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Subject: Re: LA "Western" Hummer Rpt #26
From: Stacy Peterson <SJPeterson(AT)AOL.COM>
Date: 20 Feb 2001 1:13am
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HI Humnet and LaBird,
Whew. Made it safely back home at 1:30 this morning. My wife and I had a
great 2 week vacation with our families in Oregon and Idaho, reacquainting
ourselves with snowfall again. The "spring" weather today here on the MS
Coast was refreshing, though!
Tom's LA "western" hummer report #26 sent out midweek last is truly amazing.
Last year his final tally provided the following numbers for the respective
species:
Selasphorus / Black-chin / Buff-bellied / Calliope / Broad-billed / Anna's
234 / 70 / 56 / 15 / 5 / 1
Through report #26 those totals for this season are:
459 / 107 / 47 / 31 / 1 / 0
Tons more Selasphorus, lots more Black-chinneds, a few less Buffies and
Broad-billeds, and no Anna's yet this year.
I'll try to update the Trochilids web page maps with the info from report #26
on Tuesday. Keep up the good work, Louisiana. I continue to be awed by your
efforts.
Trochilids: http://www.geocities.com/trochilids
Best birding,
--Stacy
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Stacy Jon Peterson
210 Fechet Drive, Biloxi, MS 39531
3 blocks from the Gulf of Mexico
SJPeterson(AT)aol.com
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Subject: (Unidentified swallows) Re: Surf Scoter is still on the LSU
Lakes
From: Steven Maniscalco <maniscal(AT)EATEL.NET>
Date: 20 Feb 2001 6:57am
Elaine,
The birds you mention under the overpasses (if they are the ones I am
thinking about) are barn swallows. Being a resident of Gonzales for
three years, and driving around the interstate I have noticed the birds
many times. Another good spot for barn swallows is on Hwy 30 near the
main entrance to BASF. There are two square drainage culverts, and the
swallows endlessly fly back and forth under the road. They like to
perch on the power lines across the street from BASF.
Good birding.
Steven Maniscalco
Prairieville, LA 70769
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Subject: Re: Sightings
From: Van Remsen <najames(AT)unix1.sncc.lsu.edu>
Date: 20 Feb 2001 10:15am
On Sun, 18 Feb 2001, Jay V. Huner wrote:
> Dear Conservationists,
>
> I'm a bit euphoric because I have ABA NA Lifer's 300 - Broad-tailed
> Hummingbird, 301 - Buff-bellied Hummingbird, 302 - Black-chinned
> Hummingbird, 303 - Calliope Hummingbird and 304 - Broad-tailed
> Hummingbird.
>
> PS- 300 was a Black-chinned Hummingbird...
Jay/LABIRD: Have I failed to keep up with some sort of New Math, or to
keep up with the latest in ABA listing rules?
#################################
Van Remsen,
LSU Museum of Natural Science,
najames(AT)unix1.sncc.lsu.edu
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Subject: Re: Bobby Santiny
From: "Dennis K. Demcheck" <ddemchec(AT)USGS.GOV>
Date: 20 Feb 2001 1:50pm
For those who would like to send Bobby a card, his mailing address is:
Bobby Santini
P.O. Box 437
Grand Isle, LA 70358
"Beth H. Maniscalco"
<cone-bhm@NICH-NSUNET To:
LABIRD-L(AT)listserv.lsu.edu
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Sent by: Bulletin Subject: Bobby Santiny
Board for
Dissemination of
Information on
Louisiana Birds
<LABIRD-L(AT)listserv.ls
u.edu>
02/19/01 02:09 PM
Please respond to
Bulletin Board for
Dissemination of
Information on
Louisiana Birds
Labirders:
Thought some of you might be interested in knowing that Bobby had
triple by-pass surgery last week. He is/was in Terrebonne General
Hospital and, I understand, recuperating well.
Beth Maniscalco
Thibodaux, LA
(approx. 60 miles SW of New Orleans)
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Subject: Attwater Prarie Chicken
From: Russ Allor <RAllor(AT)AOL.COM>
Date: 20 Feb 2001 1:55pm
I just got back from the Galveston Bay Prairie Preserve where there was a
chance to view the At. Prairie Chicken.
It is a reservation only visit but is now going on. If interested, one can
call
(409)941-9114
Viewing is done at 400 yards with scopes from a blind. You can actually see
the birds exchange physical gestures and hear them "hooting?" More like
blowing on a coke bottle.
It was worth the trip.
Russ Allor
Baton Rouge
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Subject: Re: Has the finch exodus begun? & Woodies looking for a
nest.
From: Russ Allor <RAllor(AT)AOL.COM>
Date: 20 Feb 2001 1:56pm
In a message dated 2/19/01 8:40:10 AM Central Standard Time,
bbboy(AT)NATURESTATION.ORG writes:
<< 99.9% of my feeder amgoldfinches suddenly departed on 15 february. >>
Bill
I still have them in Baton Rouge. Feeders are hanging in a Bradford pear that
is leafing and blooming.
