Louisiana Rare Bird Alert
Monday, 23 August 1999
Baton Rouge Audubon Society Rare Bird Alert
Area: Baton Rouge and Louisiana statewide
Highlights:
MASKED BOOBY * (*Louisiana State Review List)
BUFF-BELLIED HUMMINGBIRD
TROPICAL/COUCH'S KINGBIRD *
GREAT KISKADEE *
BLACK-WHISKERED VIREO *
SHINY COWBIRD *
others birds mentioned:
- pied-billed grebe
- neotropic cormorant
- american white pelican
- snow goose
- green-winged teal
- northern pintail
- blue-winged teal
- northern shoveler
- ruddy duck
- roseate spoonbill
- osprey
- swallow-tailed kite
- american coot
- upland sandpiper
- greater yellowlegs
- lesser yellowlegs
- solitary sandpiper
- spotted sandpiper
- short-billed dowitcher
- long-billed dowitcher
- semipalmated sandpiper
- western sandpiper
- least sandpiper
- pectoral sandpiper
- stilt sandpiper
- american avocet
- black-bellied plover
- semipalmated plover
- piping plover
- least tern
- white-winged dove
- rufous hummingbird
- willow flycatcher
- scissor-tailed flycatcher
- eastern kingbird
- tree swallow
- bank swallow
- yellow warbler
- cerulean warbler
- black-and-white warbler
- worm-eating warbler
- swainson's warbler
- northern waterthrush
- mourning warbler
- canada warbler
- lark sparrow
- dickcissel
- indigo bunting
Transcript:
Welcome birders to the BRAS' rare bird alert. The following was recorded on Monday August 23. Highlights include MASKED BOOBIES and a TROPICAL/COUCH'S KINGBIRD out in the gulf, SHINY COWBIRDS and BLACK-WHISKERED VIREOS on Grand Isle, a BUFF-BELLIED HUMMINGBIRD returning to LaPlace for at least a 7th season and a GREAT KISKADEE in Venice.
A TROPICAL/COUCH'S KINGBIRD was seen from an oil rig platform in the Gulf of Mexico off SW LA on 8/19 and MASKED BOOBIES were seen from rigs off the southeast and south-central coasts.
Two, possibly more, SHINY COWBIRDS were found 8/15 on Grand Isle in Jefferson Parish. Two males were observed in a mulberry tree at a residence known for feeding birds. The house is located in the Sureway woods. Look for lots of seed thrown on the ground and a large grouping of mulberry trees. BLACK-WHISKERED VIREOS have nested in the woods behind the Sureway Grocery on Grand Isle. 2 vireos were seen as late as 8/16. The Sureway Grocery is on the north side of the main road through Grand Isle.
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 right turn. The house is on the NW corner of Elm and Fagot Loop. He often hangs out in the red cedar tree in the backyard.
A GREAT KISKADEE, which was originally discovered in late April, was seen again on Thursday 8/5 around noon in Venice. To find the nest pole, stay on the main road from LA 23 in Venice. I believe the road is called Tidewater. You'll go through a right/left/right jug handle. Go past the intersection with the sign advertising Bud's Boat Rental (do NOT turn) and look for a power pole with a tag #184. A nest, constructed by the bird earlier in the year, is located on this pole. The bird was present in the bushes behind pole #s 184 and 185 for at least a half hour. Please be patient if you plan to see this bird. We waited at the nest site for at least an hour before we had any indication the bird was present. I have not had any recent reports.
The following sightings describe high counts or concentrations, early or late dates or very unusual sightings for the location and time of year.
Sightings from 8/23:
East Baton Rouge Parish: 6 WHITE-WINGED DOVES on the front grounds of the state capital in Baton Rouge.
Sightings from 8/22:
Caddo Parish: 6 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS, 2 SPOTTED SANDPIPERS and 25 TREE and 2 BANK SWALLOWS around Shreveport.
East Baton Rouge Parish: 2 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 10 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 5 SPOTTED, 3 SEMIPALMATED, 58 LEAST and 9 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, 1 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER and 1 YELLOW WARBLER along the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge.
