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Friends, Long ago I came to terms with driving English Sparrows away from my yard, and I believe (and hope) I am within both the law and your sense of propriety for doing so.? It has been great to know that species cannot do its usual behavior of killing chicks from other species and basically taking over my yard.
?If I'm wrong in this belief and action I'd like to know it.? But assuming I am not wrong, my question is whether the same considerations apply to the house finch.?Thanks,Michael

Just observed a mature white crowned sparrow in my garden in Abita Springs. Seems like the wrong time of year; reporting here in case it is noteworthy.

A friend sent me this.

Re: wind farms, I get the gist. We need non-carbon solutions to satisfy the needs of the world we live in. The problem with wind is location. Do the wind farm kill numbers reflect their (the wind farm) numbers and locations presently ? Wind farms should be expected to pretty quickly expand in order to assist in satisfying our energy needs.

Geographically and planetarilly there must be many logistically viable windy places with minimal bird traffic from which to choose. Locating wind farms anywhere along or within heavily used trans-Gulf and other songbird migration corridors — no matter how windy/profitable — is not a good idea.

I believe that LABIRDER Erik Johnson (Delta Audubon) will be zooming on this topic a couple of Sundays from now. I look forward to listening.

As for the cats….

Bill Fontenot
Lafayette, LA

Interesting sighting while doing one of my point counts last week was 3 juvenile scissor-tailed flycatchers. Also heard northern bobwhites at 5 of my 22 point count sites (2 at one site) and at 5 red-cockaded woodpecker clusters we monitor. Most NOBO I've noted in those situations in my 20 plus years here.

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I have received several of those. I just Mark as phishing and delete.

On Wed, Jun 5, 2024, 6:59?AM Roselie via groups.io <rosebird49=
[email protected]> wrote:

I also received a text from the fake David Booth. The incorrect phone
number alerted me. The message was something like Can I text you.
Roselie Overby

On Jun 5, 2024, at 3:10?AM, Jane Patterson via groups.io <seejanebird=

[email protected]> wrote:

?The same thing is happening with Baton Rouge Audubon, verbatim, except

with

my name instead of David's. Please ignore.

--Jane

On Tue, Jun 4, 2024 at 9:08?PM John Dillon via groups.io

<kisforkryptonite=

[email protected]> wrote:

All,

Twice tonight I have received an email “from David Booth” with the
following content:

Hi

How are you today? Mark Pethke is unfamiliar with Zelle or Venmo and

will

have a vendor payment which is due for today, if you have experience

with

either or have any of these payment platforms. Kindly let me know. This
payment is for Program Expense. Your assistance will be immensely
appreciated. I'll have the treasurer issue you a refund check as soon as
the payment is processed. Send me an email back in regard to this.

Thanks
David Booth

I called David, and he confirmed he did not send this. Appears to be an
AI generated phishing scam. PLEASE do NOT respond to such an email if

you

get one, even if it mentions specific names of LOS officers like Mark

and

David. If you have ANY questions about the authenticity of emails,

please

do not hesitate to contact us. LOS will be sending out a fundraising
request to all members soon, but the above email is a scam.

Thanks,
The real John Dillon, I assure you. If I were made by AI, I’d be much
thinner.

I also received a text from the fake David Booth. The incorrect phone number alerted me. The message was something like Can I text you.
Roselie Overby

The same thing is happening with Baton Rouge Audubon, verbatim, except with
my name instead of David's. Please ignore.

--Jane

On Tue, Jun 4, 2024 at 9:08?PM John Dillon via groups.io <kisforkryptonite=
[email protected]> wrote:

All,

Twice tonight I have received an email “from David Booth” with the
following content:

Hi

How are you today? Mark Pethke is unfamiliar with Zelle or Venmo and will
have a vendor payment which is due for today, if you have experience with
either or have any of these payment platforms. Kindly let me know. This
payment is for Program Expense. Your assistance will be immensely
appreciated. I'll have the treasurer issue you a refund check as soon as
the payment is processed. Send me an email back in regard to this.

Thanks
David Booth

I called David, and he confirmed he did not send this. Appears to be an
AI generated phishing scam. PLEASE do NOT respond to such an email if you
get one, even if it mentions specific names of LOS officers like Mark and
David. If you have ANY questions about the authenticity of emails, please
do not hesitate to contact us. LOS will be sending out a fundraising
request to all members soon, but the above email is a scam.

Thanks,
The real John Dillon, I assure you. If I were made by AI, I’d be much
thinner.

Another reason to loathe AI. Thanks for the warning, John.

Christine Kooi
Baton Rouge

Thanks, what a bunch of scumbag shit which should be terminated without
extenuating circumstances.