Russ Allor
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Subject: more Inca Doves
From: Bob Russell <Wildchough(AT)AOL.COM>
Date: 20 Feb 2001 7:24pm
An Inca Dove was calling on Monday morning just north of the Cypress Inn in
New Roads, Point Coupee Parish, in approximately the same locale and time as
last year's bird. Perhaps they are solidifying their hold in their
northeasternmost known outpost. Bob Russell (formerly NJ, soon to be
MN-yippee)
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Subject: Re: Attwater Prarie Chicken
From: Bill Wood <labirder(AT)SHREVE.NET>
Date: 20 Feb 2001 9:08pm
Russ, Labirders and all,
Russ, your post brought back a flood of wonderful memories for me. In 1986
I had the chance to photography Attwater's Prairie Chickens on their lek at
the Attwater Wildlife Refuge near Eagle Lake in Texas. I had to be in the
photo blind by 4:00 am so as not to disturb the birds before they arrived
on the lek. The chorus that greeted me that day is one I will always
remember. It started with buzzing sounds from insects while frogs croaked
in the background near a small pond. As dawn approached Red-winged
Blackbirds and other birds began to sing. Then the coolest sound, other
than a wolf howl and Common Loon call, that I have ever heard began to
emulate from the prairie. First a single hoot -- then a few more -- then
more. Suddenly, I was surround by hooting and displaying male Attwater's
Prairie Chickens. The sounds continued to grow and grow and grow. It was
so intense that it was like standing on a railroad track with an a old
steam locomotive bearing down on you while its whistle blows louder and
louder. I could feel the vibrations of the prairie in my bones. To this
day I regret not having a tape recording of that wonderful moment. It was
my first religious birding experience.
That day I sat in my photo blind, a port-a-let with holes cut out of it,
for the next 12 hours at the edge of Prairie Chicken lek. The skies where
over cast that day but I shot 8 rolls of film of fifteen males strutting,
fighting and displaying while the hens waited on the outskirts of the lek
to see which male was the most dominate. The male that ruled the middle of
the lek was the king of the hill. One particular shot was my favorite of
them all. A side view of a male with his yellow-orange throat patch
inflated while vibrating his out stretched wings.
In 1996 I think there were around 1200 or so Prairie Chickens left in nine
coastal Texas counties. As of last year there were an estimated 60 birds
in two counties left in the wild. If I remember correctly, Attwater's
Prairie Chickens were numerous in Louisiana during the early 1900's.
It sadden my heart to learn of the Attwater's Prairie Chicken decline
because they gave me one of the most glorious days of my life.
At 01:54 PM 2/20/2001, Russ Allor wrote:
>I just got back from the Galveston Bay Prairie Preserve where there was a
>chance to view the At. Prairie Chicken. It is a reservation only visit
>but is now going on. If interested, one can call (409)941-9114
>
>Viewing is done at 400 yards with scopes from a blind. You can actually see
>the birds exchange physical gestures and hear them "hooting?" More like
>blowing on a coke bottle.
>
>It was worth the trip.
As always, Good Birding,
Bill Wood
Keithville, LA
3 miles south of Shreveport
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Subject: more mosaics
From: Mark Swan <markruthswan(AT)EARTHLINK.NET>
Date: 20 Feb 2001 10:41pm
Labirders,
I missed his message if David L'Hoste announced
that he had loaded 3 more of my mosaics of video
frames to the www.losbird.org web site:
I created another (no. 2) mosaic for the immature
White-tailed Hawk at the landfill
near Welch (this mosaic showing the classic
field marks and some notes on the side).
I also created 2 mosaics of the Broad-billed
Hummingbird in Thibodaux for the Christmas
Bird Count and taped early in January.
Thanks Beth Maniscalco for reminding me
to post the hummer.
By the way, if anyone has trouble displaying
these big files, send me an email, and I'll
see what I can do to help. I know I go over-
board trying to show as many frames as I can.
Mark Swan
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Subject: Re: Attwater Prarie Chicken
From: Bob Russell <Wildchough(AT)AOL.COM>
Date: 20 Feb 2001 10:53pm
I talked to an employee of the USFWS recently who worked at Attwater Chicken
NWR--he told a sad tale of most of the recently introduced pen-raised birds
(and radio-collared) being killed soon after reintroduction this past spring
due to predation by hawks and foxes. Perhaps a little history lesson would
enlighten some of these managers--the Heath Hen's final decline was partially
caused by an invasion of Northern Goshawks. The painful decision to control
predators ought to be made in a last-ditch attempt to save this wonderful
subspecies lest history repeats itself. Bob Russell
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Subject: warbler arrivals--spring has sprung
From: Bob Russell <Wildchough(AT)AOL.COM>
Date: 20 Feb 2001 11:18pm
A few birds of interest from the Pearl River WMA:
On Sunday a team of IBWO searchers found Northern Parula (videotaped) and
Black-and White Warbler, several Brown Creepers, a Winter Wren, a first year
female Vermilion Flycatcher, one Red-headed Woodpecker, Bald Eagle, and a
female Rose-breasted Grosbeak in a Goldfinch flock, the latter well seen by
Mike Mulligan of Calgary, Alberta. I heard (didn't see it) the latter give
very atypical sounds for this species but Mike said the bird was coarsely
streaked across the breast with little color. We also failed to record a
single gnatcatcher in 3 days. Both kinglets were plentiful and Hermit Thrush
numbers seemed normal. Bob Russell
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