Baton Rouge RBA
October 4, 1999
Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 16:26:33 EDT
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From: Karen Fay <Lamskite@AOL.COM>
Subject: Louisiana RBA - 10/4/99
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Baton Rouge Audubon Society Rare Bird Alert
Date: October 4, 1999
Area: Baton Rouge and Louisiana statewide
Highlights:
BUFF-BELLIED HUMMINGBIRD
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
others birds mentioned:
pied-billed grebe
american white pelican
snow goose
canada goose
northern shoveler
ring-necked duck
cattle egret
roseate spoonbill
wood stork
osprey
bald eagle
cooper's hawk
peregrine falcon
purple gallinule
american coot
sandhill crane
western sandpiper
least sandpiper
white-rumped sandpiper
stilt sandpiper
black-necked stilt
caspian tern
jaeger sp.
white-winged dove
chimney swift
yellow-bellied sapsucker
least flycatcher
scissor-tailed flycatcher
gray catbird
brown thrasher
marsh wren
sedge wren
barn swallow
tufted titmouse
tennessee warbler
orange-crowned warbler
chestnut-sided warbler
black-throated green warbler
yellow-throated warbler
palm warbler
american redstart
common yellowthroat
wilson's warbler
lincoln's sparrow
swamp sparrow
savannah sparrow
grasshopper sparrow
field sparrow
scarlet tanager
indigo bunting
painted bunting
Transcript:
Welcome birders to the BRAS' rare bird alert. The following was recorded on
Monday October 4. Highlights include a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW in Shreveport
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.
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. RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRDS are back in various locations. Call
Dennis Demcheck at 225-923-1437 for the one nearest you.
Interesting sightings:
10/3
Caddo Parish: 3 LEAST FLYCATCHERS, 1 FIELD and 4 LINCOLN'S
SPARROWS along Well's Island Rd in Shreveport.
Lafayette: over 103 GRAY CATBIRDS, 4 TENNESSEE WARBLERS and 14
PAINTED BUNTINGS in Carencro.
East Baton Rouge: 14 WOOD STORKS, 1 immature BALD EAGLE, 6 immature
SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHERS and 4 WILSON'S
WARBLERS at Richfield Riversilt (about 6 miles
south of
LSU on River Rd in Baton Rouge).
10/2
Caddo: 1 YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, 1 LEAST FLYCATCHER and 2
SCARLET TANAGERS in the Stoner launch woods in Shreveport.
10/1
East Baton Rouge: 140 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS, 1 SCISSOR-TAILED
FLYCATCHER, 1 MARSH WREN, 2 PALM WARBLERS, 2
LINCOLN'S and 2 SWAMP SPARROWS and at least 200
INDIGO BUNTINGS at Richfield Riversilt.
Orleans: 1 CHESTNUT-SIDED, 2 BLACK-THROATED GREEN and 1
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER in Audubon Park in New Orleans.
9/30
Caddo: a COOPER'S HAWK and a LINCOLN'S SPARROW south of Shreveport;
a COOPER'S HAWK, 2 YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS and 6
LINCOLN'S and 1 SAVANNAH SPARROW at or near the Stoner launch
woods and 20 BROWN THRASHERS, 1 MARSH WREN and 1
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER on Well's Island Rd; and 107
PIED-BILLED GREBES, 190 WHITE PELICANS, 12 NORTHERN
SHOVELERS, 2 RING-NECKED DUCKS and 1225 AMERICAN COOTS
on Cross Lake.
Bossier: LINCOLN'S, SWAMP and SAVANNAH SPARROW.
St Landry: 22 WOOD STORKS migrating over Sunset.
East Baton Rouge: BLACK-NECKED STILTS and other shorebirds on Ben Hur
Rd near River Rd; and 1 ROSEATE SPOONBILL, 1
STORK,
1 OSPREY, 1 SEDGE WREN, hundreds of COMMON
YELLOWTHROATS, 1 LINCOLN'S SPARROW, 40 INDIGO
and 20 PAINTED BUNTINGS at Richfield Riversilt.
Cameron: well over 15000 swallows, predominantly BARN, migrating over the
town of Cameron; and 1 ORANGE-CROWNED and 1
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER at Peveto Woods in the Little Florida
subdivision west of Holly Beach.
Orleans: a pair of WHITE-WINGED DOVES returning for the winter to a yard in
New Orleans; a female RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD and a WILSON'S
WARBLER in another yard in New Orleans.
Gulf of Mexico: 8 PEREGRINE FALCONS on the platform at the same time and
over 20 PURPLE GALLINULES and 900-1000 egrets flying
by
a platform off the southwest coast; and a
Parasitic/Long-tailed
JAEGER and a GRASSHOPPER SPARROW on a platform off
the south-central coast.
9/29
Caddo: 14 CASPIAN TERNS on the Red River; 13 AMERICAN REDSTARTS and
14 INDIGO BUNTINGS at the Stoner launch woods; and 500-1000
SNOW and 12-13 CANADA GEESE and 3 SANDHILL CRANES flying
over Cross Lake.
9/28
Caddo: a PALM WARBLER in the southern part of the parish.
9/27
Caddo: 1300 CATTLE EGRETS roosting on Cross Lake.
9/26
East Baton Rouge: 500 CHIMNEY SWIFTS roosting in a church on East Blvd in
downtown Baton Rouge.
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.
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