Suite 150
New Orleans, Louisiana 70130
Telephone:
Facsimile: 
http://lhostelaw.com 

 because I grew up with Gabby Hays (Hayes?),


ah...................now THAT answers a lot of 

questions.............................................................................. 

;)


billf 

Catharus thrushes: only 1, a Swainson�s, all month


that speaks loudly, jv, given the massive thrush fall-out (led by 
overshooting hermits, but with good numbers of swainson's & gray-cheeked & 
only a few woods) a number of us noted in seemingly every little patch of 
woods in cameron on 28 oct.....a weak front had just passed......i was doing 
work at peveto that morning & afternoon, and flushed thrushes everywhere i 
walked; and they were still pouring through the woods at home when i arrived 
late afternoon......i'm just an old thrush-flusher i guess................

interesting also that your pewee numbers were so notably 
sub-par......................we probably experienced our thickest and latest 
(notably more in oct vs. sept instead of the other way around) fall ever in 
our 50-acre bottomland hardwood patch in northern lafayette parish..........

i guess my point is that, thanx to near-real-time reporting via email, we're 
just beginning to understand some of the many differences in fall migration 
pathways thru louisiana........some, like yellow warbler seem to take a 
definite east-west coast-hugging route (i.e. detectable numbers seem highest 
in southeast la., thin just a tad in south-central & south-west, and are 
increasingly smaller heading north to monroe & shreveport) across the 
central part of the southeastern u.s., which i personally think is also true 
for broad-winged hawk and rt hummer.............................others sort 
of graze us with more easterly or westerly pathways.............others 
filter southward along more even fronts/waves..........and what percentage 
of species simply move with the wind, correcting (magnetically??) as they 
go.................and what about the age-sex thing? are older males more 
apt to do that vs. females or young?...undoubtedly, many species move south 
in single or multiple family units; and some continue to move around in that 
configuration throughout the winter............

short of a sustained, massive, summer banding and/or transmitter-rig effort 
(read, big big $$$$) across the entire continent, i doubt whether much of 
this can be proven, but it's still fun to think about................




bill fontenot
acadiana park nature station
lafayette, la. 

Had my first white-throated sparrow of the season in my Gramercy, LA yard 
yesterday November 4, 2007. 


Tom Sylvest

The D'Arbonne CBC will be Saturday, Dec. 15



Subject: [LABIRD-L] LA CBCs 
> As of now what I have for LA CBCs are: 
> 
> Dec. 15: Catahoula and Sabine
> Dec. 27 Pine Prairie
> Dec. 29 Cheneyville-Lecompte
> Dec. 30 Thibodaux (I think)
> Jan. 4 Crowley
> Jan. 5 Bossier-Caddo-Bienville (I think) and Baton Rouge
> 
> Let me know of others and verify that what I have is correct.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Marty Floyd
> Progne99 AT aol.com

Red-headed Woodpecker Juvenile (woodlot in Cameron on Amoco Street)

http://www.pbase.com/marshawhiteseyffert/image/

Osprey (Hackberry) 

http://www.pbase.com/marshawhiteseyffert/image/

http://www.pbase.com/marshawhiteseyffert/image/

Common Yellowthroat (Holly Beach)

http://www.pbase.com/marshawhiteseyffert/image/

Downy Woodpecker (Hackberry)

http://www.pbase.com/marshawhiteseyffert/image/

Thank you Justin and Bill for the information and directions.


Best,

Marsha

http://www.pbase.com/MarshaWhiteSeyffert

----- Original Message ----- 
From: 
To: 
Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2007 2:04 PM
Subject: eBird Report - Mid-City/City Park , 11/3/07


> 
> 
> Location:     Mid-City/City Park
> Observation date:     11/3/07
> Notes:     RNDU FOF, GCKI FOF; INBU latish
> Number of species:     53
> 
> Ring-necked Duck     14
> Lesser Scaup     3
> Ruddy Duck     1
> Double-crested Cormorant     8
> Anhinga     2
> Great Blue Heron     1
> Great Egret     5
> Snowy Egret     12
> Little Blue Heron     1
> Cattle Egret     55
> Black-crowned Night-Heron     3
> White Ibis     12
> Turkey Vulture     1
> Osprey     1
> Red-shouldered Hawk     2
> American Kestrel     1
> Killdeer     1
> Rock Pigeon     6
> Mourning Dove     5
> Belted Kingfisher     3
> Red-bellied Woodpecker     2
> Downy Woodpecker     5
> Northern Flicker     7
> Eastern Phoebe     12
> Blue-headed Vireo     1
> Blue Jay     8
> American Crow     20
> Fish Crow     60
> Carolina Chickadee     8
> Carolina Wren     1
> House Wren     5
> Marsh Wren     1
> Golden-crowned Kinglet     2
> Ruby-crowned Kinglet     5
> Blue-gray Gnatcatcher     1
> American Robin     5
> Gray Catbird     2
> Northern Mockingbird     12
> Brown Thrasher     3
> European Starling     25
> Orange-crowned Warbler     4
> Yellow-rumped Warbler     15
> Pine Warbler     3
> Common Yellowthroat     1
> Wilson's Warbler     2
> Chipping Sparrow     2
> Song Sparrow     1
> Swamp Sparrow     8
> White-throated Sparrow     1
> Northern Cardinal     6
> Indigo Bunting     13
> House Finch     5
> House Sparrow     12
> 
> This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
>

A pretty uneventful survey of Lake Pontchartrain along Haynes Blvd. in New 
Orleans Sunday. A stop at Little Woods and elsewhere along Paris Rd.

I had one of the strangest birding experiences ever in the field at Paris 
and the I-10 north service road. I heard a Bachman's Sparrow singing clearly 
for about three minutes. By the time I extricated myself from the thicket I 
was in and worked my way across the field, it had stopped singing. 
Naturally, I'd left the IPod in the car. I waited quite a while hoping it 
would start up again, but no luck. I then tried other sparrow songs on the 
IPod, hoping to come at it obliquely and get it going again without spooking 
it. Finally, I tried the Bachman's recording. I heard a brief agitated call 
note that I was unfamiliar with, but nothing else.

I know passerines can learn the wrong song, but this was simply a perfect 
rendering, and nothing else was singing. It was midday. There are at most 
two or three records south of Lake Pontchartrain, none singing, presumably.

Comments?

David Muth
New Orleans


Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 1:26 PM
Subject: eBird Report - Little Woods Quad , 11/4/07
>
>
> Location:     Little Woods Quad
> Observation date:     11/4/07
> Notes:     Haynes Lakefront; Little Woods, field at Paris and I-10 Service 
> Road. Bachman's Sparrow sang full song for about 3 minutes. Never seen.> 
> Number of species:     53
>
> Gadwall     18
> Brown Pelican     85
> Double-crested Cormorant     55
> Great Blue Heron     6
> Great Egret     5
> Snowy Egret     3
> Cattle Egret     5
> Turkey Vulture     2
> Osprey     3
> Sharp-shinned Hawk     1
> Red-shouldered Hawk     2
> Red-tailed Hawk     2
> American Coot     15
> Black-bellied Plover     3
> Killdeer     2
> Black-necked Stilt     1     Paris Rd.
> Laughing Gull     150
> Forster's Tern     200
> Royal Tern     20
> Rock Pigeon     35
> Mourning Dove     12
> Red-bellied Woodpecker     2
> Yellow-bellied Sapsucker     2
> Downy Woodpecker     6
> Northern Flicker     1
> Eastern Phoebe     3
> Loggerhead Shrike     2
> Blue Jay     12
> American Crow     10
> Carolina Chickadee     6
> Carolina Wren     1
> House Wren     8
> Ruby-crowned Kinglet     2
> Blue-gray Gnatcatcher     1
> Gray Catbird     2
> Northern Mockingbird     8
> Brown Thrasher     2
> European Starling     250
> Orange-crowned Warbler     1
> Common Yellowthroat     1
> Eastern Towhee     2
> Bachman's Sparrow     1     Singing bird Paris at I-10 Service Rd.!!
> Savannah Sparrow     25
> Song Sparrow     2
> Swamp Sparrow     18
> White-throated Sparrow     8
> Northern Cardinal     5
> Indigo Bunting     6
> Red-winged Blackbird     2
> Eastern Meadowlark     1
> Common Grackle     2
> Boat-tailed Grackle     5
> House Sparrow     3
>
> This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
> 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: 
To: 
Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2007 1:57 PM
Subject: eBird Report - Seabrook , 11/3/07


> 
> 
> Location:     Seabrook
> Observation date:     11/3/07
> Notes:     FOF COLO
> Number of species:     12
> 
> Common Loon     1
> Brown Pelican     30
> Double-crested Cormorant     18
> American Kestrel     1
> American Coot     35
> Black-bellied Plover     2
> Spotted Sandpiper     1
> Laughing Gull     45
> Forster's Tern     50
> Rock Pigeon     45
> European Starling     5
> Boat-tailed Grackle     1
> 
> This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
>

Nice thing about LABIRD is that it is not so crowded like the TEXBIRDS that 
one can only post on Louisiana bird topics!

We were in the Pine Bluff, AR area 30-31 October and 3-4 November. We went 
to Branson on 1 Nov. and left on 3 Nov. I had some first of fall birds on 
the trip. I also had Red-breasted Nuthatch in Pine Bluff and in Branson. 
This was a first for my Arkansas list. So, the little "tooters" are strung 
out from Cameron into the "heartland" this year. 

Okay, so Branson was a trip for my wife to see some evening shows and go to 
the outlet malls as well as a visit to the Roy Rogers Museum. Heck, I liked 
the museum because I grew up with Gabby Hays (Hayes?), Bullet, Trigger, Pat 
Brady, Buttermilk, Dale, and Roy! Roy, as it turns out, was a real NRA guy! 
He had a fabulous gun collection. 

Anyway, I didn't have a lot of "quality" birding time in Branson but while 
everybody else was in the outlet mall, I found a grown up field - soon, I'm 
sure, to be some development, between the mall and the water park. The water 
park was closed for the winter and there was a really birdy brush/tree line 
along the side of the parking lot with Chipping, Field, Song, and White-
crowned Sparrows, Dark-eyed Juncos, Cedar Waxwings (FOF), American 
Goldfinches (FOF), a Red-breasted Nuthatch and a few American Robins. Also 
picked up a Carolina Chickadee, a couple of Northern Mockingbirds, and 
several Blue Jays. So, one can find birds just about anywhere if he/she 
looks for them! Sort of wonder what would have been around if I'd been there 
near dawn rather than around noon?! There was water running from the water 
park along the curb from the water park to a drain. The birds in the 
brush/tree line were going back and forth for water. I finally figured out 
what the waxwings were doing. They were scoughing up blue berries in 
the "cedars" in the brush/tree line. Not sure if the trees were cedars or 
not but the birds liked the fruit, for sure. 

