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Subject: odd-plumaged ECD
From: Michael Musumeche <mjmusumeche(AT)COX-INTERNET.COM>
Date: 15 Jan 2001 6:11am
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LaBirders,
On 1/14, an ~ 95% albino Eurasian Collared-Dove came to one of my =
feeders. It was of the identical size and song (to separate it from =
similar plumaged Ringed Turtle-Dove) as nearby normal plumaged ECD. Its =
feathers were immaculate white but it had a black collar and 2-3 beige =
feathers on each flank.
Mike
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Mike Musumeche
mjmusumeche(AT)cox-internet.com
New Iberia, Louisiana
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Subject: Purple Martins
From: mack thompson <mack_70638(AT)YAHOO.COM>
Date: 15 Jan 2001 6:49am
Hi all,
Three purple martins visited my son's yard in
Oakdale Saturday. They departed after a few
hours.
Regards,
Mack Thompson
Elizabeth, Allen Parish
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Subject: Interesting Landfill Birds
From: Jennifer Coulson <Jacoulson(AT)AOL.COM>
Date: 15 Jan 2001 8:26am
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Yes, I hang out at the dump, and so do my friends :)
Saturday, Feb. 13th, Almonaster Landfill (New Orleans East)
Birding with Tom C. and Matt Mullenix.
1 Henslow's Sparrow
22 LeConte's Sparrow
1 Prairie Warbler
1 Longspur (Smith's or Lapland?, only got a quick look at and heard once)
Sunday, Feb. 14th, Crescent Acres Landfill (St. Bernard Parish)
Banding and birding with Tom, Christie Riehl, Lita Pinter, Glenn Ousset
1 Yellow Rail (saw but could not reflush; far from the one I banded; could be
a different bird)
5 Henslow's Sparrow (banded)
numerous LeConte's, banded 9 LeConte's Sparrows
1 recapture of a LeConte's banded on 1-03-01; this bird gained 0.6 grams
Jennifer Coulson
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Subject: I have never seen that many before at one time!!!
From: Bill Wood <labirder(AT)SHREVE.NET>
Date: 15 Jan 2001 9:59am
Labirders and all,
It was, without question, a " I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT MANY BEFORE AT ONE TIME"
kind of day Sunday while birding Northern Caddo Parish and cruising Cross
Lake with Charlie Lyon and Jeff Trahan.
We started down the Old Dixie Highway looking for sparrows. At 50 miles an
hour I spied a little silver and black glistering in the sun in pond to our
right. "Anhinga" I yelled. Charlie stopped and backup and sure enough --
there in a low branch just above the water sat a Anhinga with wings
spread. A good winter bird around here. Didn't break my land-speed-I.D.
record though. I once identified a Great Horned Owl at 75 miles and hour.
We didn't slow down again until we eyed a flock of Field Sparrows feeding
along side of the road. At first we saw 10 or so in the grass which was
pretty cool as Field Sparrows are my second favorite sparrow. We got out
of the car and found several more smaller flocks that brought the total to
around 40 if not more. It was the most Field Sparrows I have even seen at
one time.
We continued north when we noticed several meadowlarks flying across the
road. Charlie mentioned the overall paleness of the birds and wondered if
they could be Westerns. Jeff played the Western Meadowlark tape while
Charlie shot video footage of at least 20 singing Western Meadowlarks.
You'll just have to trust Charlie and Jeff on this one but it was the most
singing Western Meadowlarks that I NEVER heard at one time. Blame on poor
ears!
We tallied 16 Kestrels, I've seen more before, along with several Fox
Sparrow, my favorite sparrow of them all, before we dropped Jeff
off. Charlie and I headed for Cross Lake in search of rare gulls. As we
left the boat launch we had several small flocks of Lesser Scaup and
unexpectedly three Redheads. There were plenty of Ruddy Ducks, six White
Pelican and a raft of 350 Bufflehead (not 35 -- 350 ). I never heard of
such numbers much less see such numbers of Buffleheads. My previous high
seen at one time was around 15 or so. It was the most Buffleheads I
have ever seen at one time.
