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Subject: Sandhill Cranes
From: Olga Clifton <humermom(AT)BELLSOUTH.NET>
Date: 22 Jan 2001 7:57am
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Fellow Birders,
On Fridat, Jan. 19, while traveling to Pollock, La. for the Louisiana =
Native Plant Society annual meeting, we dcided to try for the Sandhill =
Cranses in Chaneyville.
Luck was with us and we found a small flock of 21 cranes in a field =
right next to the road. They were foraging and we got excellent looks =
and were treated to the sounds of their vocalizations
What a way to start a wonderful week-end!!!!!
The LNPS meeting was filled with the joy of seeing old friends, meeting =
new ones and of course getting to shop for more native plants and trees =
for our yard.=20
The speakers were so interesting and informative, we came away with a =
spirit of renewal and the anticipation of implementing the things we had =
learned.
Olga Clifton
Abita Springs,La.
West St. Tammany Parish
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Subject: Hummer Update--Lisa Robichaux's yard
From: "Beth H. Maniscalco" <cone-bhm(AT)NICH-NSUNET.NICH.EDU>
Date: 22 Jan 2001 9:28am
Humnetters and Labirders:
The Hummingbird Queen of Lafourche Parish has asked that I post the
results of Nancy Newfield's most recent banding trip to her yard in
the St. Charles (Raceland) area.
Nancy came on Sunday, January 21st to band the Calliope first
observed by Lisa on Friday, January 19th. Her banding total for the
day were THIRTEEN new birds and 3 recaptures.
New Bands:
1 Calliope
2 Buff-bellied
1 Black-chinned
3 Ruby-throated
6 Rufous
Recaptures:
1 Buff-bellied (originally banded in November)
1 Rufous (originally banded in December)
1 Rufous (originally banded in 1997)
This brings the total of new bands in Lisa's yard for the Winter
Hummingbird Season of 2000-2001 to THIRTY-NINE HUMMINGBIRDS.
NOTE: Lisa gave me the pleasure of posting this wonderful
information because she is having computer problems. I will gladly
pass on any congratulations to her if necessary.
Beth Maniscalco
Thibodaux, LA
(Approx. 10 miles from Lisa Robichaux's yard)
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Subject: Greater White-fronted Goose and Purple Martins at LSU
From: Walker B Wilson <wwilso2(AT)LSU.EDU>
Date: 22 Jan 2001 9:49am
I just saw a Greater White-fronted Goose at the BREC park between City Park
Lake and University Lake just off of Dalrymple.
Also, for the person requesting info on arrival dates of Purple Martins, I
also saw a male and two females on the power lines on Dalrymple between
University Lake and the small lake (whose name escapes me...). There might
be more, but thats all I saw as I drove by.
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Subject: Thibodaux Area Hummingbird Totals
From: "Beth H. Maniscalco" <cone-bhm(AT)NICH-NSUNET.NICH.EDU>
Date: 22 Jan 2001 10:17am
Humnetters and Labirders:
I am preparing a report for the Terrebonne Bird Club Meeting tonight
on hummer banding activity and I thought I would share this
information with you.
Thus far, in five trips to the Thibodaux/St. Charles, Nancy Newfield,
accompanied by Linda Beall on one trip, has trapped a total of 80
birds including 7 recaptures. Breakdowns follow:
Rufous hummingbirds--30 (includes four recaptures)
Ruby-throated hummingbirds--21
Black-chinned hummingbirds--13
Buff-bellied hummingbirds--13 (includes three recaptures)
Calliope hummingbird--2
Broad-billed hummingbird--1
The largest number (39) of these birds were captured in Lisa Robichaux's yard,
but these captures represent a total of only five yards. I'd say
that the northern part of Lafourche Parish can give any locale a run
for it's money (she states with puffed up chest and look of pride
upon her face). <VBG>
Beth Maniscalco
Thibodaux, LA
(Approx. 60 miles SW of New Orleans)
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Subject: Piping Plover Survey
From: Van Remsen <najames(AT)unix1.sncc.lsu.edu>
Date: 22 Jan 2001 11:09am
LABIRD -- FYI:
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Van Remsen,
LSU Museum of Natural Science,
najames(AT)unix1.sncc.lsu.edu
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Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 10:08:08 -0600
From: "Shively, Steve" <Shively_SH(AT)wlf.state.la.us>
To: "'Remsen, Van'" <najames(AT)unix1.sncc.lsu.edu>
Subject: Piping plover again
Dr. Remsen, I hope this is not too much trouble, but could you post the
following message on LABIRD for me? Thanks.