Lists for Arkansas and Missouri follow.

Jay Huner

Arkansas: Canada Goose; Double-crested Cormorant; Great Blue Heron; Great 
Egret; Black Vulture; Turkey Vulture; Cooper's Hawk; Red-tailed Hawk; 
American Kestrel; Rock Pigeon; Belted Kingfisher; Red-bellied Woodpecker; 
Yellow-bellied Woodpecker; Hairy Woodpecker; Northern Flicker; Pileated 
Woodpecker; Eastern Phoebe; Blue Jay; American Crow; Carolina Chickadee; Red-
breasted Nuthatch; Brown-headed Nuthatch; Carolina Wren; Tufted Titmouse; 
Eastern Bluebird; American Robin; Northern Mockingbird; Brown Thasher; 
European Starling; Yellow-rumped Warbler; Chipping Sparrow; Song Sparrow; 
White-throated Sparrow; White-crowned Sparrow; Northern Cardinal; House 
Finch; American Goldfinch; and House Sparrow.

Missouri: Canada Goose; Mallard; Bufflehead; Pied-billed Grebe; Great Blue 
Heron; Turkey Vulture; Red-tailed Hawk; American Kestrel; American Coot; 
Ring-billed Gull; Rock Pigeon; Red-bellied Woodpecker; Blue Jay; American 
Crow; Carolina Chickadee; Red-breasted Nuthatch; Carolina Wren; American 
Robin; Northern Mockingbird; European Starling; Cedar Waxwing; Chipping, 
Field, Song, and White-throated Sparrow; Dark-eyed Junco; Northern Cardinal; 
American Goldfinch; and House Sparrow.

Dear Russ and LABIRD,

The winter LOS meeting will be in Alexandria on January 25-27.  Details will 
be in the next issue of LOS News and will also be posted on the LOS website.

Joelle Finley
LOS Secretary

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Russ Allor" 
To: 
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 3:07 PM
Subject: [LABIRD-L] Winter LOS meeting


Does anyone have details on when and where for the LOS winter meeting?

Russ

Russ Allor
Baton Rouge, LA

LABIRD:�Notes from my place near St. Gabriel, Iberville Par., Oct. 
2007.�5.4 inches of rainfall � pretty good by recent years� 
standards.�Like August and September (and most falls since 2000), it 
was a dull month despite several fronts.�Dawn skies were again nearly 
devoid of anything but blackbirds, and were below normal on almost 
everything except Starlings and C. Grackles.�Migrants were scarce in 
the woods, too.�Scarcest of the scarce:�Tennessee Warbler: only 4 seen 
all month; Catharus thrushes: only 1, a Swainson�s, all month�; 
tanagers 0 Scarlets, few Summers.

�Mentionable birds = ....

�DAWN sky-watches  AT  30 mins. (N = 25; horizon-to-horizon fly-overs 
only).

�== White-fronted Goose: 91 on 10/20.
== Ring-necked Duck: 3 on 10/21 (only my 4th record although the 
species evidently winters on nearby Spanish L.).
== duck spp: 15 on 10/25, 15 on 10/29.
== Chimney Swift: 1 on 10/21, LOF (early LO date).
== Belted Kingfisher: 1/day on 3 days.
== NRWS: 1-8/day on 3 days.
== Barn Swallow: 1 on 10/1 � lousy, as in Sept.
== Am. Robin; 1-5/day starting 10/28.
== Indigo Bunting: 1-18.day on 6 days(mediocre); peak on 10/10.
== Tennessee Warbler: 2 going W on 10/27.
== Myrtle Warbler: 1 on 10/21, then 1-7/day from 10/25 on.
== Blue Grosbeak: 2 on 10/11.
== Eur. Starling: record highs for Oct.; up to 2300/day (gag).

�

++++++++++++

�MID/LATE-AM hawk-watches  AT  30 mins (N =�10); horizon-to-horizon 
fly-overs only.

�== D-c Cormorant: 16 on 10/12 (influx).
== Plegadis sp: 2 on 10/12; few previous records.
== Sharp-shinned Hawk: 1/day on 3 days (lousy).
== Bald Eagle: 1-2/day on 3 days.
== Tree Swallow: steady from 10/6 on.
== NRWS: 1-2/day on 3 days.
== Barn Swallow: 2 on 10/12 (lousy).
== Indigo Bunting: 1 on 10/12.

�
++++++++++++

�AROUND the yard:�

�Migrants/misc.

�== White-fr. Goose:�47 more on 10/20, clearly a big movement day for 
this species.
== Red-headed Woodpecker: 1 on 10/7, 1 on 10/12.
== E. Wood Pewee: 2 on 10/16 (lousy).
== SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER: a yard first, at last, 1 going SE on 
10/28.
== Philly Vireo: 1 on 10/12 (lousy).
== Red-breasted Nuthatch: 1 on 10/27.
== Gray Catbird: up to 10/day through ca. 10/25, then 1-2/day 
(mediocre).
== Swainson�s Thrush: 1 on 10/13 (lousy)
== Wood Thrush: 1-2/day near-daily to 10/21 (mediocre).
== Tennessee Warbler: 1/day on 2 days (lousy).
== N. Parula: 1/day on 3 days.
== Nashville Warbler: 1 on 10/13.
== Magnolia Warbler: 1/day on 5 days (mediocre).
== BT Green Warbler: 1/day on 3 days (lousy).
== Am. Redstart: 1-3/day near-daily to 10/19.
== Black-and-white Warbler: 1 on 9/2.
== N. Waterthrush: 1 on 10/12.
== C. Yellowthroat: 1 on 2 days.
== Hooded Warbler: 1-2/day on 5 days to 10/14
== Yellow-breasted Chat: 1 on 10/6-7.
== Rose-breasted Grosbeak: 1-2/day on 6 days.
== Blue Grosbeak: 1/day on 5 days to 10/21.

�

LOF dates breeders:

�== Yellow-billed Cuckoo: 10/16 (scarce since early Sep)
== Ruby-throated Hummingbird: 10/27
== Acadian Flycatcher: 10/25 � exceptionally late
== Summer Tanager: 10/14
== Indigo Bunting: 10/28 (and continuing decline around yard)


FOF winterers:

�== Y-b Sapsucker: 10/3
== E. Phoebe: 10/11
== Blue-headed Vireo: 10/21
== Ruby-cr Kinglet: 10/12
== Golden-cr Kinglet: 10/30
== Hermit Thrush: 10/27
== Am. Robin: 1 on 10/1 likely a local wanderer; otherwise 10/25
== Myrtle Warbler: 3 on 10/12 � early.
== Wilson�s Warbler: 1 daily starting 10/15, suspected returnee from 
previous winter.
== Chipping Sparrow: 10/29
== White-throated Sparrow: 10/25, a very late FOF date


*********************************
Dr. J. V. Remsen, Jr.
LSU Museum of Natural Science
Foster Hall 119, LSU
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
najamesLSU.edu
http://www.museum.lsu.edu/RemsenLab.html

LABIRD: a surprise on a hawk-watch at my place near St. Gabriel 
yesterday (11-4) was a fly-over Pine Siskin, hopefully a good sign for 
this winter.

*********************************
Dr. J. V. Remsen, Jr.
LSU Museum of Natural Science
Foster Hall 119, LSU
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
najamesLSU.edu
http://www.museum.lsu.edu/RemsenLab.html

I know last year there was a conflict with the Eagle Expo in Morgan  
City, which is scheduled for 2/16-18/08 next year.  T'would be nice  
if they weren't on the same weekend.....
Josephine
baton rouge
On Nov 5, 2007, at 3:07 PM, Russ Allor wrote:

Does anyone have details on when and where for the LOS winter meeting?

Russ

Russ Allor
Baton Rouge, LA

Does anyone have details on when and where for the LOS winter meeting?

Russ

Russ Allor
Baton Rouge, LA

I was "scouting" Blackwater Conservation Area yesterday for an upcoming
field trip and found it to be a pretty good day.  I bet someone who's better
at sparrows than me could have done better.  The Nashville Warbler was a
nice find, and the flock of Golden-crowned Kinglets in the birch stand on
the river trail were a first of season for me.

--Jane

Jane A. Patterson
Baton Rouge, LA
cocamila AT cox.net



-----Original Message-----
From: do-not-reply AT ebird.org [mailto:do-not-reply AT ebird.org] 
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 2:28 PM
To: cocamila AT cox.net
Subject: eBird Report - Blackwater Conservation Area , 11/4/07




Location:     Blackwater Conservation Area
	North Baton Rouge (Central area) intersection of Hooper and
Blackwater roads at Comite River
Observation date:     11/4/07
Number of species:     36

Wood Duck     11
Pied-billed Grebe     3
Great Blue Heron     1
Great Egret     2
Snowy Egret     1
Turkey Vulture     1
Red-shouldered Hawk     1
Killdeer     2
Mourning Dove     4
Belted Kingfisher     2
Red-bellied Woodpecker     2
Downy Woodpecker     2
Northern Flicker     1
Eastern Phoebe     3
White-eyed Vireo     1
Blue Jay     6
American Crow     2
Carolina Chickadee     12
Carolina Wren     19
House Wren     6
Golden-crowned Kinglet     4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet     2
Gray Catbird     1
Northern Mockingbird     2
Brown Thrasher     1
Orange-crowned Warbler     1
Nashville Warbler     1
Yellow-rumped Warbler     7
Common Yellowthroat     6
Eastern Towhee     5
Field Sparrow     1
Savannah Sparrow     4
White-throated Sparrow     28
Northern Cardinal     7
Indigo Bunting     10
Red-winged Blackbird     5

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

Several Hooded Mergansers have now joined the other ducks on Capitol Lakes.
They have found the "safest" spot on the lake, near the Capitol, tucked up
near the bank with the hill with the Iron Knot sculpture on top.  I say the
safest, because it's very difficult to see out onto the lake from that spot.
You can approach from the east and get a good view with bins.  