On Tue, Jun 4, 2024 at 9:08?PM John Dillon via groups.io <kisforkryptonite=
[email protected]> wrote:

All,

Twice tonight I have received an email “from David Booth” with the
following content:

Hi

How are you today? Mark Pethke is unfamiliar with Zelle or Venmo and will
have a vendor payment which is due for today, if you have experience with
either or have any of these payment platforms. Kindly let me know. This
payment is for Program Expense. Your assistance will be immensely
appreciated. I'll have the treasurer issue you a refund check as soon as
the payment is processed. Send me an email back in regard to this.

Thanks
David Booth

I called David, and he confirmed he did not send this. Appears to be an
AI generated phishing scam. PLEASE do NOT respond to such an email if you
get one, even if it mentions specific names of LOS officers like Mark and
David. If you have ANY questions about the authenticity of emails, please
do not hesitate to contact us. LOS will be sending out a fundraising
request to all members soon, but the above email is a scam.

Thanks,
The real John Dillon, I assure you. If I were made by AI, I’d be much
thinner.

All,

Twice tonight I have received an email “from David Booth” with the following content:

Hi

How are you today? Mark Pethke is unfamiliar with Zelle or Venmo and will have a vendor payment which is due for today, if you have experience with either or have any of these payment platforms. Kindly let me know. This payment is for Program Expense. Your assistance will be immensely appreciated. I'll have the treasurer issue you a refund check as soon as the payment is processed. Send me an email back in regard to this.

Thanks
David Booth

I called David, and he confirmed he did not send this. Appears to be an AI generated phishing scam. PLEASE do NOT respond to such an email if you get one, even if it mentions specific names of LOS officers like Mark and David. If you have ANY questions about the authenticity of emails, please do not hesitate to contact us. LOS will be sending out a fundraising request to all members soon, but the above email is a scam.

Thanks,
The real John Dillon, I assure you. If I were made by AI, I’d be much thinner.

Hello Baton Rouge Audubon members and friends and birding community!

Join us as we observe Black Birders Week!
Do you love birds, trees, butterflies, frogs, or nature in general?
Black Birders Week is a nationwide event aimed at Black birders and nature
enthusiasts in general. See

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for more information.
Join the Baton Rouge Audubon Society for a FREE 2-hour guided bird walk in
north Baton Rouge on June 22, 2024 from 8-10am.
Location information will be provided upon registration. To register, visit

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Cash prizes for the most enthusiastic participants! (All participants will
receive certificates.)
We encourage participants of all races and interests, including lovers of
birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, plants, trees, insects, fish, or
nature in general. Minors must be chaperoned during the walk. For more
information, contact the Baton Rouge Audubon Society at info@
www.braudubon.org
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--Jane Patterson
Pres, BR Audubon

Like Mac, I had pretty good numbers in lower Vermilion Parish - Freshwater
City Rd and Pecan Island/Front Ridge Rd. Lots of Pewees, 9 species of
warblers, and a few vireos (Red-eyed along with 2 Philadelphia). The best
bird was a Western KIngbird, unusual in the parish. Not bad for mid-May.

On Tue, May 14, 2024 at 7:50?PM Mac Myers via groups.io <budogmacm=
[email protected]> wrote:

It was pretty good. There were birds to look at in Peveto, with pewees
being especially prominent. But there were also y-b. cuckoos in modest
numbers and some of the expected warblers and an unexpected female
Cerulean. Around 1:30 I had an adult Glaucous Gull at Long Beach. A Lark
Sparrow was in Holly Beach. Willow Island, just after 3pm, was pretty good,
too. Several Pectoral Sandpipers near the ball fields seemed a little late.
There were quite a few pewees and one Olive-sided. The oaks right at the
end of the driveway were particularly good, but nothing unexpected. I'll
post ebird lists and some photos tomorrow. Mosquitos were annoying but not
terrible. Biting flies were scarce. There was some standing water, but it
appeared Cameron missed the severe weather some parts of Acadiana and
southwest LA experienced.

It was pretty good. There were birds to look at in Peveto, with pewees
being especially prominent. But there were also y-b. cuckoos in modest
numbers and some of the expected warblers and an unexpected female
Cerulean. Around 1:30 I had an adult Glaucous Gull at Long Beach. A Lark
Sparrow was in Holly Beach. Willow Island, just after 3pm, was pretty good,
too. Several Pectoral Sandpipers near the ball fields seemed a little late.
There were quite a few pewees and one Olive-sided. The oaks right at the
end of the driveway were particularly good, but nothing unexpected. I'll
post ebird lists and some photos tomorrow. Mosquitos were annoying but not
terrible. Biting flies were scarce. There was some standing water, but it
appeared Cameron missed the severe weather some parts of Acadiana and
southwest LA experienced.

