Baton Rouge RBA
September 28, 1999
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 14:26:04 EDT
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From: Karen Fay <Lamskite@AOL.COM>
Subject: Louisiana RBA - 9/28/99
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Baton Rouge Audubon Society Rare Bird Alert
Date: September 28, 1999
Area: Baton Rouge and Louisiana statewide
Highlights:
BUFF-BELLIED HUMMINGBIRD
LOGGERHEAD KINGBIRD (not on the state list)
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
others birds mentioned:
greater shearwater *(*Louisiana State Review List)
magnificent frigatebird
american white pelican
fulvous whistling-duck
canvasback
lesser scaup
reddish egret
cattle egret
roseate spoonbill
osprey
swainson's hawk
merlin
peregrine falcon
king rail
common snipe
hudsonian godwit
western sandpiper
least sandpiper
white-rumped sandpiper
stilt sandpiper
buff-breasted sandpiper
lesser black-backed gull
black tern
caspian tern
common tern
inca dove
chuck-will's-widow
whip-poor-will
chimney swift
rufous hummingbird
acadian flycatcher
least flycatcher
eastern phoebe
western kingbird
scissor-tailed flycatcher
gray-cheeked thrush
wood thrush
gray catbird
red-breasted nuthatch
marsh wren
sedge wren
winter wren
house wren
cliff swallow
ruby-crowned kinglet
tufted titmouse
tennessee warbler
prairie warbler
palm warbler
mourning warbler
common yellowthroat
wilson's warbler
canada warbler
lark sparrow
dickcissel
rose-breasted grosbeak
blue grosbeak
Transcript:
Welcome birders to the BRAS' rare bird alert. The following was recorded on
Tuesday September 28. Highlights include a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW in
Shreveport, a LOGGERHEAD KINGBIRD out in the Gulf and a BUFF-BELLIED
HUMMINGBIRD in LaPlace.
A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was found in Shreveport on 9/24 on the southern dead
end of Well's Island Rd. Take Clyde Fant Pkwy out of downtown Shreveport
north to its dead end. Take a right on Airport Dr, which becomes Well's
Island Rd past the airport and dead ends at a large overgrown field. The
bird was in the north end of the field in tall grass and ragweed. It could
not be found on the morning of 9/25.
Even though the report is a bit late, I thought I would mention the report of
a LOGGERHEAD KINGBIRD, seen on 9/12 out on an oil platform off the southwest
coast. The observer has reviewed museum specimens and has submitted
convincing details to the LSU Museum of Natural Sciences, which helps to
oversee this interesting trans-gulf migration project.
A male BUFF-BELLIED HUMMINGBIRD, that has been recorded in LaPlace for at
least the last 7 winters, has returned on August 6 to 800 Fagot Loop in
LaPlace. From Airline Hwy in LaPlace, turn south on Elm Street by the Billy
Hart Restaurant. Fagot Loop is the first intersection. The house is on the
NW corner of Elm and Fagot Loop. He often hangs out in the red cedar tree in
the backyard.
Interesting sightings:
9/28
Caddo Parish: a PALM WARBLER in the southern part of the parish.
9/26
Orleans: 1 TUFTED TITMOUSE and 3 WILSON'S WARBLERS in New Orleans;
and 2350 WESTERN, 2700 LEAST, 2 WHITE-RUMPED and 160
STILT SANDPIPERS at Recovery One in New Orleans East.
9/25
Caddo: 49 CHIMNEY SWIFTS and 13 HOUSE WRENS along Well's Island Rd; 2
TENNESSEE WARBLERS at the Stoner launch woods, both in
Shreveport; and 3 OSPREYS, 2 adult COMMON TERNS and 2 CLIFF
SWALLOWS on Cross Lake.
Calcasieu: an adult male RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD noted for the first time in a
yard in Lake Charles (possible returnee).
Cameron: over 100 ROSEATE SPOONBILLS, 1 MERLIN and 1 COMMON SNIPE
at Sabine NWR; 1 CHUCK-WILL'S WIDOW, 1 ACADIAN and
several LEAST FLYCATCHERS, 1 RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, 1
WILSON'S WARBLER and 1 LARK SPARROW at Peveto Woods; 1
WESTERN KINGBIRD on LA 82 between Peveto and Johnson
Bayou; 1 MERLIN, 1 SNIPE and 1 HUDSONIAN GODWIT at
Johnson Bayou; 3 MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRDS, 1 white morph
REDDISH EGRET, 1 KING RAIL and 50 BLACK TERNS at East Jetty
in the town of Cameron; 3 CHUCK-WILL'S WIDOWS, several
LEAST FLYCATCHERS, 1 MOURNING and 1 CANADA WARBLER at
Willow Island near Oak Grove; 1 PEREGRINE FALCON, 9
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS and 1 LESSER BLACK-BACKED
GULL at Rutherford Beach; 3 FULVOUS WHISTLING-DUCKS at the
Gibbstown bridge on LA 27 east; and over 500 CASPIAN TERNS
on beaches parish wide.
Gulf of Mexico: a GREATER SHEARWATER seen from an oil platform off the
south-central coast; and an INCA DOVE on a platform
off the
southeast coast.
9/24
Caddo: 1 WOOD THRUSH at the Stoner launch woods and 15 GRAY
CATBIRDS, 1 SEDGE WREN and 27 COMMON YELLOWTHROATS at
the southern end of Well's Island Rd.
Lafayette: a banded BUFF-BELLIED HUMMINGBIRD returned to a yard in
Lafayette.
East Baton Rouge: an immature male RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD in a yard in
Baton Rouge; and 100-125 BLUE GROSBEAKS coming to
a drainage canal behind a yard in Baton Rouge.
Jefferson: at least 3 RUFOUS in a yard in Metairie.
9/23
Tangipahoa: a WINTER WREN in Hammond.
Orleans: 1 PRAIRIE WARBLER and 7 DICKCISSELS at Recovery One in New
Orleans East.
9/22
Caddo: 175 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS in the southern part of the parish;
and 1 EASTERN PHOEBE and 1 RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET at the
Stoner launch woods; and 1 female CANVASBACK, 1 LESSER
SCAUP, 975 roosting CATTLE EGRETS and 130 FISH CROWS on
Cross Lake.
Vermilion: a pair of RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES in a yard south of
Abbeville.
Iberville: a MARSH WREN, a GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH, a DICKCISSEL and a
ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK in a yard in St Gabriel.
St John the Baptist: a SWAINSON'S HAWK migrating over Reserve.
Orleans: a WHIP-POOR-WILL and PALM WARBLERS at City Park in New
Orleans.
9/21
Caddo: a first fall male ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK at the Stoner launch
woods; a PHOEBE, 2 SEDGE WRENS and 14 YELLOWTHROATS at
the edge of the Red River on Well's Island Rd.
Bossier: 27 SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHERS and 1 SEDGE WREN on Old
Brownlee Rd.
Thanks for calling the Baton Rouge rare bird alert and good birding.
Compiler: Karen Fay
Home phone # : 225-763-6805
RBA phone # : 225-768-9874
Email address: lamskite@aol.com