Re: Strange Scarlet Tanager
See https://www.sibleyguides.com/2020/07/scarlet-tanagers-are-bright-red-but-this-one-is-yellow/
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Alicia Plotkin
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#2530
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Strange Scarlet Tanager
Labird, ??? Mac Myers and I came across a Scarlet Tanager the color of a Prothonotary Warbler while birding Willow Island yesterday. Photos at https://ebird.org/checklist/S169745933# Paul Conover
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Paul Conover
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#2529
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BRAS Program - Wed, April 24th @ EBR Parish Main Library
*REMINDER* The Baton Rouge Audubon Society will host our next program this Wednesday, April 24th at the East Baton Rouge Parish Main Library on Goodwood Blvd. TITLE: "A Century of Conservation: The
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Katie Percy
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#2528
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Green-tailed Towhee in Laf parish
If anyone is interested, the homeowner who has hosted a Green-tailed Towhee (photo confirmed) at her feeders in southern Lafayette parish is willing to allow some birders to come try for it tomorrow.
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Jane Patterson
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#2527
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Re: Birdinglouisiana.com = Louisiana¡¯s new birding trails?
Beautiful website!! Jeeze - would be nice to announce it to birding organizations in the state. ?
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Colette Dean
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#2526
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Birdinglouisiana.com = Louisiana¡¯s new birding trails?
I just accidentally found this website via Facebook. I see familiar names on the photos. I guess this is the new state office of tourism website? https://www.birdinglouisiana.com/ ¡ªJane Patterson
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Jane Patterson
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#2525
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Re: Sandhill crane photographed at NOLA City Park south course today
Hi all, This is definitely a different bird than the one from the previous winter at the Survival Center, just based on behavior alone (that bird was extremely skittish and it would take a lot of work
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rebeccagrieser@...
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#2524
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Re: Sandhill crane photographed at NOLA City Park south course today
Mississippi sandhill crane reintroduction program was based on a captive breeding flock and ended some years ago. Perhaps this is one out of that program one way or another. Whatever the case, it¡¯s
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Paul Dickson
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Re: Sandhill crane photographed at NOLA City Park south course today
Steve- Can confirm it has been seen flying by staff at the golf course and by a New Orleans birder, Lisa, who saw it fly into a tree to roost last night. I cannot speak to the the possibility of it
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Shae
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#2522
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Re: Sandhill crane photographed at NOLA City Park south course today
Steve, the bird was seen flying toward some oak trees last evening. As of this morning, it was still hanging around the golf club house. The US Fish and Wildlife Service is supposed to try to capture
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Joelle Finley
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Re: Sandhill crane photographed at NOLA City Park south course today
Labirder-ebirders- Before I take action on reviewing eBird observations, I was wondering if anyone has seen this crane fly or been able to determine that it has a complete set of primary feathers....
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Steven W. Cardiff
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#2520
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Brewster's type warbler at Grilletta this evening
Hello labird, A nice little push of migrants arrived on Grand Isle after 5pm today. In one group, I had Blue-winged, Black-and-white, Prothonotary, Blackpoll warblers and a passel of WEVI and what I
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Jane Patterson
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Sandhill crane photographed at NOLA City Park south course today
Dear LABIRDERS, The crane was allowing very close contact, had grabbed some bacon out of a golf club employee's hand and had tapped on the window of that same employee's car window when he was inside
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Joelle Finley
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Sandhill crane photographed at NOLA City Park south course today
Photo by Tommy Harold posted in Louisiana Birds group on Facebook
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Jane Patterson
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Re: Swimming upstream. In light of the US movement toward removing eponymous bird names...
Well what about scientific names? It is common to use a person¡¯s name for the specific name and not altogether unusual to do so with genus name!! Jay Huner ________________________________ Sent:
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Jay V Huner
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#2516
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Re: Swimming upstream. In light of the US movement toward removing eponymous bird names...
I just hope, when this turmoil dies down, someone with the appropriate knowledge will be merciful enough to cross-reference the new names and old names so the rest of us can understand who is who and
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Ned Piper
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Re: Swimming upstream. In light of the US movement toward removing eponymous bird names...
Matthew, As a reptile enthusiast, I enjoyed reading this article -thank you for sharing. It does seem interesting that the uproar over using eponymous names for new species only applies to bird
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Harriett Pooler
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Swimming upstream. In light of the US movement toward removing eponymous bird names...
...this is an interesting bit of news: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article285392252.html?fbclid=IwAR19iHfbwxo3Ry8CUeROqZgIChbYs8r3KN2iTk1_3EI90eBIEYcTroWvvzs Just take a look
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Matthew Dell
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Re: FOS Mississippi Kite
Three Mississippi kites this morning! Terri
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tadskelton@...
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CWWI
OK, so this was the first morning this year I've gotten out for my pre-dawn walk up Castor Plunge Road into the national forest, so maybe I'm late to the party, but I heard 2 chuck-will's-widows
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Shively, Steve- FS
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