Dear LABIRD,

Today I had an adult female Swainson's Hawk soaring over sugarcane fields
near the unincorporated community of Union, St. James Parish. The hawk flew
over LA-70. This was just past the Sunshine Bridge over the Mississippi
River.

Jennifer Coulson
Pearl River, LA

A Ferruginous owl and Crested Guan were reported yesterday in Allen Parish. Merlin Said!

Jay Huner

Request for assistance – song recordings of migrating Mourning Warblers

I am posting my annual opportunity to participate in a Citizens Science Project that involves recording migrating Mourning Warbler songs. I am trying to determine the nature of migratory pathways taken by different song populations of Mourning Warbler males during their spring migration. I am continuing to collect your recordings and plot them on a map of North America to determine if and where birds with different song types (regiolects) separate from each other during spring migration. The most current map of songs of migrants is at the web site below.



All you need is a Smartphone and a singing Mourning Warbler. You can send the recordings to my e-mail address (jpitocch AT anselm.edu). The web page link below describes the project and how to make recordings on your Smartphone in more detail.



This year is the 10th and final year of data collection. I very much appreciate your past and present contributions to this Citizens Science Project.

Dr. Jay Pitocchelli
Professor Emeritus
Biology Department
Saint Anselm College
Manchester, NH 03102

Hear ye, hear ye! Come one and all to help Baton Rouge Audubon Society
celebrate its 50th anniversary. The celebration will take place on June
30, 2024 from 1:00-4:00 pm at Holiday Inn Baton Rouge-South 9990 Airline
Highway Baton Rouge, LA 70816.

We will hear from one of our charter members, renowned nature photographer
CC Lockwood, as well as others who helped shape the organization. We'll
review the history of our flagship sanctuary, Peveto Woods and hear about
progress at our new sanctuary, Amite River Wildlife Sanctuary. Art
featuring our beautiful Louisiana birds will be featured as well. It's a
time to meet and greet with old friends and new, enjoy some beautiful bird
art, enjoy refreshments, and raise a glass to toast to another 50 years!

The event is free, but registration is required. To register, please
visit:

Also if you are a long-time member of BR Audubon, have club memorabilia
such as newsletters, or stories to share about Peveto Woods sanctuary, we'd
love to hear from you! Email me at seejanebird@...

--Jane Patterson
President, BR Audubon

I photographed this one eating a freshwater mussel in Des Allemands, La,
there are also plenty of apple snail and mussel piles around the property,
I also have photos of those of needed…
Taylor Naquin

On Monday, March 4, 2024, Delaina LeBlanc via groups.io <robinseatworms=
[email protected]> wrote:

There have been sightings of Limpkins eating freshwater mussels
(particularly after the cold weather snap hit the Apple Snail population)
and reports of multiple empty mussel shells found along waterways
(ponds/bayous/lake edges) with Limpkins nearby. We are soliciting reports
of observations of Limpkins eating anything other than Apple Snails. If
freshwater mussels are found with hinges open along a water bank, with
Limpkins known or suspected (please specify) to be the predator, we would
like to receive reports that includes those details, as well as date,
locality, and photographs of the mussels from multiple angles, including
the hinge itself, and preferably with a frame of reference (e.g., ruler,
pencil, coin) to aid in identification. Please send reports to Delaina
LeBlanc at delaina@... and Rob Dobbs at rdobbs@.... Thank
you!

One of my longtime favorite time-wasters involves birding televised PGA golf events.

After all these years, had I kept a list that included species, location, and date, I’m sure it would be impressive.

One of my most memorable ticks, for example, was Brewer’s Blackbird (shout out to Steve Cardiff and Donna Dittmann for the assist on that one).

But just when one thinks that things can’t get better, yesterday I snagged my first-ever (singing) Warbling Vireo at the PGA Zurich Championship, held in New Orleans this weekend.

And today, one of the camerapersons caught a pair of Snowy Egrets that were pretty far into their mating ritual — yet another first-ever, to be sure.
Seems a tad late for actual SNEG breeding activities though. Perhaps they were play-acting.

Then again, the location was New Orleans.

Spring Cheers Labirders,

Bill Fontenot
Lafayette, LA

Likely a bird from the nest site in the Nature Conservancy Abita Flatwoods Preserve.
Yesterday, April 26 at 3pm, flying low over Hwy. 435 at the intersection of Downs Road, about 1/4 mile from the preserve boundary.