--Jane




-----Original Message-----
From: Bulletin Board for Dissemination of Information on Louisiana Birds
[mailto:LABIRD-L AT LISTSERV.LSU.EDU] On Behalf Of Jane Patterson
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 3:23 PM
To: LABIRD-L AT LISTSERV.LSU.EDU
Subject: [LABIRD-L] Baton Rouge Sightings 10/29


Made a quick round around Baton Rouge from mid-day to early afternoon on
Sunday, 10/29.  Nice, but windy!  Here's a summary of highlights:

- Tree Swallow "tornado" corner of Burbank and Bluebonnet. Thousands of
birds!

Ben Hur area:
- 3 Northern Harriers
- 3 Kestrels
- 1 Cooper's Hawk
- 4 Red-Tailed Hawk
(also saw a distinctly white bird flying with a pair of Red-Tails.  I
thought it was a light morph Red-Tail, but realized it was reflecting
whitest when the top of the bird was towards me as it turned.  It was too
far away to see much detail and moved off too fast for me to chase it...)
- Palm Warblers and Pine Warbler hanging out with the Bluebirds

Miss River at LSU Vet School:
- 1 adult Bald Eagle perched on BTR side of river - good photo op
- 1 3rd yr Bald Eagle (mostly white head, darker tail, barring) soaring up
and down river
- Swamp, White-throated, and Chipping sparrows 
- Indigo Buntings and Blue Grosbeaks in good numbers
- Yellow-rumped Warblers
- Ruby-crowned kinglet
- Am Redstart

Winter ducks have arrived at Capitol lakes (Lesser Scaup, Ring-necked Ducks,
Gadwall, Ruddy Ducks).  Also seeing congregations of Great and Snowy Egrets,
DC Cormorants, and Am Coots.  

--Jane Patterson
Baton Rouge, LA
cocamila AT cox.net

Rob Dobbs and I can pretty much echo what the Boslers reported for 
our past work week...with only slightly different numbers; 3 Y-b 
Cuckoos Tuesday (Oct 30), one preying on a green treefrog!  Decent 
numbers (5-6) of Vesper Sparrows, one junco, White-throated, 
White-crowned, Lincoln's, Swamp & Song Sparrows arriving.  With the 
majority of our warblers remaining being Tennessee, Orange-crowned, 
"Myrtle", Black-throated Green, "Western" Palm, HY female BLACKPOLL 
(photographed), Am. Redstart, Hooded & Wilson's.  Of course all of 
our individuals came from private land in Johnson Bayou, but its good 
to know that similar numbers are in public areas as well.......tons 
of catbirds.

I was especially luck to get some nice shots of the resident Great 
Horned Owl pair on one of our study plots.  Anyone wanting to check 
them out, please e-mail me off list.  Also, I'll be leaving for 
Cameron again tomorrow morning, so if I don't reply right away, 
apologies.....I'll be back to my computer next weekend.

James

At 02:24 AM 11/5/2007, you wrote:
>LABIRD,
>
>       Yesterday (4 Nov), a leisure birding excursion to coastal 
> Cameron Parish with the parents (down from PA) produced a few 
> noteworthy sightings.  The calm, inactive weather pattern has 
> allowed for many of the migrant landbirds to disperse.  Most of the 
> neotropical transients have continued south, and the wintering 
> passerine numbers were dramatically reduced from last 
> week.  Presumably, a majority of these wintering birds tracked back 
> north toward more suitable wintering grounds.  The woodlots were 
> quiet in comparison to the previous weekend, which was expected for 
> the first week of November.
>
>       A morning stop at Holly Beach yielded 23 FRANKLIN'S GULLS (6 
> basic ad., 17 first-winter) and a Gull-billed Tern among the usual 
> assortment of larids.  All of the Franklin's were in a single mixed 
> larid flock.  A Common Loon and several flocks of Lesser Scaup 
> moved W-E along the coast.  Further west on LA-82, a juvenile 
> SWAINSON'S HAWK was perched atop a telephone pole, ca. 4 mi. E of 
> Johnson Bayou.  Also, 3 ad. White-tailed Kites were hunting in the 
> area.  A juv. male Merlin was waiting at Peveto Beach Woods.  At 
> Peveto Beach Woods, a few lingering migrants stole the show.  The 
> highlight was a late YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO.  There were 4 
> SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHERS and 6 spp. of warblers, with 2 Tenessee 
> (1 AHY, 1 HY), 1 Magnolia (AHY-female), and 3 Black-throated Green 
> (1 HY-male, 2 HY-female) being the most noteworthy.  The typical 
> wintering passerines were highlighted by a Brown Creeper and 4 
> Golden-crowned Kinglets.  Several American Robins were recent 
> arrivals at Pevet!
>  o.  Gray Catbirds and Blue-gray Gnatcatchers were still present in 
> decent numbers.  Not nearly as many Hermit Thrushes, Ruby-crowned 
> Kinglets, and sparrows as last week.
>
>       The afternoon was spent on the east side of Calcasieu Ship 
> Channel.  The woodlots in Cameron were relatively motionless aside 
> from a lingering juvenile BROAD-WINGED HAWK and 2 Merlins (ad. male 
> and female).  The marshes along Amoco Rd. behind the courthouse 
> held the expected waterfowl, including at least 2 continuing juv. 
> Fulvous Whistling-Ducks.  The basic ad. EARED GREBE continues on 
> the Cameron oxidation ponds in the company of 2 Ruddy 
> Ducks.  Another 15 FRANKLIN'S GULLS were observed at E. Jetty 
> Beach, ca. 2 mi. S of Cameron.  A dark morph juv. Reddish Egret was 
> also present.
>
>       The juv. WHITE-TAILED HAWK remains at Willow Island, ca. 4 
> mi. E of Cameron.  At ~3:15 PM, the WTHA was visible from 
> LA-82.  It was perched on a low snag directly across (west side of 
> LA-82)  from the RotorCraft Leasing Co. trailers.  The WTHA was 
> later driven from it's perch by a juv. Krider's Red-tail but only 
> flew a short distance to another snag.
>
>       Here are several photo highlights:
>
>-juv. Broad-winged Hawk
>http://picasaweb.google.com/boslerbirdinc/BroadWingedHawkButeoPlatypterus
>
>-juv. White-tailed Hawk

>http://picasaweb.google.com/boslerbirdinc/WhiteTailedHawkButeoAlbicaudatusHypospodius 

>
>-juv. Swainson's Hawk
>http://picasaweb.google.com/boslerbirdinc/SwainsonSHawkButeoSwainsoni
>
>-ad. female Merlin
>http://picasaweb.google.com/boslerbirdinc/MerlinFalcoColumbarius
>
>-dark morph juv. Reddish Egret
>http://picasaweb.google.com/boslerbirdinc/ReddishEgretEgrettaRufescens
>
>-first-winter Franklin's Gulls
>http://picasaweb.google.com/boslerbirdinc/FranklinSGullLarusPipixcan03
>
>-late Yellow-billed Cuckoo
>http://picasaweb.google.com/boslerbirdinc/YellowBilledCuckooCoccyzusAmericanus
>
>Good Birding,
>Devin Bosler
>LSU-Baton Rouge

James W. Beck
Broussard, LA

I saw my first white throated sparrow in the backyard in BR off Highland
Road last Monday (10/29).

Angie Orgeron

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Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 10:10 AM
To: LABIRD-L AT LISTSERV.LSU.EDU
Subject: [LABIRD-L] White-Throated Sparrow in Baton Rouge

I can confirm that the white-throated sparrow has returned to south-east

Baton Rouge.

I heard one yesterday, the 4th, while walking my basset hound.  We are 
located just off South Harrell's Ferry Road.

Tom

No, I did not intend to forward a link asking you to subscribe to the
Magazine.  If you try the entirety of the long link it will direct you to a
story featuring Joelle Finley, David Muth, Peter Yaukey and others.




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Michael,

I did not find the article. However, I did find an invitation to subscribe 
to the New Orleans Magazine Newsletter on line.

Was that the primary intent of your email?

Best,
Tom Sylvest

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Labirders-
    Highlights from a swing through the ricefields and Cameron Parish this
past Friday-Saturday (11/2-3).

    Observations of rice harvesting activity near Thornwell on Friday noon-5
PM yielded 18 Yellow Rails, 104 Soras, 76 Virginia's, an about 20 Kings.

    At Willow Island near Cameron on Saturday AM the White-tailed Hawk was
present in the oaks at the extreme east end (entrance area) from 8-10 AM.
It was last seen flying NE with a White-tailed Kite in hot pursuit! [By the
way, this is the 2ND or 3RD well-documented LA RECORD of an individual in
this plumage, NOT the first as reported by the Boslers; the most recent
record was one found andd videotaped by Mark Swan near Welsh on 13 Feb
2001....  Also, the first state record from 1888 was supposedly an immature-
that specimen may or may not still be extant, possibly in the Tulane
Collection]. Otherwise it was dull as there were few birds, more areas had
been bushhogged, and there was bulldozer/construction activity at the West
end (groan).  Next most interesting birds were a Yellow-billed Cuckoo and a
Black-throated Green Warbler.

    Five+ hours on Rutherford Beach produced an adult California Gull, 5
Lesser Black-backeds, 3 Franklin's, and 7 Fulvous Whistling-Ducks moving
East offshore.

    Rutherford Motel Woods was dull but there was an Inca Dove and a female
Am. Redstart.  Heading back up Hwy. 27 we had 36 Canada Geese cross the
highway near Little Chenier Road.  Near Sweet Lake, I estimated 3000
Great-tailed Grackles on the utility wires along the highway.

    Back in the rice country just before sunset, we had a Bronzed Cowbird
with a blackbird flock at Hwy. 99 X 380.

Steve Cardiff 

Here are the dates & the compilers & contact info for the NW LA CBCs:

Shreveport - Saturday, Dec. 15 - Charlie Lyon, (H), 
(W), lyon5516 AT bellsouth.net
Claiborne - Tuesday, Dec. 18 - Nancy Menasco,, nmcpa AT aol.com, & 
Mary Ellen (M.E.) Lewis,, melewis180 AT hughes.net
Natchitoches - Saturday, Dec. 22 (tentative) - Charlie Lyon, 
(H), (W), lyon5516 AT bellsouth.net
Bossier-Caddo-Bienville - Saturday, Jan. 5 - Paul Dickson, (W),  (H), Paul AT morrisdickson.com

Nancy Menasco
Shreveport
nmcpa AT aol.com


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I can confirm that the white-throated sparrow has returned to south-east 
Baton Rouge.

I heard one yesterday, the 4th, while walking my basset hound.  We are 
located just off South Harrell's Ferry Road.

Tom

Hi Marsha,

Great Osprey photo!  

Please give location of woodlot in Cameron where woodpecker was seen.

