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Subject: A Post from the Oaks!
From: Bill Wood <labirder(AT)SHREVE.NET>
Date: 5 Feb 2001 1:31pm
Labirders and all,
Two beautiful warm sunny days here in Keithville made it a great time,
finally, to get out in the yard. I can't belive it. I had two days off and
the sun was out. I was serenaded most of the day by singing Pine Warblers
while preparing flower beds and a wild berry patch. Not to be out down, a
Carolina Wren joined in letting his presence known. Even the Northern
Cardinals chimed in. What a wonderful chorus - may be the birds were as
happy as I was for the warm sunny day!
A male and female Purple Finch returned to the feeder for the first time in
several weeks today. House Finches numbers have been eradicate for past
week while six or so Pine Siskins are still around along with 50 or more
American Goldfinches. Slated-colored Junco numbers are down to around 40
and I haven't seen my pink-sided junco for about a week. Only a few
White-throated Sparrows are around while Chipping Sparrows numbers dropped
dramatically to less than 10 this week. I have noted a single Brown
Creeper almost daily for the past week along with the resident
White-breasted Nuthatches. Making good use of the log suet feeder are
Downy Woodpecker, Pine Warbler, Northern Cardinal, Carolina Wren, Carolina
Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse and White-breasted Nuthatch.
In the past three weeks I have gone though 15 pounds of thistle seed, 60
pounds of sunflower seed, 50 pounds of mix seed, ten pounds of peanuts and
12 peanut butter suet cakes. A cheap price to pay for the pleasure I
receive in return.
Well, back to the yard work -- the Ruby-throated Hummingbirds and Spring
migrants will be here soon and I need to finish the welcome mat.
As always, Good Birding,
Bill Wood
Keithville, LA
3 miles south of Shreveport
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Subject: Surf Scoter
From: "Marlyn J. Patten" <puffin(AT)FASTBAND.COM>
Date: 5 Feb 2001 2:08pm
Hello All,
I saw the female Surf Scoter opposite the Lod Cook Alumni Center at LSU at
noon today (Monday).
Harvey L. Patten
Covington, LA.
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Subject: yard notes January 2001
From: Van Remsen <najames(AT)unix1.sncc.lsu.edu>
Date: 5 Feb 2001 2:36pm
LABIRD: Notes from my place near St. Gabriel, Iberville Par., for
January. Exceptionally cold (many hard freezes) and also dry (about 2
inches of rain). Not much to report, in part because the flu kept me
inside the last week of the month.
Mentionable birds = ....
DAWN sky-watches @ 30 mins (n=8); horizon-to-horizon fly-overs only.
-- Mallard: 16 on 1/21.
-- Anas sp. 2 on 1/14.
-- Am. Robin: no high-flying presumed migrants seen. Low-medium height
presumed commuters slowly dwindling through the month, 4-24/day.
-- Am. Pipit: 1 on 1/7 (almost all my records are Nov-mid Dec., presumably
migrants).
-- Cedar Waxwing: 1-61/day -- good numbers.
-- Myrtle Warbler: 1-6/day on 5 days, most going SE or E, and then a burst
of 10 on 1/23 and 16 on 1/24.
-- Rusty Blackbird: 1-2/day on 3 days.
++++++++++++
MID/LATE-AM hawk-watches @ 30 mins (n=5); horizon-to-horizon fly-overs
only.
-- White Pelican: 30 on 1/2.
-- Mallard: 1 on 1/20.
-- Am. Kestrel: 1 going SE on 1/2 (my first winter record; presumably
driven south by weather, along with several other mentionables on the 1/2
hawk-watch, which started at 34 degrees on a day when it did not get above
freezing until 11:30)
-- Killdeer: 33 going E and SE on 1/2; clearly a movement.
-- Am. Pipit: 2 going SE on 1/2.
-- ?Vesper Sparrow: 30 in 3 flocks going W in 1/2.
++++++++++++
AROUND the yard:
-- N. Pintail: 1 overhead on 1/6.
-- Am. Woodcock: 1 persistently in garden.
-- Black-chinned Hummingbird: 3 birds daily.
-- Ruby-throated Hummingbird: a female throughout period (starting 11/13),
evidently one of the only ones in Baton Rouge area this winter.
-- Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird: imm. male throughout the period (starting
12/6) that has some Allen's potential. A second im. male for 1 day
(1/20).
-- Am. Pipit: 1 overhead on 1/2.
-- Pine Warbler: 1 on 1/10 (few yard records other than in November-early
Dec.).
-- Chipping Sparrow: sadly, this once-common feeder bird is now
essentially gone: 1-2 at feeder on 2 days were the only ones seen (vs.
50-75/day 10 years ago).
-- Fox Sparrow: 1-2 intermittently in yard and at feeders -- best winter
ever for this species at my place.
-- Song Sparrow: 1 on 1/12 (only one seen this winter; another species
that has declined greatly at my place).
-- Red-winged Blackbird: major influx at feeders (also in dawn Fly-overs)
starting in late January, with max-in-view feeder counts as high as 110.
-- Rusty Blackbird: 1-2 overhead on 3 days.
-- Brown-headed Cowbird: highest numbers ever for January at feeder, with
counts of up to 120.
-- Am. Goldfinch: showing their usual January surge, with max-in-view
counts at feeders starting at 200 early in the month and peaking at 525 on
1/27.
-- Pine Siskin: 1 at feeder on 1/20 and 1/26.
-- Purple Finch: 1 at feeder starting 1/21.
-- Red Bat: 1 on 1/14.
-- missing insectivores: the Wilson's Warbler present through late
December disappeared, and I did not see a single Blue-headed Vireo,
White-eyed Vireo, or Blue-gray Gnatcatcher all month. Eastern Phoebes may
have disappeared in late January -- none seen since about 1/20.
Ruby-crowned Kinglets and Orange-crowned Warblers present in above-average
numbers, but also using feeders much more heavily than ever before. Still
no Winter Wren this winter.
*** Millennium + 396 non-moribund Eurotrash Scuz-Dove-Free days and still
counting ***
#################################
Van Remsen,
LSU Museum of Natural Science,
najames(AT)unix1.sncc.lsu.edu
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Subject: Re: yard notes January 2001
From: "Nancy L. Newfield" <colibri(AT)GS.VERIO.NET>
Date: 5 Feb 2001 3:38pm
Van et al.,
At 12:10 PM 2/5/01 -0600, Van Remsen wrote:
>LABIRD: Notes from my place near St. Gabriel, Iberville Par., for
>January.=20
>-- Ruby-throated Hummingbird: a female throughout period (starting 11/13),
>evidently one of the only ones in Baton Rouge area this winter.
That's an interesting observation because Ruby-throats have been
superabundant this season in general. Of course, I still have a month or so
to go in the banding season and I've been limited to banding 2 days a week,
but when all is said and done, my totals are gonna knock your socks off!
NLN
Nancy L. Newfield
Casa Colibr=ED=A9
Metairie, Louisiana USA =20
<colibri(AT)gs.verio.net>
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Subject: 2/10 Bayou Sauvage Cleanup, T-P photo shoot
From: Betty Brody <Travels717(AT)AOL.COM>
Date: 5 Feb 2001 6:02pm
This is a reminder that this Saturday the Crescent Bird Club is assisting
Lockheed Martin in cleaning up Bayou Sauvage, NWR, where many of us bird.
Please try to come and help. The Time-Picayune promised to send a
photographer, so wear your best "cleanup clothes" in the event your picture
is in the newspaper.
TIME: Saturday, February 10, 2001, 8:30 AM (9 AM for late-risers)
PLACE: Bayou Sauvage Boat Launch on Highway 11
DIRECTIONS: Drive on I-10 East through New Orleans East and take Exit 254
(the North Shore, Irish Bayou, Highway 11 exit). Drive west on Highway 11
about 2.5 miles, and the Boat Launch will be on your right.
For further information, email CrescentBirdClub(AT)aol.com, or call (504)
586-1381.
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Subject: indigo bunting
From: cecil tarver <exk5hdl(AT)NETSCAPE.NET>
Date: 5 Feb 2001 6:09pm
we had a female indigo bunting onour feeder on jan 26 have not seen it since
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CECIL TARVER
LIVINGSTON,LA 20 miles east of baton rouge
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