The 2001 International Piping Plover Winter Census is scheduled for January
29 through February 15. Since my original appeal for volunteers I have heard
from 7 individuals that they would help. We could really use more people. If
you would like to help and haven't contacted me yet, I really need to hear
from you soon in order to get guidelines and data sheets to you. Thanks.
Steve Shively
Zoologist
LA Natural Heritage Program
LA Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries
P.O. Box 98000
Baton Rouge, LA 70898-9000
225-765-2820
225-765-2818 fax
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Subject: Turnabout Is Fair Play
From: Betty Brody <Travels717(AT)AOL.COM>
Date: 22 Jan 2001 11:50am
The Twilight Zone, the Watched Become The Watchers: Just after I pulled into
a parking space at the Jean Lafitte National Park yesterday, a yellow-rumped
warbler flew down from the tree in front of me onto the hood of my car; it
then hopped toward the windshield, stared at me for a while, and flew off.
What can this mean?
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Subject: Re: Delacroix and Yscloskey Birds
From: Bill Fontenot <bbboy(AT)NATURESTATION.ORG>
Date: 22 Jan 2001 12:46pm
jennifer -
both sides of my mom's family made their livings in st. bernard &
plaquemines (east of the miss. river) parishes. during this year's cameron
parish cbcs i was asking mac myers what the birding was like around
delacroix, pointe a la hache, & bohemia. he said that he & most of the n.o.
birders he knew didn't bird much in those parts.
so thanks for the report!!!! and again, mucho thanks to roselie, beth
erwin, joan brown, winston, alan, beth maniscalco, liz guidry, and all the
folks from the more isolated pockets in the state who take the time to tell
us what the bird happenings are.
bill fontenot
acadiana park nature station
lafayette, la.
At 08:35 PM 1/18/2001 EST, you wrote:
>Driving back from picking up nutria meat to feed my hawks, I saw a
> Tom and I watched a
>young Brown Pelican do a double take when it saw a mullet jump out of the
> The pelican immediately spun around to plunge into Bayou La Loutre.
>
>We walked a marsh bordering the oyster town of Yscloskey and in a few
minutes
>managed to flush Virginia Rails and a Sora, and heard many Clappers
clapping.
>
> Louisiana--what a fascinating
>place.
>
>Jennifer Coulson
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Subject: LAWDF Feeder Survey
From: Van Remsen <najames(AT)unix1.sncc.lsu.edu>
Date: 22 Jan 2001 2:41pm
LABIRD -- FYI; please participate if you have a feeder:
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Van Remsen,
LSU Museum of Natural Science,
najames(AT)unix1.sncc.lsu.edu
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Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 13:36:40 -0600
From: "Vermillion, William" <Vermillion_WG(AT)wlf.state.la.us>
To: "'Remsen, Van'" <najames(AT)unix1.sncc.lsu.edu>
Subject: FW: Feeder survey
Van:
Please forward the attached message regarding winter bird feeder surveys to
LABIRD.
Thanks,
Bill Vermillion
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From: Ernst, Jimmy
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 1:22 PM
To: Vermillion, William
Subject: Feeder survey
Bill:
Please forward to LABird network.
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries' Urban Wildlife Program
is conducting it's third annual winter bird feeder survey. The survey dates
are February 22-25. Participants are asked to count birds at their feeders
over two consecutive days (of the four) and report the highest number of
birds, by species, on the survey form. Survey forms and instructions are
available on the Department web page at: www.wlf.state.la.us
<http://www.wlf.state.la.us> . Please contact Jimmy Ernst at 225/763-3557
for more information or if you need forms mailed to you. Anyone interested
in feeding birds is invited to participate.
Thanks,
Jimmy
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Subject: Blouin Lane between Thibodaux and Raceland
From: Rick Bello <spcd-rsb(AT)NICH-NSUNET.NICH.EDU>
Date: 22 Jan 2001 3:23pm
Labirders,
My thanks to Lisa Robichaux for giving me another shot at the imm. male
Calliope Hummingbird that is currently gracing her feeders (and to Beth
Maniscalco for first alerting me to the bird). Gary Worhington and I had
actually missed seeing the bird on the first day it was reported (Friday),
even after waiting and watching for quite some time. Yesterday afternoon
(Sunday, 1/21/01), however, the bird was more cooperative and I had great
looks at this lifer from literally two feet away, as well as looks at
Buff-bellied, Black-chinned, and Rufous.