St John the Baptist Parish: 3-4 UPLAND and 5-6 SPOTTED SANDPIPERS, 1 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, 7 PECTORAL and 2 STILT SANDPIPERS, 2 SEMIPALMATED and 1 PIPING PLOVER and 25 YELLOW WARBLERS at the Bonnet Carre Spillway.
Orleans Parish: 1 SOLITARY SANDPIPER and 13 YELLOW, 1 BLACK-AND-WHITE and 2 CANADA WARBLERS in New Orleans east.
Sightings from 8/21:
Red River Parish: an OSPREY, a SWALLOW-TAILED KITE and a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH at Lock and Dam #4 along the Red River.
Natchitoches Parish: 2 NORTHERN PINTAIL near the Powhatan exit off I-49.
Concordia Parish: 6 RUDDY DUCKS at a catfish farm in Monterey.
Acadia Parish: 25 GREATER and 150 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 7 SPOTTED, 500 LEAST, 300 PECTORAL and 25 STILT SANDPIPERS at the Crowley wastewater treatment plant.
Vermilion Parish: 64 WHITE PELICANS, 1 SNOW GOOSE, 1 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 2 NORTHERN PINTAILS, 7 NORTHERN SHOVELERS, 1 AMERICAN COOT, 120 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 1 SPOTTED SANDPIPER, 500 DOWITCHERS (only LONG-BILLED heard), 30 LEAST and 5 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, 2 AMERICAN AVOCETS, 1 BLACK-BELLIED and 5 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS and 3-4 YELLOW WARBLERS at or near the Vincent Refuge (LA 35/699).
East Baton Rouge Parish: 1 SOLITARY, 10 SPOTTED, 1 SEMIPALMATED, 2 WESTERN, 106 LEAST and 13 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS and 8 YELLOW WARBLERS along the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge.
Orleans Parish: 4 NEOTROPIC CORMORANTS, 140 EASTERN KINGBIRDS, 47 YELLOW WARBLERS and 3 DICKCISSELS at Recovery One in New Orleans East.
Sightings from 8/20:
Vermilion Parish: 1 WHITE PELICAN, 2 NORTHERN PINTAILS, 3 NORTHERN SHOVELERS, 1 AMERICAN COOT, 40 GREATER and 10 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 400 DOWITCHERS (only LONG-BILLED heard), 5 SEMIPALMATED, 40 LEAST and 6 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, 3 AMERICAN AVOCETS, 2 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, 1 LEAST TERN and 1 YELLOW WARBLER at the Vincent Refuge (LA 35/699).
Lafourche Parish: a RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD coming to a feeder in Raceland.
Sightings from 8/19:
Orleans Parish: 5 SPOTTED SANDPIPERS and 6 YELLOW WARBLERS in the Bucktown section of New Orleans.
Plaquemines Parish: 1 ROSEATE SPOONBILL, 1 SPOTTED SANDPIPER, 12 YELLOW and 1 BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER and 1 INDIGO BUNTING.
Gulf of Mexico: a MOURNING WARBLER off the south-central coast.
Sightings from 8/18:
Lafayette Parish: 6 PIED-BILLED GREBES and some SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS at the USL Experimental Farm in Lafayette.
Orleans Parish: 4 SPOTTED SANDPIPERS and 12 YELLOW WARBLERS in the Bucktown section of New Orleans.
Sightings from 8/17:
Acadia Parish: a SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER along US 90 between Rayne and Duson.
Orleans Parish: 14 YELLOW WARBLERS and 1 LARK SPARROW in the Bucktownsection of New Orleans.
Sightings from 8/16:
Caddo Parish: 1 WORM-EATING WARBLER in the Stoner launch woods in Shreveport.
Jefferson Parish: a WHITE-WINGED DOVE on Grand Isle.
St. Bernard Parish: 1 WILLOW FLYCATCHER, 6 YELLOW and 2 BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLERS in St Bernard State Park.
Gulf of Mexico: a CERULEAN and a SWAINSON'S WARBLER on oil rig plarforms.
Thanks for calling the Baton Rouge rare bird alert and good birding.
 © D.J. L'Hoste |
Compiler: Karen Fay Home: 225.763.6805 RBA: 225.768.9874 lamskite@aol.com |
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