Thanks,

Judy Fruge'
SW Louisiana

Reserve CBC Dec 29

Hi LABIRDER's,

I had a fun time in Cameron Parish this weekend. Below is a link to a photo of 
an Osprey having breakfast. 


http://www.pbase.com/image//original

At the woodlot in Cameron I did get a photo of a juvenile woodpecker which I 
believe to be a Red-headed Woodpecker. I will post that photo later on today. 


Best,

Marsha
http://www.pbase.com/MarshaWhiteSeyffert

As of now what I have for LA CBCs are: 

Dec. 15: Catahoula and Sabine
Dec. 27 Pine Prairie
Dec. 29 Cheneyville-Lecompte
Dec. 30 Thibodaux (I think)
Jan. 4 Crowley
Jan. 5 Bossier-Caddo-Bienville (I think) and Baton Rouge

Let me know of others and verify that what I have is correct.

Thanks.

Marty Floyd
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Location:    Big Branch Marsh NWR
Observation date:    11/4/07
Number of species:    28

Snow Goose    12
Gadwall    550
Mallard    2
Mottled Duck    6
Blue-winged Teal    18
Northern Shoveler    6
Pied-billed Grebe    32
American White Pelican    25
Brown Pelican    28
Double-crested Cormorant    3
Great Blue Heron    3
Snowy Egret    12
Little Blue Heron    8
Tricolored Heron    8
Reddish Egret    1
Turkey Vulture    3
Osprey    1
Bald Eagle    3
Northern Harrier    1
Virginia Rail    1
American Coot    2000
Laughing Gull    12
Ring-billed Gull    1
Forster's Tern    25
Eurasian Collared-Dove    2
Belted Kingfisher    2
Tree Swallow    1
Red-winged Blackbird    3

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LABIRD,

 Yesterday (4 Nov), a leisure birding excursion to coastal Cameron Parish with 
the parents (down from PA) produced a few noteworthy sightings. The calm, 
inactive weather pattern has allowed for many of the migrant landbirds to 
disperse. Most of the neotropical transients have continued south, and the 
wintering passerine numbers were dramatically reduced from last week. 
Presumably, a majority of these wintering birds tracked back north toward more 
suitable wintering grounds. The woodlots were quiet in comparison to the 
previous weekend, which was expected for the first week of November. 


 A morning stop at Holly Beach yielded 23 FRANKLIN'S GULLS (6 basic ad., 17 
first-winter) and a Gull-billed Tern among the usual assortment of larids. All 
of the Franklin's were in a single mixed larid flock. A Common Loon and several 
flocks of Lesser Scaup moved W-E along the coast. Further west on LA-82, a 
juvenile SWAINSON'S HAWK was perched atop a telephone pole, ca. 4 mi. E of 
Johnson Bayou. Also, 3 ad. White-tailed Kites were hunting in the area. A juv. 
male Merlin was waiting at Peveto Beach Woods. At Peveto Beach Woods, a few 
lingering migrants stole the show. The highlight was a late YELLOW-BILLED 
CUCKOO. There were 4 SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHERS and 6 spp. of warblers, with 2 
Tenessee (1 AHY, 1 HY), 1 Magnolia (AHY-female), and 3 Black-throated Green (1 
HY-male, 2 HY-female) being the most noteworthy. The typical wintering 
passerines were highlighted by a Brown Creeper and 4 Golden-crowned Kinglets. 
Several American Robins were recent arrivals at Pevet! 

 o. Gray Catbirds and Blue-gray Gnatcatchers were still present in decent 
numbers. Not nearly as many Hermit Thrushes, Ruby-crowned Kinglets, and 
sparrows as last week. 


 The afternoon was spent on the east side of Calcasieu Ship Channel. The 
woodlots in Cameron were relatively motionless aside from a lingering juvenile 
BROAD-WINGED HAWK and 2 Merlins (ad. male and female). The marshes along Amoco 
Rd. behind the courthouse held the expected waterfowl, including at least 2 
continuing juv. Fulvous Whistling-Ducks. The basic ad. EARED GREBE continues on 
the Cameron oxidation ponds in the company of 2 Ruddy Ducks. Another 15 
FRANKLIN'S GULLS were observed at E. Jetty Beach, ca. 2 mi. S of Cameron. A 
dark morph juv. Reddish Egret was also present. 


 The juv. WHITE-TAILED HAWK remains at Willow Island, ca. 4 mi. E of Cameron. 
At ~3:15 PM, the WTHA was visible from LA-82. It was perched on a low snag 
directly across (west side of LA-82) from the RotorCraft Leasing Co. trailers. 
The WTHA was later driven from it's perch by a juv. Krider's Red-tail but only 
flew a short distance to another snag. 


      Here are several photo highlights:

-juv. Broad-winged Hawk
http://picasaweb.google.com/boslerbirdinc/BroadWingedHawkButeoPlatypterus

-juv. White-tailed Hawk

http://picasaweb.google.com/boslerbirdinc/WhiteTailedHawkButeoAlbicaudatusHypospodius 


-juv. Swainson's Hawk
http://picasaweb.google.com/boslerbirdinc/SwainsonSHawkButeoSwainsoni

-ad. female Merlin
http://picasaweb.google.com/boslerbirdinc/MerlinFalcoColumbarius

-dark morph juv. Reddish Egret
http://picasaweb.google.com/boslerbirdinc/ReddishEgretEgrettaRufescens

-first-winter Franklin's Gulls
http://picasaweb.google.com/boslerbirdinc/FranklinSGullLarusPipixcan03

-late Yellow-billed Cuckoo
http://picasaweb.google.com/boslerbirdinc/YellowBilledCuckooCoccyzusAmericanus

Good Birding,
Devin Bosler
LSU-Baton Rouge

 
Greetings Birders:
 
Today in New Orleans:
 
Ted Hickey Bridge:  
1 Franklin's Gull
1 Sanderling
 
Lakefront at east end of Haynes Blvd:
1 Yellow-billed Cuckoo (late- and yes, I confirmed not Mangrove!)
 
Lakefront in Bayou Sauvage NWR, between end of Haynes and South Point:
1 Bald Eagle (first year bird)
1 Black-bellied Plover
1 Western Kingbird
 
Peter Yaukey

 

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From: okbirds on behalf of David Arbour
Sent: Sun 11/4/2007 8:48 PM
To: OKBIRDS AT lists.ou.edu
Subject: Snow Bunting photo


I have posted a photo of the Red Slough Snow Bunting to Surfbirds at the 
following link: 
http://www.surfbirds.com/cgi-bin/gallery/display.cgi?gallery=gallery10 

 
David Arbour
De Queen, AR
 
Visit the Red Slough Website: 
http://www.fs.fed.us/r8/ouachita/natural-resources/redslough/index.shtml 

Thanks; going up that way in the next week, so looking forward to more info.
	
Ellie 

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[mailto:LABIRD-L AT LISTSERV.LSU.EDU] On Behalf Of Marty Floyd
Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 4:21 PM
To: LABIRD-L AT LISTSERV.LSU.EDU
Subject: [LABIRD-L] Cranes here!

Heard the Sandhill Cranes just a couple of minutes ago. Not seen yet. First
time this fall. Will keep everyone informed when I hear (and see) more.
 
Marty Floyd
Cheneyville, LA



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Labird,
 For all of you that were lucky enough to see a Review List bird this weekend, 
the Report form is back up at the LOS/LBRC site. 

 Time will tell if there are glitches. E-mail me if you have trouble with it. 


Thanks
Paul Conover
Lafayette
NOTE NEW E-MAIL:
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I went on a trip today, Saturday 11/3, to Venice with other birders  from the 
Crescent Bird Club.  Some highlights of the trip were 5  Groove-billed Anis, 
a Yellow-billed Cuckoo, a Least Bittern seen, flock of  Roseate Spoonbill, 2 
Golden-crowned Kinglets, Brown Creeper, Pine, Palm, and  Yellow-throated 
Warblers, and 2 Bronzed Cowbirds. Here is a list of most of the birds I 
remember 

seeing, I might be missing some that others saw.   Also, I got a picture up of 
two of the Groove-billed Anis that we saw in a  tree.  I tried to get a 
picture of the Least Bittern, but it didn't turn  out clear.  
_http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/559855493pkhrjF_ 
(http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/559855493pkhrjF) 
 

Chris Ruiz- Gardner 
New Orleans - Loyola

Location:     Venice, Plaquemines County, LA,  US
Observation date:     11/3/07
Number of species:   75

American White Pelican     12
Brown  Pelican     30
Double-crested Cormorant      15
Anhinga     6
Least Bittern      1
Great Blue Heron     1
Great Egret      10
Snowy Egret     2
Little Blue Heron      3
Tricolored Heron     2
Cattle Egret      12
Green Heron     1
Black-crowned Night-Heron   1
White Ibis     40
Roseate Spoonbill   10
Black Vulture     2
Turkey Vulture   20
Osprey     8
Northern Harrier   3
Red-shouldered Hawk     2
Red-tailed  Hawk     12
American Kestrel      6
Merlin     3
Semipalmated Plover      10
Spotted Sandpiper     1
Willet      6
Western Sandpiper     6
Least Sandpiper   2
Dunlin     2
Short-billed Dowitcher   1
Laughing Gull     30
Ring-billed Gull   4
Herring Gull     2
Caspian Tern   2
Forster's Tern     2
Rock Pigeon   10
Eurasian Collared-Dove     1
Mourning  Dove     26
Yellow-billed Cuckoo      1
Groove-billed Ani     5
Belted Kingfisher   15
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker     1
Downy  Woodpecker     1
Northern Flicker      1
Eastern Phoebe     12
American Crow      30
Fish Crow     2
Tree Swallow      4
Carolina Chickadee     1
Tufted Titmouse   1
Brown Creeper     1
Carolina Wren   1
Marsh Wren     2
Golden-crowned  Kinglet     2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet      4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher     12
Gray Catbird   8
Northern Mockingbird     10
European  Starling     60
Yellow-rumped Warbler      2
Blackburnian Warbler     1
Yellow-throated Warbler   2
Pine Warbler     2
Palm Warbler   8
Summer Tanager     1
Savannah Sparrow   16
Seaside Sparrow     4
Song Sparrow   2
Swamp Sparrow     2
White-throated  Sparrow     1
Northern Cardinal      1
Red-winged Blackbird     20
Boat-tailed Grackle   2
Bronzed Cowbird     2
Brown-headed  Cowbird     2

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HUMNETters and LABIRDers:

Louisiana birders, please report your winter hummer observations to me for 
recording in our weekly report and database, providing the following 
information: 

Your name
Your address (town only is acceptable)
First observed (FO) date (or, if discovered while banding or marking other 
birds, the date it was observed) 

Species
Age (Adult, immature, unknown)
Sex (Male, female, unknown)
Whether banded, when and by whom.