Afterwards, near dusk, Lisa and I decided to walk Blouin Lane (her street)
through cane fields for about one mile to a set of crawfish ponds. Near
the ponds and along the way, we had a nice variety of birds (36 spp.),
including things like Little Blue Heron, White Ibis, Great Horned Owl,
Winter Wren, Eastern Bluebird, Cedar Waxwing, and two male Purple Martins.
This date for Purple Martin matches the earliest I have in my computer
records for the Thibodaux vicinity.
Rick Bello
Labadieville, Assumption Parish, LA
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Subject: Thrushes
From: Bob Beason <bibeason(AT)ULM.EDU>
Date: 22 Jan 2001 4:14pm
I had two Hermit Thrushes along Bayou Desiard on the ULM campus. I was
surprised to see them so close to buildings. There seems to be an increase
in the number of Am. Robins around my house. I'm not sure whether they are
more active and therefore more visible or whether more are moving into the
northern part of the state.
Bob Beason
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Subject: New Web Site for Louisiana Naturalists and Visitors
From: George Payne <Member6506(AT)AOL.COM>
Date: 22 Jan 2001 4:32pm
Hello Birders,
I have just set up a new web site for Louisiana Naturalist and visitors. It
features Bill Bergan, Tickfaw State Park, bird calls I have recorded and
various other wonderful Louisana sights and sounds. Please stop by and tell
me what you think.
www.firesideimages.com
Thanks,
George Payne
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Subject: Fw: Olga, Please post on La Bird
From: Olga Clifton <humermom(AT)BELLSOUTH.NET>
Date: 22 Jan 2001 4:56pm
From: Donna Lafleur <dlafleur(AT)lpb.org>
Baton Rouge Audubon Announcement
> January Meeting
> Costa Rica: the Quest
> for the Quetzal
> Learn about the interesting ecology of Costa Rica at the Baton Rouge
> Audubon Society monthly meeting onThursday, January 25 at 7:30 pm at the
> Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Building on Quail Dr. Guest speaker
> Barry Kohl will present a slide show and discussion that will take you
> into the rain forest, looking for the quetzal, and admiring the wildlife
> and plants of this tropical paradise. Learn about the habits and habitats
> of crocodiles, lizards, butterflies, and of course the birds of Costa
> Rica. Barry and wife Gail made a two week trip in June of 2000. The tour
> of Costa Rica was organized by the Louisiana Audubon Council, which has
> also planned trips to Venezuela and Trinidad/Tobago in years past.
> In 1991, Barry retired from the Chevron Oil Company, and for the last 10
> years has taught as an adjunct professor at the Tulane Department of
> Geology in New Orleans. Barry has been an active member of the Louisiana
> Audubon Council for many years, and has served on the wetlands committee
> of the National Audubon Society. He is a representative on the Mercury
> Contamin- ation Task Force in Louisiana, and is very involved in this
> issue throughout our state. Bring a friend for this colorful presentation.
> Baton Rouge Audubon Society meetings are open to the public.
>
> Baton Rouge Audubon Field Trips
>
> NOTE: All field trips will leave from Coffee Call located on College
> Drive just south of I-10. All BRAS field trips are open to the public.
> The fee is $1.00 per person.
>
> Saturday, February 10, 2001 (Easy- backyard birding)
> Winter Hummingbirds of the Baton Rouge Area
> Meet at Coffee Call (College Drive @ I-10) at 8 AM
> Dennis Demcheck and Robert Sherman will lead this trip. We will visit 3-4
> gardens in the Baton Rouge area that are hosting winter hummingbirds. Call
> Dennis at 923-1437 for more information.
>
> Saturday, March 10, 2001 (Easy- boardwalks and trails)
> Jean Lafitte National Park
> Meet at Coffee Call (College Drive @ I-10) at 6:30 AM
> Charlie Fryling will lead this trip to the Jean Lafitte National Park
> south of New Orleans. Bring a picnic lunch and drinks to enjoy on
> the grounds. Call Charlie for confirmation and details at 766-3120.