We settled into the middle of the lake at sunset. No rare gulls, but
before long we were surrounded by large rafts of gulls and terns as we
drifted in the middle of Cross Lake. One raft of Forester's Terns numbered
close to 500 (not 50 -- 500). It was the most Forester's Terns I have even
seen at one time. Another smaller raft of 200 or so Bonaparte's Gulls also
became the most Bonaparte's Gulls I have even seen at one time. Of course,
the Ring-billed Gull raft of 1500 ( not 15 --1500 ) was an amazing
sight. Yea you got it -- it was the most Ring-billed Gulls I have even
seen at one time.
It was a great day to be a birder.
The list for the day:
Pied-billed Grebe - 4
American White Pelican - 6
Double-crested Cormorant - 300
Anhinga - 1
Great Blue Heron - 7
Great Egret - 22
Wood Duck - 2
Mallard - 12
Gadwall - 25
Canvasback - 4
Redhead - 3
Ring-necked Duck - 1
Lesser Scaup - 20
Bufflehead - 350
Ruddy Duck - 2000
Turkey Vulture - 15
Northern Harrier - 4
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 10
American Kestrel - 15
American Coot - 200
Killdeer - 40
Bonaparte's Gull - 200
Ring-billed Gull - 1500
Forester's Tern - 500
Mourning Dove - 7
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 5
Northern Flicker - 1
Pileated Woodpecker - 1
Horned Lark - heard by Charlie
American Crow - 34
Carolina Wren - 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 14
Northern Mockingbird - 8
Brown Thrasher - 1
American Pipit - 200
Loggerhead Shrike - 6
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 6
Northern Cardinal - 29
Field Sparrow - 40
Vesper Sparrow - 1
Savannah Sparrow - 25
Fox Sparrow - 2
Song Sparrow - 9
White-throated Sparrow - 12
White-crowned Sparrow - 8
Dark-eyed Junco - 15
Lapland Longspur - 2 heard by Charlie
As always, Good Birding,
Bill Wood
Keithville, LA
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Subject: Re: Interesting Landfill Birds
From: "R. D. Purrington" <rdp(AT)ROSEBUD.PHY.TULANE.EDU>
Date: 15 Jan 2001 10:17am
Jennifer--
Give me a call next time you go out banding. Great stuff.
dan
p.s. Reply to danny(AT)tulane.edu
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Subject: fourchon
From: "R. D. Purrington" <rdp(AT)ROSEBUD.PHY.TULANE.EDU>
Date: 15 Jan 2001 10:21am
I made a brief trip to Fourchon Rd/beach yesterday (1/14). Nothing notable,
but some numbers were. There were at least 10,000 shorebirds at the
Fourchon Rd. impoundment, many fairly far away. Mostly Long-b Dowitchers,
Dunlin ,Western, lots of Willets. 100+ Marbled Godwits, 200+ avocets.
Drove the entire beach to little effect. No knots, no interesting gulls.
Only 5 Pipiing Plovers, 15 Semis.
Peregrine at the water tower, a few spoonbills.
dan purrington
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Subject: Re: Up close, I mean very close, with a Sharpie!
From: "Wellborn Jack, Jr." <wellborn(AT)SHREVE.NET>
Date: 15 Jan 2001 12:06pm
Bill
I enjoy your postings very much. I especially enjoy descriptions of behavior
of both birds and birders. You and your close encounter of the avian kind
with a Sharpie are classic.
Wellborn
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Wood" <labirder(AT)SHREVE.NET>
To: <LABIRD-L(AT)listserv.lsu.edu>
Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2000 4:56 PM
Subject: Up close, I mean very close, with a Sharpie!