If additional information is learned through further observation or banding, 
please report those updates and we'll make the changes. 


Also, please report the last observed (LO) date, if possible, when the bird 
leaves. This you can do more easily when the hummer has been banded and marked. 


Please send your reports to Tom Sylvest at sylves_t AT bellsouth.net.

Good Birding y'all!

      Tom Sylvest
      Winter Hummerland
      Gramercy, LA(40 miles west of New Orleans, LA, USA)
     
     Kevin Morgan
      Baton Rouge, LA
     
     

This is Louisiana Western Winter Hummingbird Weekly Report number 12 for the 
 season. 




1.Shirley Drewes, Prairieville, LA (Ascension)
     #1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Ad  M  FO 10/4/2007 
2.Suzanne Broussard, Gonzales, LA (Ascension)
     #1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Ad  M  FO 10/14/2007 
     #1 Calliope Hummingbird  Ad  M  FO 9/4/2007 
3.Gary Pontiff, Deridder, LA (Beauregard)
     #1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Ad  M  FO 8/6/2007 
     #2 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Im  M  FO 9/17/2007 
4.Sherman Young, Sulphur, LA (Calcasieu)
     #1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Ad  M  FO 8/24/2007 
5.Kevin Morgan, Baton Rouge, LA (East Baton Rouge)
     #1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  F  FO 8/27/2007 
6.Carol Foil, Baton Rouge, LA (East Baton Rouge)
     #1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  M  FO 9/6/2007 
     #2 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Ad  F  FO 9/8/2007 
     #3 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  M  FO 9/29/2007 
7.Miriam Davey, Baton Rouge, LA (East Baton Rouge)
     #1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  M  FO 10/18/2007 
8.Lewis & Lynda Roussel, Baton Rouge, LA (East Baton Rouge)
 #1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens (Rufous) Ad M FO 8/23/2007 (band left leg) 

 #2 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens Ad F FO 9/5/2007 (band on left leg, possible 
returnee) 

     #3 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  F  FO 9/21/2007 
9.Dave Cagnolatti, Baton Rouge, LA (East Baton Rouge)
     #1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  M  FO 9/1/2007 
     #1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  M  FO 9/1/.Joan LeBlanc, Baton Rouge, LA (East Baton Rouge)
     #1 Black-chinned Hummingbird  Ad  M  FO 10/30/2007 
     #1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  F  FO 8/17/2007 
     #2 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) FO 10/11/2007  (possible returnee) 
11.Connie & David Dunn, Baton Rouge, LA (East Baton Rouge)
     #1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Ad  M  FO 8/8/2007 
 #2 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens (Rufous) Ad F FO 8/11/2007 (probable returnee) 

12.Bob and Karen Pierson, Baton Rouge, LA (East Baton Rouge)
 #1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens Ad F FO 8/30/2007 (banded left leg, probable 
returnee.) 

13.Scott Knaus, Baton Rouge, LA (East Baton Rouge)
     #1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  F  FO 9/26/2007  (Possibly banded) 
     #2 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Im  M  FO 10/5/.James Abbott, Baton Rouge, LA (East Baton Rouge)
     #1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  F  FO 10/20/.Vicki Vance, Baton Rouge, LA (East Baton Rouge)
     #1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Ad  F  FO 9/20/2007 
     #2 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Im  M  FO 10/21/.Dennis Demcheck, Baton Rouge, LA (East Baton Rouge)
     #1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Im  FO 10/18/.Cindy Macolini, Baton Rouge, LA (East Baton Rouge)
     #1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Ad  M  FO 10/4/2007 
     #1 Buff-bellied Hummingbird  FO 10/21/.Nancy Murrill, Baton Rouge, LA (East Baton Rouge)
     #1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  F  FO 10/15/.Kathy Mohring, Baton Rouge, LA (East Baton Rouge)
     #1 Buff-bellied Hummingbird  Ad  M  FO 9/30/.Ellie Avegno, Baton Rouge, LA (East Baton Rouge)
     #1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Ad  F  FO 10/5/2007 
     #1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  F  FO 8/28/.Leigh McGowen, Jeanerette, LA (Iberia)
     #1 Buff-bellied Hummingbird  FO 10/3/2007  (possible returnee) 
22.Nancy Newfield, Metairie, LA (Jefferson)
 #1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens (Rufous) Ad F FO 9/14/2007 (NLN banded  
returnee) 

 #2 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens (Rufous) Im M FO 10/19/2007 (NLN banded 10/22/.Judy Fall, River Ridge, LA (Jefferson)
     #1 Black-chinned Hummingbird  Ad  M  FO 10/1/2007 
     #1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Ad  M  FO 8/23/.Paul & Ashleigh Conover, Lafayette, LA (Lafayette)
     #1 Buff-bellied Hummingbird  FO 10/12/.Gloria Knox, Lafayette, LA (Lafayette)
 #1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens (Rufous) Ad F FO 9/21/2007 (recapture, NLN 
banded, Napoleonville, February .Rose and Jack Must, Lafayette, LA (Lafayette)
     #1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Ad  M  FO 10/21/2007 
     #2 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  FO 10/23/2007 
     #1 Buff-bellied Hummingbird  FO 9/28/.Beckie Hariu, Scott, LA (Lafayette)
     #1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Ad  F  FO 8/15/2007 
 #2 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens (Rufous) Ad M FO 10/18/2007 (Originally banded by 
Dave Patton at Jack and Rose Must place in Lafayette, LA 2006-07 season.) 

     #3 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  FO 10/21/.Dave Patton, Lafayette, LA (Lafayette)
 #1 Black-chinned Hummingbird Ad M FO 10/2/2007 (with band, probable returnee) 

     #1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Im  M  FO 10/23/.Toddy & Chris Guidry, Lafayette, LA (Lafayette)
     #1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  F  FO 8/16/.Lavergne and Beverly Rutherford, Lafayette, LA (Lafayette)
     #1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  FO 8/24/.Eric and Ceci Johnson, Milton, LA (Lafayette)
     #1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  F  FO 9/4/.Ed & Jet Quaid, Lafayette, LA (Lafayette)
     #1 Calliope Hummingbird  Ad  M  FO 10/18/.Janelle Bergeron, Thibodaux, LA (Lafourche)
     #1 Black-chinned Hummingbird  Im  M  FO 10/14/2007 
 #1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens (Rufous) Ad F FO 8/15/2007 (w/left leg band) 

     #2 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Im  M  FO 10/14/.Beth & Sammy Maniscalco, Thibodaux, LA (Lafourche)
 #1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens (Rufous) Ad F FO 9/22/2007 (Returnee: NLN banded 
here Jan. 07 recaptured here 10/16/07.) 

     #2 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  F  FO 10/7/2007 
     #3 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  F  FO 10/10/2007  (w/band left leg) 
     #1 Buff-bellied Hummingbird  FO 10/19/.Cindy Copeland, Lockport, LA (Lafourche)
     #1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  F  FO 10/26/.Jim Johnson, Lecompte, LA (Rapides)
 #1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens (Rufous) Ad M FO 9/23/2007 (Jim Johnson banded 
9/23/.Tom Sylvest, Gramercy, LA (St. James)
     #1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  FO 9/24/.Irvin Louque, Paulina, LA (St. James)
     #1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Im  M  FO 9/23/.Ken Prestenbach, Vacherie, LA (St. James)
     #1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  F  FO 10/20/.Bret Acosta, Garyville, LA (St. John the Baptist)
     #1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  F  FO 10/11/2007  (possible returnee) 
     #2 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Im  M  FO 10/12/2007 
 #3 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens Ad F FO 10/23/2007 (W/band, probable returnee) 

     #4 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Ad  M  FO 10/24/.Ronald Stein, Reserve, LA (St. John the Baptist)
     #1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Ad  M  FO 8/28/2007 
     #2 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Im  M  FO 9/17/2007 
     #3 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  F  FO 9/27/2007 
     #4 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  F  FO 10/22/2007 
     #5 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Ad  M  FO 10/28/.Joe Zeringue, Reserve, LA (St. John the Baptist)
     #1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Ad  M  FO 10/2/.Pat and Bill Guidry, Cankton, LA (St. Landry)
     #1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) M  FO 9/30/2007 
     #1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  F  FO 8/27/.Linda Beall, Covington, LA (St. Tammany)
 #1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens (Rufous) Ad M FO 8/31/2007 (Banded by James Bell 
Carriere Miss 12/31/06. recaptured by Linda Beall, Covington, LA 8/31/.Peg Usner, Mandeville, LA (St. Tammany)
 #1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens (Rufous) Ad M FO 9/21/2007 (probable three year 
returnee) 

46.Walter & Olga Clifton, Abita Springs, LA (St. Tammany)
     #1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  M  FO 10/6/.Barbara Dodds, Covington, LA (St. Tammany)
     #1 Buff-bellied Hummingbird  Ad  M  FO 9/28/.Noel Peyton, Slidell, LA (St. Tammany)
 #1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens (Rufous) Ad F FO 8/25/2007 (returnee: LB banded 
C25798 here on 11/26/06) 

 #2 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens (Rufous) Im F FO 9/1/2007 (LB Banded 9/2/07, 
C26220) 

     #3 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Ad  F  FO 10/3/2007 
 #1 Calliope Hummingbird Ad M FO 8/28/2007 (Returnee originally banded by Linda 
Beall here 1/18/07, C25870) 

     #2 Calliope Hummingbird  Ad  M  FO 10/28/2007 
     #3 Calliope Hummingbird  F  FO 10/29/.Jim Mizell, Folsom, LA (St. Tammany)
     #1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Im  F  FO 10/25/.Stephan Woltmann, Abita Springs, LA (St. Tammany)
     #1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Im  FO 10/26/.Roselie Overby, Oak Grove, LA (West Carroll)
     #1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Ad  M  FO 8/25/2007 





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Summary of Reports as of 11/3/2007
      Black-chinned Hummingbird 4 reports 4 parishes 4 sites 
      Buff-bellied Hummingbird 7 reports 5 parishes 7 sites 
      Calliope Hummingbird 5 reports 3 parishes 3 sites 
      Selasphorus Rufous/Allens 74 reports 13 parishes 46 sites 
      --Identified Rufous 41 reports 13 parishes 30 sites 