>
>
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Subject: Bullock's Oriole
From: Alan Hohensee <hoppy(AT)STRUCTUREX.NET>
Date: 22 Jan 2001 5:06pm
LaBirders, had a male Baltimore oriole at my suet feeder on Jan. 11 (my
first winter sighting of a Baltimore since I have lived here.) Have not
been able to monitor the feeders regularly, so was not sure what was around,
other than lots of pine warblers (a couple being a brilliant yellow) and
goldfinches. Today, my wife came home at lunch to check my progress on
painting the hall and foyer and as she was leaving, I spotted the oriole on
the feeder. Pointed it out to her, as Baltimore orioles are among her
favorite birds (she is not a birder).
A little later, I saw an unfamiliar bird at the suet feeder. It was a
female Bullock's oriole. I called the wife to tell her and her response
was, "How did you see the feeder from the hall?" I tried to take some
pictures, but the battery in the camera decided Christmas had been too much.
Will try again tomorrow.
Martha Sargent's no-melt suet recipe is one of the best bird attractants I
have ever seen. The birds here love it. We use a cake a day. Commercial
suet will go untouched until it goes bad.
Alan Hohensee
Sulphur, LA
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Subject: Re: Hummer Update--Lisa Robichaux's yard
From: David Muth <dmuth(AT)BELLSOUTH.NET>
Date: 22 Jan 2001 5:53pm
Beth:
Tell Lisa that it is a crime and a geographic impossibility to both
politically and physically secede from the U.S. and join Mexico. It will no
longer be tolerated.
George Bush Jr.
-----Original Message-----
From: Bulletin Board for Dissemination of Information on Louisiana Birds
[mailto:LABIRD-L(AT)listserv.lsu.edu]On Behalf Of Beth H. Maniscalco
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 9:30 AM
To: LABIRD-L(AT)listserv.lsu.edu
Subject: Hummer Update--Lisa Robichaux's yard
Humnetters and Labirders:
The Hummingbird Queen of Lafourche Parish has asked that I post the
results of Nancy Newfield's most recent banding trip to her yard in
the St. Charles (Raceland) area.
Nancy came on Sunday, January 21st to band the Calliope first
observed by Lisa on Friday, January 19th. Her banding total for the
day were THIRTEEN new birds and 3 recaptures.
New Bands:
1 Calliope
2 Buff-bellied
1 Black-chinned
3 Ruby-throated
6 Rufous
Recaptures:
1 Buff-bellied (originally banded in November)
1 Rufous (originally banded in December)
1 Rufous (originally banded in 1997)
This brings the total of new bands in Lisa's yard for the Winter
Hummingbird Season of 2000-2001 to THIRTY-NINE HUMMINGBIRDS.
NOTE: Lisa gave me the pleasure of posting this wonderful
information because she is having computer problems. I will gladly
pass on any congratulations to her if necessary.
Beth Maniscalco
Thibodaux, LA
(Approx. 10 miles from Lisa Robichaux's yard)
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Subject: Martha's Famous No Melt suet recipe
From: Alan Hohensee <hoppy(AT)STRUCTUREX.NET>
Date: 22 Jan 2001 9:04pm
Labirders, here's the recipe for Martha"s suet. I have always thought
"Martha" was Martha Sargent.
1 Cup Crunchy Peanut Butter
2 Cups "Quick Cook" Oats
2 Cups Cornmeal
1 Cup Lard (NO substitutes)
1 Cup white flour
1/3 cup sugar
Melt the lard and peanut butter, then stir in remaining ingredients. Pour
into loaf pans. Store wrapped in freezer. Makes four cakes to fit square
suet feeder baskets.
Alan
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Subject: Re: New Web Site for Louisiana Naturalists and Visitors
From: Winston Caillouet <lincwinc(AT)MSN.COM>
Date: 22 Jan 2001 9:18pm
I looked at the website and I think it is great. It's hard to leave the
first page,though, because the music is great. It makes you want to dance.
Since I couldn't dance I did the next best thing and grabbed my guitar and
strummed along to Jambalaya about eight times.
Aaaeee!
----- Original Message -----
From: "George Payne" <Member6506(AT)AOL.COM>
To: <LABIRD-L(AT)listserv.lsu.edu>
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 4:31 PM
Subject: New Web Site for Louisiana Naturalists and Visitors
> Hello Birders,
>
> I have just set up a new web site for Louisiana Naturalist and visitors.
It
> features Bill Bergan, Tickfaw State Park, bird calls I have recorded and
> various other wonderful Louisana sights and sounds. Please stop by and
tell
> me what you think.
>
> www.firesideimages.com
>
> Thanks,
>
> George Payne
>
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