> Labirders and all,
>
> I thought the most exciting thing to happen today would either be finding
> my first Pine Siskin and Purple Finch or the predicted snowfall for this
> evening. Boy was I wrong! A single Purple Finch and several Pine Siskins
> did finally make a brief appearance this morning and it is yet to snow.
>
> American Goldfinches are still here in big numbers as are Chipping
Sparrows
> and Slate-colored Juncos. Northern Cardinal, Blue Jay, House Finch,
> White-breasted Nuthatch, Carolina Wren, Pine Warblers, Morning Dove, and
> Carolina Chickadee, Downy & Red-bellied Woodpecker, Norther Flicker and
> Tufted Titmouse all made visits thought the day. The birding highlight of
> the day, maybe the year, was yet to come.
>
> I had just finished a little yard maintenance and refilled the feeders out
> back around 4:00 PM. I had just sat down in the old rocking chair on the
> back patio as the birds began to return to the feeders. The patio cover is
> open on the sides so I have a good 180 degree view. I sat there taking it
> all in thinking -- life is good.
>
> At that very instance almost every bird in the yard bolted!. Suddenly and
> with out warning a Sharp-shinned Hawk came darting under the patio
> cover. It passed two feet in front of my eyes. It made two powerful
> wingbeats, maneuvering with grace and skill, and was gone in the blink of
> an eye. Luckily, I didn't blink. The Sharpie darted out the other side and
> was gone. It was so close to me that I could HEAR its powerful
> wingbeats! I thought to myself, "if I was a bird I would have been
> Sharpie's last meal of the year 2000."
>
> It was an adrenaline rush. To come that close to a hawk, even though it
> was just for a few seconds, was a natural high. The whole adventure didn't
> last 10 seconds, but it's a ten-second experience that I will never
forget!!!
>
> I regained my composure while sitting in my rocking chair taking it all
> in. I said to myself, "Wow, life is good!"
>
> BTW, the Sharpie was yard bird number 68.
>
> Happy New Year to all.
>
>
> As always, Good Birding,
>
> Bill Wood
> Keithville, LA
> 3 miles south of Shreveport
>
>
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Subject: Fw: Labird insectivore thread
From: Billy Leonard <bpl2028(AT)LOUISIANA.EDU>
Date: 15 Jan 2001 1:21pm
Billy P. Leonard
Department of Biology
P.O. Box 42451
University of Louisiana-Lafayette
Lafayette, Louisiana, USA 70504
bpl2028(AT)louisiana.edu
337-482-5823
337-482-5660 (Fax)
----- Original Message -----
From: Billy P. Leonard <bpleon(AT)globalreach.net>
To: <bpl2028(AT)louisiana.edu>
Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2001 11:10 AM
Subject: Labird insectivore thread
>
> Labird,
>
> Just a thought on the recent insectivore thread. I haven't had much of a
> chance to do any birding lately, however I do get to look out in my
> backyard every now and then. I live in town and usually do not get
warblers,
> or kinglets in my yard. This year is very different. I have been seeing
> kinglets, orange crown warblers and yellow-rumps foraging around in my
> backyard. Not in large numbers, but singularly.
>
> This bird assemblage usually forages in large mixed species flocks, in
> winter, in Louisiana. However, changes in the normal winter food supply,
> could have altered their foraging behavior. Do any of you think that it's
> possible that these birds have changed their foraging strategy to foraging
> singularly? Just supposing that this is what they have done, then this
would
> have also changed their detectibility to observers who have not taking
this
> change in behavior into account.
>
> Perhaps they have spread out over the landscape to look for food items in
> places where their normal prey has declined. But, in areas where rain fall
> has been normal, they resume normal foraging behavior.
>
> Humm. I wonder if I could turn this into a PhD thesis.