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Black-chinned Hummingbird

EAST BATON ROUGE  1 report  1 site

1. Joan LeBlanc, Baton Rouge, LA
#1 Black-chinned Hummingbird  Ad  M  FO 10/30/2007 

JEFFERSON  1 report  1 site

1. Judy Fall, River Ridge, LA
#1 Black-chinned Hummingbird  Ad  M  FO 10/1/2007 

LAFAYETTE  1 report  1 site

1. Dave Patton, Lafayette, LA
#1 Black-chinned Hummingbird Ad M FO 10/2/2007 (with band, probable returnee) 


LAFOURCHE  1 report  1 site

1. Janelle Bergeron, Thibodaux, LA
#1 Black-chinned Hummingbird  Im  M  FO 10/14/2007 


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Buff-bellied Hummingbird

EAST BATON ROUGE  2 reports  2 sites

1. Cindy Macolini, Baton Rouge, LA
#1 Buff-bellied Hummingbird  FO 10/21/. Kathy Mohring, Baton Rouge, LA
#1 Buff-bellied Hummingbird  Ad  M  FO 9/30/2007 

IBERIA  1 report  1 site

1. Leigh McGowen, Jeanerette, LA
#1 Buff-bellied Hummingbird  FO 10/3/2007  (possible returnee) 

LAFAYETTE  2 reports  2 sites

1. Paul & Ashleigh Conover, Lafayette, LA
#1 Buff-bellied Hummingbird  FO 10/12/. Rose and Jack Must, Lafayette, LA
#1 Buff-bellied Hummingbird  FO 9/28/2007 

LAFOURCHE  1 report  1 site

1. Beth & Sammy Maniscalco, Thibodaux, LA
#1 Buff-bellied Hummingbird  FO 10/19/2007 

ST. TAMMANY  1 report  1 site

1. Barbara Dodds, Covington, LA
#1 Buff-bellied Hummingbird  Ad  M  FO 9/28/2007 


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Calliope Hummingbird

ASCENSION  1 report  1 site

1. Suzanne Broussard, Gonzales, LA
#1 Calliope Hummingbird  Ad  M  FO 9/4/2007  LO 9/9/2007 

LAFAYETTE  1 report  1 site

1. Ed & Jet Quaid, Lafayette, LA
#1 Calliope Hummingbird  Ad  M  FO 10/18/2007 

ST. TAMMANY  3 reports  1 site

1. Noel Peyton, Slidell, LA
#1 Calliope Hummingbird Ad M FO 8/28/2007 (Returnee originally banded by Linda 
Beall here 1/18/07, C25870) 

#2 Calliope Hummingbird  Ad  M  FO 10/28/2007 
#3 Calliope Hummingbird  F  FO 10/29/2007 


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Selasphorus Rufous/Allens

ASCENSION  2 reports  2 sites

1. Shirley Drewes, Prairieville, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Ad  M  FO 10/4/. Suzanne Broussard, Gonzales, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Ad  M  FO 10/14/2007 

BEAUREGARD  2 reports  1 site

1. Gary Pontiff, Deridder, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Ad  M  FO 8/6/2007 
#2 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Im  M  FO 9/17/2007 

CALCASIEU  1 report  1 site

1. Sherman Young, Sulphur, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Ad  M  FO 8/24/2007 

EAST BATON ROUGE  25 reports  15 sites

1. Kevin Morgan, Baton Rouge, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  F  FO 8/27/. Carol Foil, Baton Rouge, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  M  FO 9/6/2007 
#2 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Ad  F  FO 9/8/2007 
#3 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  M  FO 9/29/. Miriam Davey, Baton Rouge, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  M  FO 10/18/. Lewis & Lynda Roussel, Baton Rouge, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Ad  M  FO 8/23/2007  (band left leg) 
#2 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens Ad F FO 9/5/2007 (band on left leg, possible 
returnee) 

#3 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  F  FO 9/21/. Dave Cagnolatti, Baton Rouge, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  M  FO 9/1/2007 
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  M  FO 9/1/. Joan LeBlanc, Baton Rouge, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  F  FO 8/17/2007  LO 10/1/2007 
#2 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) FO 10/11/2007  (possible returnee) 

7. Connie & David Dunn, Baton Rouge, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Ad  M  FO 8/8/2007  LO 8/10/2007 
#2 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens (Rufous) Ad F FO 8/11/2007 (probable returnee) 


8. Bob and Karen Pierson, Baton Rouge, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens Ad F FO 8/30/2007 (banded left leg, probable 
returnee.) 


9. Scott Knaus, Baton Rouge, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  F  FO 9/26/2007  (Possibly banded) 
#2 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Im  M  FO 10/5/. James Abbott, Baton Rouge, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  F  FO 10/20/. Vicki Vance, Baton Rouge, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Ad  F  FO 9/20/2007 
#2 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Im  M  FO 10/21/. Dennis Demcheck, Baton Rouge, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Im  FO 10/18/. Cindy Macolini, Baton Rouge, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Ad  M  FO 10/4/. Nancy Murrill, Baton Rouge, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  F  FO 10/15/. Ellie Avegno, Baton Rouge, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Ad  F  FO 10/5/2007  LO 10/5/2007 
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  F  FO 8/28/2007 

JEFFERSON  3 reports  2 sites

1. Nancy Newfield, Metairie, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens (Rufous) Ad F FO 9/14/2007 (NLN banded  
returnee) 

#2 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens (Rufous) Im M FO 10/19/2007 (NLN banded 10/22/. Judy Fall, River Ridge, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Ad  M  FO 8/23/2007 

LAFAYETTE  10 reports  7 sites

1. Gloria Knox, Lafayette, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens (Rufous) Ad F FO 9/21/2007 LO 9/27/2007 
(recapture, NLN banded, Napoleonville, February . Rose and Jack Must, Lafayette, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Ad  M  FO 10/21/2007 
#2 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  FO 10/23/. Beckie Hariu, Scott, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Ad  F  FO 8/15/2007  LO 8/17/2007 
#2 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens (Rufous) Ad M FO 10/18/2007 (Originally banded by 
Dave Patton at Jack and Rose Must place in Lafayette, LA 2006-07 season.) 

#3 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  FO 10/21/. Dave Patton, Lafayette, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Im  M  FO 10/23/2007  LO 10/23/. Toddy & Chris Guidry, Lafayette, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  F  FO 8/16/. Lavergne and Beverly Rutherford, Lafayette, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  FO 8/24/. Eric and Ceci Johnson, Milton, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  F  FO 9/4/2007 

LAFOURCHE  6 reports  3 sites

1. Janelle Bergeron, Thibodaux, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Ad  F  FO 8/15/2007  (w/left leg band) 
#2 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Im  M  FO 10/14/. Beth & Sammy Maniscalco, Thibodaux, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens (Rufous) Ad F FO 9/22/2007 (Returnee: NLN banded 
here Jan. 07 recaptured here 10/16/07.) 

#2 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  F  FO 10/7/2007 
#3 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  F  FO 10/10/2007  (w/band left leg) 

3. Cindy Copeland, Lockport, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  F  FO 10/26/2007 

RAPIDES  1 report  1 site

1. Jim Johnson, Lecompte, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens (Rufous) Ad M FO 9/23/2007 (Jim Johnson banded 
9/23/07) 


ST. JAMES  3 reports  3 sites

1. Tom Sylvest, Gramercy, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  FO 9/24/2007  LO 10/1/. Irvin Louque, Paulina, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Im  M  FO 9/23/. Ken Prestenbach, Vacherie, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  F  FO 10/20/2007 

ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST  10 reports  3 sites

1. Bret Acosta, Garyville, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  F  FO 10/11/2007  (possible returnee) 
#2 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Im  M  FO 10/12/2007 
#3 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens Ad F FO 10/23/2007 (W/band, probable returnee) 

#4 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Ad  M  FO 10/24/. Ronald Stein, Reserve, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Ad  M  FO 8/28/2007 
#2 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Im  M  FO 9/17/2007  LO 9/22/2007 
#3 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  F  FO 9/27/2007 
#4 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  F  FO 10/22/2007 
#5 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Ad  M  FO 10/28/. Joe Zeringue, Reserve, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Ad  M  FO 10/2/2007 

ST. LANDRY  2 reports  1 site

1. Pat and Bill Guidry, Cankton, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) M  FO 9/30/2007 
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  F  FO 8/27/2007 

ST. TAMMANY  8 reports  6 sites

1. Linda Beall, Covington, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens (Rufous) Ad M FO 8/31/2007 (Banded by James Bell 
Carriere Miss 12/31/06. recaptured by Linda Beall, Covington, LA 8/31/. Peg Usner, Mandeville, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens (Rufous) Ad M FO 9/21/2007 (probable three year 
returnee) 


3. Walter & Olga Clifton, Abita Springs, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  M  FO 10/6/. Noel Peyton, Slidell, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens (Rufous) Ad F FO 8/25/2007 (returnee: LB banded 
C25798 here on 11/26/06) 

#2 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens (Rufous) Im F FO 9/1/2007 LO 9/3/2007 (LB Banded 
9/2/07, C26220) 

#3 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Ad  F  FO 10/3/2007  LO 10/7/. Jim Mizell, Folsom, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Im  F  FO 10/25/. Stephan Woltmann, Abita Springs, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Im  FO 10/26/2007 

WEST CARROLL  1 report  1 site

1. Roselie Overby, Oak Grove, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Ad  M  FO 8/25/2007 


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Luling, LA
5:40am to 8am

First of Winter (if you want to call this time period *winter*!):

WHITE-THROATED SPARROW

- and -

PALM WARBLER
LONG-BILLED MARSH WREN
CAROLINA WREN
BLUE JAY
CARDINAL
GRAY CATBIRD
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER
YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER
PILEATED WOODPECKER
BARRED OWL
TUFTED TITMOUSE
CAROLINA CHICKADEE
WHITE IBIS
WHITE PELICAN
BALD EAGLE
COMMON GRACKLE
RED-SHOULDERED HAWK
RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD
BLUEWING TEAL
WOOD DUCK
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK
MOURNING DOVE

- Matt T 

Greetings---we have lots of various flowering nectar plants but hummer action 
has been slow so far. Last weekend, though, I have spotted three in the yard at 
various times and they were still here as of Thursday--will be out most of the 
time this weekend. A possible fourth I'm not sure yet what it is/was--more 
later--very straight posture, bluish tint to back--didnt get frontal view. 