>
> Billy P. Leonard
> bpl2028(AT)yahoo.com
> Billy P. Leonard
> bpleon(AT)globalreach.net
>
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Subject: McElroy Swamp - Ascension Parish, Louisiana - Jan.13-14,
2000
From: "Jay V. Huner" <jjhuner(AT)MINDSPRING.COM>
Date: 15 Jan 2001 3:30pm
McElroy Swamp - Ascension Parish, Louisiana - Jan. 13-14, 2000 - Jay
V. Huner
General Area along US 61 from Sorrento, La to intersection with I-10.
Mixed swamp, crawfish ponds, and open fields.
[Private Property Being Survedy for UL Lafayette Agro-wetland
Biodiversity Project.]
Wet and cold Jan. 13 and wet and "cool/warm" Jan. 14. Maximum number
of birds seen and number of days seen in paretheses.
1. Pied-billed Grebe - 15 (2)
2. Double-crested Cormorant - 3 (2)
3. Anhinga - 8 (2)
4. American Bittern - 1 (1)
5. Great Blue Heron - 6 (2)
6. Great Egret - 20 (2)
7. Snowy Egret - 25 (2)
8. Little Blue Heron - 2 (1)
9. Tricolored Heron - 2(1)
10. Black-crowned Night-Heron - 1 (1)
11. White Ibis - 75 (2)
12. Black Vulture - 6 (2)
13. Turkey Vulture - 8 (2)
14. Wood Duck - 10 (2)
15. Gadwall - 20 (2)
16. American Wigeon - 20 (1)
17. Mallard - 75 (2)
18. Blue-winged Teal - 3 (1)
19. Northern Shoveler - 30 (2)
20. Green-winged Teal - 1 (1)
21. Ring-necked Duck - 30 (2)
22. Hooded Merganser - 20 (2)
23. Bald Eagle - 1 (1)
24. Red-shouldered Hawk - 2 (2)
25. Red-tailed Hawk - 3 (2)
26. American Kestrel - 2 (2)
27. Common Moorhen - 20 (1)
28. American Coot - 750 (2)
29. Killdeer - 40 (2)
30. Common Snipe - 16 (1)
31. Laughing Gull - 75 (2)
32. Ring-billed Gull - 1 (1)
33. Foster's tern - 1 (1)
34. Mourning Dove - 3 (1)
35. Barred Owl - 3 (2)
36. Belted Kingfisher - 3 (2)
37. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 8 (2)
38. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 2 (1)
39. Downy Woodpecker - 3 (2)
40. Pileated Woodpecker - 3 (2)
41. Eastern Phoebe - 8 (2)
42. Loggerhead Shrike - 1 (1)
43. White-eyed Vireo - 1 (1)
44. Blue-headed Vireo - 1 91)
45. American Crow - 30 (2)
46. Fish Crow - 5 (2)
47. Tree Swallow - 35 (2)
48. Carolina Chickadee - 15 (2)
49. Tufted Titmouse - 2 (2)
50. Carolina Wren - 10 (2)
51. House Wren - 5 (2)
52. Winter Wren - 1 (1)
53. Sedge Wren - 3 (1)
54. Marsh Wren - 5 (2)
55. Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 6 (2)
56. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1 (1)
57. Hermit Thrush - 1 (1)
58. American Robin - 50 (2)
59. Northern Mockingbird - 6 (2)
60. European Starling - 25 (2)
61. American Pipit - 50 (2)
62. Orange-crowned Warbler - 3 92)
63. Yellow-rumped Warbler - 20 (2)
64. Pine Warbler - 3 (2)
65. Common Yellowthroat - 5 (2)
66. Savannah Sparrow - 75 (2)
67. LeConte's Sparrow - 1 91)
68. Song Sparrow - 10 (2)
69. Swamp Sparrow - 50 (2)
70. White-throated Sparrow - 25 (2)
71. Northern Cardinal - 10 (2)
72. Red-winged Blackbird - 1,000 (2)
73. Eastern Meadowlark - 14 (1)
74. Common Grackle - 10 (2)
75. Boat-tailed Grackle - 1 (1)
76. American Goldfinch - 10 (2)
Did not really bird as hard as in past trips but, ironically, missed
Little Blue Heron and Tricolored Heron the week before New Year's Day
when I was trying for 100! Noticed Yellow-rumped Warblers
"flycatching" both days. Hunting pressure has reduced duck numbers -
driven them away, not killed them, during the day. Horrizon is black
with ducks as the sun sets and as it rises going into and out of the
ponds.