F.O. dates:  Saturday, October 27th:
female selasphorous species
immature male selasphorous species
female blackchinned, probable adult
 
I'm also seeing more and more red-winged blackbirds and Thursday was my first 
white-throated sparrows in the yard. Last Monday I saw 7 white-throats in the 
yard outside my office in Mandeville. 

Lots of butterflies right not of various sorts---I still havent seen any 
goldfinches nor chipping sparrows--- 

 
Good birding to all!
 



Linda M. Keefer, MD, PhD

Hi  everyone,
 
I thought this  might be of interest to some of you:
 
"Mike Daulton,  director of conservation policy for Audubon, was asked to 
serve on a special Wind Turbine Guidelines Advisory Committee, formed under the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act.  He is one of 22 individuals from both 
conservation and wind energy groups, named by Interior Secretary Dirk 
Kempthorne, to 

serve on the committee. The members  will advise the Secretary and the U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service on measures to avoid or minimize impacts to wildlife 

and their habitats from land-based wind  energy facilities."
 
I am going to contact Mike Daulton to make him aware of Orleans  Audubon's 
interest in this issue.
 
Jennifer Coulson
President
Orleans Audubon  Society



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Good shot, Kevin,

Good article, Michael.
Tom
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Subject: Re: [LABIRD-L] Article on birders


> Tom, Michael:
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Had a small flock of Bluebirds near friend's house on Longside Road near 
Delcambre on Sunday and I saw them again yesterday evening. One even kept 
checking out a Bluebird house on the fence. Also on Sunday, I spotted a hawk 
that had a mostly black tail with white band on top. Didn't get to see any 
other features for a positive id. Lost it before I got to the binoculars. 

 
Elias Landry
Avery Island 
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Tom, Michael:

The URL (web address) for the article on birders was too long for some
e-mail programs and it "chopped it" in the middle.

Try this link instead:

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Off to read the actual article...

Kevin Morgan
Baton Rouge, LA

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Heard the Sandhill Cranes just a couple of minutes ago. Not seen yet. First  
time this fall. Will keep everyone informed when I hear (and see) more.
 
Marty Floyd
Cheneyville, LA



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Michael,

I did not find the article. However, I did find an invitation to subscribe 
to the New Orleans Magazine Newsletter on line.

Was that the primary intent of your email?

Best,
Tom Sylvest

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Subject: [LABIRD-L] Article on birders


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Nighthawks in my neighborhood last night, too, though I only heard them.

Melanie Driscoll

Coordinator, Louisiana IBA Program
Louisiana Bird Resource Center
LSU Museum of Natural Science
119 Foster Hall
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
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Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 8:19 AM
To: LABIRD-L AT LISTSERV.LSU.EDU
Subject: Re: [LABIRD-L] Nighthawks in BR again

On Nov 1, 2007, at 8:26 PM, Daniel Lane wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> On the way back from the LSU campus, I noticed some nighthawks
> circling around the clocktower: at least four including one male. It
> seems to be getting a little on the late side for concentrations like
> this to be forming. Keep an eye on the sky!

Dan/Richard/LABIRD:  yes indeed getting late, so keep monitoring for LO
date.  Here's what we have for late fall/winter in LA bird book draft.
This species has a very weird tendency to hang on in groups.  Feedback
welcomed:

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late fall Northern Interior:
� (2) 22 Oct. 1998, Shreveport (J&JT; ABF)
� (f) 28 Oct. 1950, Jonesboro,Jackson(RET; LSUMZ 14874)
� (6) 18 Nov 1991, Shreveport (S. Huss; BSG)
� (9) 20 Nov. 2002, Caddo(CLy, RS; Duncan and Duncan 2003)
� (2) 28 Nov. 2000, Ruston, Lincoln(T. Douglas; ABF)

late fall Southern Interior:
� 28 Oct. (year?), locality? (specimen whereabouts?; Lowery 1947)
� (3) 28 Oct. 1985, Baton Rouge (SWC, DLD; H. Juan, ABF)
� 1 Nov. 2004, Baton Rouge (DFL; ABF)
� 4 Nov. 2002, Baton Rouge (SWC, DLD; ABF)
� 23-24 Nov. 1959, Thibodaux, Lafourche(M. E. Caldwell; ABF)
� ( Nov. 1994, LSU campus, Baton Rouge (M. Cohn-Haft, DLD, SWC;
ABF, G. Jackson 1995)

late fall Coastal Zone:
� 1 Nov. 2004, New Orleans (DPM; ABF)
� 3 Nov. 1895, Orleans(Kopman 1915)
� 9 Nov. 1982, New Orleans (MMy; ABF)
� (up to  Nov. 1962, New Orleans (JPG; ABF, D. James 1963)
� 17 Nov. 1973, New Orleans (DN; Purrington 1974)
� 13 & 18 Nov. 1958, New Orleans (JPG; ABF)
� 21 Nov. 1968, New Orleans (A. Moore; ABF)
� 2-24 Nov. 1977, New Orleans (NN; ABF)
� 23-24 Nov. 1959, Thibodaux, Lafourche(M. Caldwell; James 1960)
� (3) 28 Nov. 1950, New Orleans (HBC; ABF)

late fall Offshore:
� 18 Oct. 1999, Garden Banks 189A (JRK)
� 20 Oct. 1999, Garden Banks 189A (JRK)

early winter Northern Interior:
� 3 Dec. 2000, Cross L., Caddo(CLy, MMS; ABF)
� 6 Dec 2006, Shreveport (S. Huss; BSG)
� 14 Dec. 2002, Greenwood, Caddo(V. LeFevers; ABF)
� (up to 7) 1 Dec. 2002 � 1 Jan. 2003, Cross L., Caddo(CLy, TD, JLI;
ABF, Cooley 2003)

early winter Southern Interior:

� 3-7 Dec. 1993, Covington, St. Tammany(JFH, JH, H. Patten;ABF)
� Nov. - 26 Dec. 1991, Baton Rouge (D. Moyer, KVR, CAM, R. Zink et al.;
ABF, Baton Rouge CBC, Stedman 1992,ABF; LSUMZ ###### (rectrix only)
� (3) 30 Dec 1965, Baton Rouge (R. LaVal; ABF, Lowery 1974).
� 5 Jan. 2003, 3 mi. S of Baton Rouge (RTB, B. Marks; ABF)

early winter Coastal Zone:

� (1-2) 8 Nov. - 21+ Dec. 1957, New Orleans, possibly one heard on 3
Feb. (JPG, SAG, HBC et al.; ABF, New Orleans CBC, Newman 1958a, m,
Lowery 1974)
� 23 Nov. 2006, Kenner, Jefferson(CBS; ABF)
� 26 Dec. 1960, New Orleans (SAG, MEL; ABF)
� 19 Dec. 1969, New Orleans (SAG; ABF)

late winter in Southern Interior:
� 26 Nov. 1992 � 13 Apr. 1993, LSU campus, Baton Rouge (AWK, SWC, JVR
et al.; ABF, Baton Rouge CBC, Stedman 1993; because it used the same
branch in the same tree, almost certainly same individual as recorded
there Nov.-Dec. 1991)

late winter in Coastal Zone:

� (1-4) 1 Dec.  Jan. 1960, New Orleans (HBC, SAG; ABF, James
1960, New Orleans CBC)
� (2) 3 Feb. 1962, Venice-Buras area (SAG; James 1962)




*********************************
Dr. J. V. Remsen, Jr.
LSU Museum of Natural Science
Foster Hall 119, LSU
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
najamesLSU.edu
http://www.museum.lsu.edu/RemsenLab.html

That is a wonderful story.  Thanks for sharing it!

-----Original Message-----
From: Bulletin Board for Dissemination of Information on Louisiana Birds
[mailto:LABIRD-L AT LISTSERV.LSU.EDU] On Behalf Of Bill Fontenot
Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 10:13 AM
To: LABIRD-L AT LISTSERV.LSU.EDU
Subject: [LABIRD-L] e. towhee behavioral thing/ramblings

for the past 2 days multiple e. towhees have been calling from high/arboreal
perches (ca. 40-60') here in the bottomland hardwoods at acadiana
park...........each session lasts well over an hour.......during each
session, some of birds change perches; but at least one of them does
not..........................................

what's the deal? are these local/short distance migrants? or have they come
from farther away? out of parish? out of state?

re: the possibility that these are site-resident birds, try as i might (i.e.
"not very hard"), i can't seem to dredge up evidence of e. towhee nesting in
these woods.......of course they breed all around here, including in the
25-year-old bottomland hardwoods at my place 8 miles to the north......

lastly -- origin questions aside -- what are they doing hollerin' like that
for extended periods way up in them trees?

....... speaking of hollerin', "our" winter wren (one which at least
tentatively/seemingly took up winter residence here earlier this week) has
taken to singing his unbelievably beautiful, intricate-yet-elegant song for
extended periods......always occurring when the sun is actually shining
through the trees lining debaillon coulee (right in front of the nature
station)...........this is a special treat, for winter wrens rarely sing
down here...........................

i may have posted this story before on
labird......................................................................
i remember the first time i heard one in song was during a late 80s pine
prairie cbc...i was walking the levee around cazan's lake.....it was foggy
that morning.........as i neared the end of the 1.5 mile levee loop, where
the lake graded into a cypress-tupelo swamp, the sun briefly busted through
the haze, at which time a winter wren burst into song, alarming not only me
but also the small pack of am. goldfinches feeding on the levee........"oh
$*#&," thought i, "a 'special' bird, and here i am all alone and without a
camera....or even an empty cassette to jam in my lil tape player.......you
stupido you.........." so, i immediately sat down up against a briar thicket
& bided my time......next time the sunshine broke thru, sure enough here
comes the winter wren up on a hunk of driftwood at the side of the lake,
blasting its awesome song..........a natural coltrane, he
was..............it took at least 5 seconds for me to process what was going
on..........this itty-bitty mouse-bird absolutely pouring forth this
loud-but-clean jumble of notes.............."WOW. so it's the winter wren"

in retrospect, i really should have recognized its song as at least from a
wren, since it basically does possess that bubbly/gurgly groove similar to
that of a marsh wren......only extended out to at least 25 staccato notes
per phrase....... 

i didn't get around into the northern u.s. much until the late 90s, where
i've had opportunities to hear winter wrens singing all day long up in their
breeding turf in new york &
ontario.....................................................................
............................. what magic they impart to the places they
live.

bill fontenot
acadiana park nature station
lafayette, la.

for the past 2 days multiple e. towhees have been calling from high/arboreal 
perches (ca. 40-60') here in the bottomland hardwoods at acadiana 
park...........each session lasts well over an hour.......during each session, 
some of birds change perches; but at least one of them does 
not.......................................... 


what's the deal? are these local/short distance migrants? or have they come 
from farther away? out of parish? out of state? 


re: the possibility that these are site-resident birds, try as i might (i.e. 
"not very hard"), i can't seem to dredge up evidence of e. towhee nesting in 
these woods.......of course they breed all around here, including in the 
25-year-old bottomland hardwoods at my place 8 miles to the north...... 


lastly -- origin questions aside -- what are they doing hollerin' like that for 
extended periods way up in them trees? 