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Subject: UL Lafayette Experimental Farm Birds - Western St. Martin
Parish, Louisiana Week of 7 Jan. 2001
From: "Jay V. Huner" <jjhuner(AT)MINDSPRING.COM>
Date: 15 Jan 2001 4:32pm
UL Lafayette Experimental Farm - Western St. Martin Parish, Louisiana
Week of 7 Jan. 2001 - Jay Huner [Mostly Pond Area and Adjacent Wooded
Wetland Woodlot except Th when I covered Leopold Lane/Slough as well.
Simply did not have time to bird wooded areas on Wed. for songbirds.]
Week Mostly Cold and Unpleasant with Some Sunshine but temperatures in
the 30-60 F Range. Calm to Windy. Rain on Monday and Friday.
1. Pied-billed Grebe - M-9, Tu-11, W-9, Th-6, & F-15
2. Double-crested Cormorant - F-9 fo
3. Great Blue Heron - M-2, Tu-1, W-2, Th-1, & F-1
4. Great Egret - M-3, Tu-3, W-3, Th-3, & F-3
5. Snowy Egret - M-3, Tu-2, W-2, Th-2, & F-8
6. Little Blue Heron - M-1
7. Cattle Egret - M-6, Tu-2, & W-1
8. White Ibis - M-32, Tu-32, W-35, Th-29, & F-32
9. White-faced Ibis - M-4 fo, Th-4, & F-9
10. Greater White-fronted Goose - M-30, W-10, Th-30, & F-11 - all fo
11. Snow Goose - Th-50 fo
12. Wood Duck - W-2 & Th-55 - both LL
13. Green-winged Teal - F-5
14. Mallard - F-10
15. Northern Shoveler - F-35
16. Gadwall - F-10
17. American Wigeon - F-10
[Note: there is a mitigation bank wetland of about 400 acres directly
north of the UL Lafayette unit across LA 92. Ducks worked the place
all week and were hunted Friday driving a number onto our Farm. We
could see Northern Pintail across LA 92 but did not count any of those
birds.]
18. Turkey Vulture - M-20, Tu-5, W-25, Th-50 & F-10
19. Red-shouldered Hawk - M-1, Tu-1/LL, Th-1, & F-1
20. Red-tailed Hawk - M-3, Tu-3, W-3, Th-3, & F-2
21. American Kestrely - M-1, Tu-1, W-1, & F-1
22. Merlin - M-1 & F-1 [Hunting open field next to Crawfish Shed
about 4:30-4:45 PM both days.]
23. Killdeer - M-45, T-30, W-35, Th-30, & F-25
24. Greater Yellowlegs - Th-2
25. Common Snipe - M-3, Th-10, & F-1
26. American Woodcock - M-1
27. Ring-billed Gull - M-6, Tu-7, W-2, Th-6, & F-6
28. Foster's Tern - M-2 & F-4
29. Mourning Dove - M-2 Shop Area - Hard to Find
30. Barred Owl - Th-1
31. Belted Kingfisher - M-1, Tu-1, Th-1, & F-1
32. Red-bellied Woodpecker - M-3, Tu-2, W-1, Th-3, & F-3
33. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - M-1 & Th-2
34. Downy Woodpecker - Th-2
35. Northern Flicker - M-4, Th-1, & F-2
36. Eastern Phoebe - M-5, Tu-6, W-10, Th-9, & F-6
37. Tree Swallow - M-35, Tu-30, W-20, Th-4, & F-60
38. Blue Jay - M-4, Tu-3, W-2, Th-5, & F-3
39. American Crow - M-800, Tu-150, W-30, Th-200, & F-45
40. Fish Crow - M-100, Tu-50, W-10, Th-50, & F-10
41. Carolina Chickadee - M-2, Tu-2, Th-3, & F-2
42. Tufted Titmouse - Tu-1 & Th-3
43. Carolina Wren - M-3, Tu-3, W-1, Th-3, & F-4
44. House Wren - M-2, Tu-3, Th-2, & F-2
45. Winter Wren - M-1 & F-1
46. Sedge Wren - M-1
47. Ruby-crowned Kinglet - M-4, Tu-4, Th-6, & F-5 [Often foraging -
wren-like - on ground.]
48. Eastern Bluebird - M-5, Tu-2, W-2, & Th-2 - all on LL.
49. Hermit Thrush - W-1, Th-1, & F-1
50. American Robin - M-6, Tu-2, W-10, Th-20, & F-20
51. Northern Mockingbird - M-3, Tu-1, W-1, Th-3, & F-2
52. Brown Thrasher - M-1, Th-1, & F-1
53. American Pipit - M-3, Tu-10, W-3, Th-30, & F-30
54. Loggerhead Shrike - W-1, Th-2, & F-1
55. European Starling - M-6, Tu-6, W-30, Th-50, & F-20
56. Blueheaded Vireo - M-1 & Th-1 - both LL.
57. Orange-crowned Warbler - M-1, Tu-3, & Th-3
58. Yellow-rumped Warbler - M-6, Tu-15, W-2, Th-25, & F-20
59. Pine Warbler - M-1 (LL) & Th-2
60. Common Yellowthroat - M-1, Th-1, & F-3
61. Wilson's Warbler - M-1
62. Northern Cardinal - M-6, Tu-5, W-1, Th-8, & F-8
63. Chipping Sparrow - M-50 - LL.
64. Vesper Sparrow - M-1
65. Savannah Sparrow - M-75, Tu-100, Th-30, & F-75
66. Song Sparrow - M-10, Tu-15, Th-15, & F-20
67. Swamp Sparrow - M-50, Tu-35, W-1, Th-30, & F-30
68. White-throated Sparrow - M-10, W-3, Th-35, & F-50
69. Red-winged Blackbird - M-600, Tu-1,000, W-50, Th-1,000, & F-
1,000
70. Eastern Meadowlark - W-11, Th-2, & F-15
71. Rusty Blackbird - Tu-1, W-20 (LL), & Th-10 (LL).
72. Brewer's Blackbird - Th-10 (LL)
73. Boat-tailed Grackle - M-50, Tu- 50, Th-10, & F-250
74. Common Grackle - M-75, Tu-50, & Th-150
75. Brown-headed Cowbird - M-2, Tu-100, W-200, Th-500, & F-50
76. American Goldfinch - M-1, Tu-1, W-3, Th-2, & F-1
77. House Sparrow - M-50+ Shop Area - Always There.
Of interest to me is the use of Yellow-rumped Warblers, American
Pipits, and Red-winged Blackbirds of floating algal mats in the large
ponds to walk on water for foraging. Grackles are foraging in mid-pond
but seem more to use emergent stalks of vegetation for most of their
support.
Something is clearly emerging - gnats?? - to provide food for the Tree
Swallows and other insectivorous birds. There are several Eastern
Phoebes on each major crawfish pond. Keep looking for Vermillion
Flycatchers but cannot find one, yet.
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Subject: Re: Holly berries
From: Yvonne Bordelon <ylbordelon(AT)JUNO.COM>
Date: 15 Jan 2001 5:13pm
Bill,
I will watch our deciduous holly, but there are only a couple of
berries
left on them. There were lots of berries a few weeks ago, but now those
have been stripped by hungry birds. I'm not sure what kind, because the
plants are in the woods down by the river.