....... speaking of hollerin', "our" winter wren (one which at least 
tentatively/seemingly took up winter residence here earlier this week) has 
taken to singing his unbelievably beautiful, intricate-yet-elegant song for 
extended periods......always occurring when the sun is actually shining through 
the trees lining debaillon coulee (right in front of the nature 
station)...........this is a special treat, for winter wrens rarely sing down 
here........................... 


i may have posted this story before on 
labird......................................................................i 
remember the first time i heard one in song was during a late 80s pine prairie 
cbc...i was walking the levee around cazan's lake.....it was foggy that 
morning.........as i neared the end of the 1.5 mile levee loop, where the lake 
graded into a cypress-tupelo swamp, the sun briefly busted through the haze, at 
which time a winter wren burst into song, alarming not only me but also the 
small pack of am. goldfinches feeding on the levee........"oh $*#&," thought i, 
"a 'special' bird, and here i am all alone and without a camera....or even an 
empty cassette to jam in my lil tape player.......you stupido you.........." 
so, i immediately sat down up against a briar thicket & bided my time......next 
time the sunshine broke thru, sure enough here comes the winter wren up on a 
hunk of driftwood at the side of the lake, blasting its awesome song..........a 
natural coltrane, he was..............it took at least 5 seconds for me to 
process what was going on..........this itty-bitty mouse-bird absolutely 
pouring forth this loud-but-clean jumble of notes.............."WOW. so it's 
the winter wren" 


in retrospect, i really should have recognized its song as at least from a 
wren, since it basically does possess that bubbly/gurgly groove similar to that 
of a marsh wren......only extended out to at least 25 staccato notes per 
phrase....... 


i didn't get around into the northern u.s. much until the late 90s, where i've 
had opportunities to hear winter wrens singing all day long up in their 
breeding turf in new york & 
ontario.................................................................................................. 
what magic they impart to the places they live. 


bill fontenot
acadiana park nature station
lafayette, la.

There is a nice article on local birders in New Orleans Magazine's November
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On Nov 1, 2007, at 8:26 PM, Daniel Lane wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> On the way back from the LSU campus, I noticed some nighthawks 
> circling around the clocktower: at least four including one male. It 
> seems to be getting a little on the late side for concentrations like 
> this to be forming. Keep an eye on the sky!

Dan/Richard/LABIRD:  yes indeed getting late, so keep monitoring for LO 
date.  Here's what we have for late fall/winter in LA bird book draft.  
This species has a very weird tendency to hang on in groups.  Feedback 
welcomed:

=======

late fall Northern Interior:
� (2) 22 Oct. 1998, Shreveport (J&JT; ABF)
� (f) 28 Oct. 1950, Jonesboro,Jackson(RET; LSUMZ 14874)
� (6) 18 Nov 1991, Shreveport (S. Huss; BSG)
� (9) 20 Nov. 2002, Caddo(CLy, RS; Duncan and Duncan 2003)
� (2) 28 Nov. 2000, Ruston, Lincoln(T. Douglas; ABF)

late fall Southern Interior:
� 28 Oct. (year?), locality? (specimen whereabouts?; Lowery 1947)
� (3) 28 Oct. 1985, Baton Rouge (SWC, DLD; H. Juan, ABF)
� 1 Nov. 2004, Baton Rouge (DFL; ABF)
� 4 Nov. 2002, Baton Rouge (SWC, DLD; ABF)
� 23-24 Nov. 1959, Thibodaux, Lafourche(M. E. Caldwell; ABF)
� ( Nov. 1994, LSU campus, Baton Rouge (M. Cohn-Haft, DLD, SWC; 
ABF, G. Jackson 1995)

late fall Coastal Zone:
� 1 Nov. 2004, New Orleans (DPM; ABF)
� 3 Nov. 1895, Orleans(Kopman 1915)
� 9 Nov. 1982, New Orleans (MMy; ABF)
� (up to  Nov. 1962, New Orleans (JPG; ABF, D. James 1963)
� 17 Nov. 1973, New Orleans (DN; Purrington 1974)
� 13 & 18 Nov. 1958, New Orleans (JPG; ABF)
� 21 Nov. 1968, New Orleans (A. Moore; ABF)
� 2-24 Nov. 1977, New Orleans (NN; ABF)
� 23-24 Nov. 1959, Thibodaux, Lafourche(M. Caldwell; James 1960)
� (3) 28 Nov. 1950, New Orleans (HBC; ABF)

late fall Offshore:
� 18 Oct. 1999, Garden Banks 189A (JRK)
� 20 Oct. 1999, Garden Banks 189A (JRK)

early winter Northern Interior:
� 3 Dec. 2000, Cross L., Caddo(CLy, MMS; ABF)
� 6 Dec 2006, Shreveport (S. Huss; BSG)
� 14 Dec. 2002, Greenwood, Caddo(V. LeFevers; ABF)
� (up to 7) 1 Dec. 2002 � 1 Jan. 2003, Cross L., Caddo(CLy, TD, JLI; 
ABF, Cooley 2003)

early winter Southern Interior:

� 3-7 Dec. 1993, Covington, St. Tammany(JFH, JH, H. Patten;ABF)
� Nov. - 26 Dec. 1991, Baton Rouge (D. Moyer, KVR, CAM, R. Zink et al.; 
ABF, Baton Rouge CBC, Stedman 1992,ABF; LSUMZ ###### (rectrix only)
� (3) 30 Dec 1965, Baton Rouge (R. LaVal; ABF, Lowery 1974).
� 5 Jan. 2003, 3 mi. S of Baton Rouge (RTB, B. Marks; ABF)

early winter Coastal Zone:

� (1-2) 8 Nov. - 21+ Dec. 1957, New Orleans, possibly one heard on 3 
Feb. (JPG, SAG, HBC et al.; ABF, New Orleans CBC, Newman 1958a, m, 
Lowery 1974)
� 23 Nov. 2006, Kenner, Jefferson(CBS; ABF)
� 26 Dec. 1960, New Orleans (SAG, MEL; ABF)
� 19 Dec. 1969, New Orleans (SAG; ABF)

late winter in Southern Interior:
� 26 Nov. 1992 � 13 Apr. 1993, LSU campus, Baton Rouge (AWK, SWC, JVR 
et al.; ABF, Baton Rouge CBC, Stedman 1993; because it used the same 
branch in the same tree, almost certainly same individual as recorded 
there Nov.-Dec. 1991)

late winter in Coastal Zone:

� (1-4) 1 Dec.  Jan. 1960, New Orleans (HBC, SAG; ABF, James 
1960, New Orleans CBC)
� (2) 3 Feb. 1962, Venice-Buras area (SAG; James 1962)




*********************************
Dr. J. V. Remsen, Jr.
LSU Museum of Natural Science
Foster Hall 119, LSU
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
najamesLSU.edu
http://www.museum.lsu.edu/RemsenLab.html

That was a White-tail Kite, not a White-tail Hawk!

-----Original Message-----
>From: Ellie Avegno 
>Sent: Oct 29, 2007 11:01 AM
>To: LABIRD-L AT LISTSERV.LSU.EDU
>Subject: Re: [LABIRD-L] Cameron White-tailed Hawk
>
>On Friday, Oct.26, just at dusk, Leslee Reed and I spotted a white tail hawk
>sitting on a wire feasting on a mouse. It was especially funny to see the
>tail of the mouse slowly disappear in the hawks beak.  This was several
>miles before( or east) the Cameron Motel.   
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Bulletin Board for Dissemination of Information on Louisiana Birds
>[mailto:LABIRD-L AT LISTSERV.LSU.EDU] On Behalf Of puffin
>Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 10:50 AM
>To: LABIRD-L AT LISTSERV.LSU.EDU
>Subject: [LABIRD-L] Cameron White-tailed Hawk
>
>Hello all,
>
>On Sunday, Oct 28, 2007 Devin Eby-Bosler wrote:
>
>"This is only about the 5th well-documented record for LA, and presumably
>the 1st definitive juvenile for LA! A very extraordinary end to an already
>memorable weekend."
>
>Several years ago (pre-Katrina) James F. Holmes and I observed a
>previously-reported immature White-tailed Hawk in the vicinity of Welsh on
>the south side of I-10. I do not have a record of the date or exact location
>of this encounter. I believe the bird was originally found by Donna and
>Steve (or someone else?) who can probably supply that information to
>interested persons. 
>
>The best illustration I could find that approximates the bird that Jim and I
>observed is in the 5th edition of R.T. Peterson's "Birds of Eastern and
>Central North America" page 105.
>
>Jim may wish to clarify my recollection or amend my comments.
>
>Harvey L. Patten
>Covington 

hi

A first-ever *Palm Warbler* in my back yard here in Luling at 5:45pm.
The bird stayed quite close to me (less than 10' away) for nearly 15 minutes
as it foraged on the ground. Great observation.

Huge groups of Great-tailed Grackles now.
Some others in the yard and/or flying by, here in Luling today, include:

Pileated Woodpecker
Red-shouldered Hawk (2)
Bald Eagle
Belted Kingfisher
Gray Catbird
Snow Goose (approx 12), with...
(2) Blues
Gadwall (5)
Widgeon (flock of 9)
Wood Duck
Black-bellied Whistling Duck (22)
Mockingbird
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (on LA Bottlebrush - still blooming!)
Palm Warbler
Eurasian Sparrow
House Sparrow
Double-crested Cormorant
Great-tailed Grackle
Common Grackle
Cardinal
Chickadee
Titmouse
Painted Bunting (1)  that seems late to me...
Swallow (sp.) 12 to 14 overhead...

- Matt Touchard

Hi all,

On the way back from the LSU campus, I noticed some nighthawks circling around 
the clocktower: at least four including one male. It seems to be getting a 
little on the late side for concentrations like this to be forming. Keep an eye 
on the sky! 


Good birding,
Dan
 
Daniel F. Lane 
Research Associate
LSU Museum of Natural Science
119 Foster Hall
Baton Rouge, LA  USA
 
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>
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