We have 20 or so pine warblers devouring our homemade suet and 2-3 pine
siskins at the thistle feeders. There are 100's of goldfinches.
Yvonne Bordelon
Covington, LA
On Fri, 12 Jan 2001 08:30:33 -0600 Bill Fontenot
<bbboy(AT)NATURESTATION.ORG> writes:
> re: yet another sad report about deciduous holly fruit, please,
> let's all
> (especially van and roselie) make an effort to monitor our nearest
> deciduous holly colony(ies) for the next 45 days. pretty please????
> jot
> down bird species, numbers, and dates. i'll give each participant a
> crisp,
> new, one-dollar bill for their efforts...
>
> preachin to the choir in 2001,
>
> bill fontenot
>
>
> At 05:11 PM 1/11/2001 -0600, you wrote:
> > Bill, Labirders, Hope it's here this weekend
> so I can
> >check out those other id points.
> > Roselie Overby
> > Oak Grove in W. Carroll Parish
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Subject: Partial albino Red-tailed Hawk
From: "Judith O'Neale" <JLONeale(AT)AOL.COM>
Date: 15 Jan 2001 5:29pm
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Beckie Hariu, Olga Landry and I went up to find the white hawk today. We sa=
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it flying and it came toward us above the road and directly over us. It is=20
all white with black horizontal "comma" on underwing. It is a beautiful=20
bird. My best guess is that it is an adult partial albino Red-tailed Hawk.=20=
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Would like to know if someone gets a good picture of the bird.
Directions:
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(camp) area. =A0From there watch for the bird on the right. If you come to=20=
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bridge, that defines the extent of the area it has been seen. It is normall=
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perched on a pole on the right had side of the road. We saw it flying over=20
the highway and going off to the North. We also talked to a gentleman that=20
lives on the highway and his wife said it had been perched in their yard on=20
Sunday.
Judith
Judith L. O'Neale
Lafayette LA
LOS Secretary/Treasurer
Check out our website at www.losbird.org
and the LOS Online store for birding needs
"How to be green? Here's the answer. Consume less. Share more. Enjoy=20
life."
Penny Kemp and Derek Wall, British ecologists
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Subject: LOS Winter Meeting Banquet
From: "Judith O'Neale" <JLONeale(AT)AOL.COM>
Date: 15 Jan 2001 9:45pm
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Last call for the LOS Winter Meeting Banquet. I have to call in the number
to Best Western on Tuesday evening, so please let me know if you plan to
attend the banquet. Thanks, Judith
Judith L. O'Neale
Lafayette LA
LOS Secretary/Treasurer
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and the LOS Online store for birding needs
"How to be green? Here's the answer. Consume less. Share more. Enjoy
life."
Penny Kemp and Derek Wall, British ecologists
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Subject: Venice, 1/14/01
From: Dave Patton <davepatton(AT)DELLNET.COM>
Date: 15 Jan 2001 10:11pm
Sunday, 1/14/01
I spent the weekend with family in New Orleans, and slipped away for a quick
trip to the Venice area. I arrived at the pond described by Marty Guidry at
9:30 in search of the Say's Phoebe. I birded the pond and adjoining brush
until 11:00. I was not able to locate the target bird, but it could easily
still be in the area with an abundance of good habitat all around. I did
have a good time birding the location and the following birds of interest
were observed:
American Bittern 1, Flushed from the tall grass along the side of the pond.
Peregrine Falcons 2, Flew by together on a straight line.
Lincoln Sparrow 1
Green Heron 1
Gray Catbirds 2
Eastern Bluebirds 3, telephone lines
Am Gold Finch feeding on the dandy lion seed heads
River Otter, rolling in the pond
Only 2 R-c Kinglets and no B-g Gnatcatchers. There were 3 Eastern Phoebes
Dave Patton
new e-mail address,
wdpbird(AT)msn.com
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