开云体育

David —

That’s a lot of DCCOs. When/where the fishing’s good (schools of shad I’m guessing) big groups of DCCOs and White Pelicans are pretty commonly observed in south LA in fall/winter. Re: actual numbers, I’m guessing most often 75-150. During migration the same happens along points to the north. They really go for big open water bodies where they herd big schools of fish. They often hunt like that around the deep sides of spillways. Y’all may want to check out the spillway at Chicot SP’s North Landing if y’all are still there.

Bill Fontenot
Lafayette, LA

My wife and I were birding this morning(Tuesday, 10/8/24) at the south fishing pier in Chicot State Park and saw a large number of DCCOs feeding. My conservative estimate was approximately 200 birds. (eBird flagged this number). Most were juveniles. Later this afternoon, we saw what I assume is the same group flying north, low to the lake, from our cabin.

I’ve never seen this many DCCOs together before. Is this related to fall migration ? I have pictures which I will add to my eBird list when I get home Friday. Comments welcomed.

David Whipple
Metairie, LA

I put up the videos on BRAS Vimeo page:

I picked up the memory sticks today from the trail cams at Peveto Woods. I
was looking at them tonight and found a Varied Thrush recorded on two of
the cameras. The mister water feature and the new water feature next to it.
The only recordings were from Sunday,10/6/24, at 3:30 PM. I was only there
an hour today, but did not see it. Photos attached are stills from the
videos.
Dave Patton
Lafayette

The Baton Rouge Audubon Society will host our next program on Wednesday,
October 30th at the East Baton Rouge Parish Main Library on Goodwood Blvd.

PROGRAM TITLE: Secretive marshbird trends across the Deltaic Plain of
Louisiana

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:
Secretive marshbirds (SMB) are an enigmatic group of waterbirds found
within fresh to saline marshes of Louisiana and are affected by both
natural and anthropogenic changes within their environment. The lack of
information regarding SMB distributions complicates planning, management,
and restoration of SMBs in coastal Louisiana, highlighted during the
aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon Oil spill in 2010. To address this
information gap, we conducted three years of callback survey within five
basins around Coastal Reference Monitoring Stations (CRMS) scattered across
Louisiana wetlands of five key breeding SMBs across various coastal marsh
types within the deltaic plain of Louisiana. Ecological variables such as
water levels, vegetation community types and remote sensing results were
then used to quantify ecological trends and estimate the abundance of SMBs.
Additionally, deployment of GPS tags on rails and gallinules will help
better identify what factors may affect home range size and movements
across seasons. The development of species distribution models from
abundance across southeastern Louisiana will help biologists better
identify key restoration features for marshbird management and conservation.

PRESENTER: Leah Moran, PhD candidate, School of Renewable Natural Resource,
Louisiana State University

LOCATION: East Baton Rouge Parish Main Library on Goodwood Blvd; Room 102
(first floor)

DATE: Wednesday, October 30th

TIME: 7:00 - 8:00 PM (in-person social 6:30-7:00)

Although we encourage everyone to attend in person, we do still offer a
virtual option via Zoom. Zoom registration:



Thank you,
Katie Percy
BRAS Programs Committee

Dates for these 3 CBCs as follows:

Lacassine - Thornwell, Sat. 12/14
White Lake, Mon. 12/16
Sweet Lake - Cameron Prairie, Fri. 12/20

Please consider participating! Reach out to me at this email address --
rcdobbs AT gmail.com -- for more information.

Thanks!

--
Robert Dobbs
Lafayette, LA

Dear LABIRD,

Orleans Audubon Society is offering its popular Beginning Birding Course
taught by Dr. Peter Yaukey. Please share with any beginners who might be
interested:
*Beginning*
* Birding Course *
*October 16 – November 2 *

3 Wednesday evening lectures, 7:00 to 8:30 PM, Community Church Unitarian
Universalist in Lakeview

3 Saturday morning birding field trips, 8:00 – 11:00 AM

Topics will include bird body parts and field marks, seasonal cycles and
migration, birding equipment and digital tools, attracting birds to your
yard, field strategies and techniques, how to identify 100 common birds and
some less common ones to watch for! Course enrollment is limited to 20
participants.

Scheduling and registration information, and topics to be covered, may be
found on the OAS website here:


In addition to the *QR code* there, registration can be completed in
PayPal on the Orleans Audubon website,
(indicate *“In Person Birding Course”*). Registration is $100.

For more information, contact: Dr. Peter Yaukey, pyaukey at uhcno.edu,
(504) 400-3286.


Thank you!

*Jennifer Coulson*

President, Orleans Audubon Society, Pearl River, LA

Hello Labirders-
Just a heads-up that the festival (scheduled for 30 October-3
November) is still not quite full. So, if anyone is still interested, then
please consider registering as soon as possible. If you know of others who
might be interested, then please spread the word. For information, see:



or contact Donna Dittmann (cc'd).

Best,

Steve Cardiff

All,

My previous request for bird book suggestions for Christmas has been going well. PLEASE send them to me if you haven’t yet. So far, I have received zero titles by people like Jon Donn, Steve Howell, Geoff Hill, Donald Kroodsma, Ted Floyd, or even Roger Tory Peterson for that matter. So if you have some favorites from these folks or from anyone else, please send them to me ASAP.

NEW REQUEST!!

I’d like to start congratulating LOS members on home parish, LA, NA, etc. life list achievements. As in, “Congratulations to Jay Bird for his 500th NA life bird: Yellow-billed Albatross,” or “Congratulations to Robin Aves on her 1000th world life bird: Keel-billed Toucan!”

To keep it simple, I’ll be celebrating all of the following if you send it in to me:

YOUTH birders:
-100th species and up and in intervals of 50 (150, 200, 250…) of any region.

ADULT birders:
- home parish species starting at 100 and increasing in intervals of 50.
- LA species starting at 300 and increasing in intervals of 50.
- NA species starting at 400 and increasing in intervals of 50.
- world species starting at 600 and increasing in intervals of 50.

PLEASE INCLUDE THE NAME OF THE SPECIES! And if you have a photo of the bird, please send it in case I have room to add photos.

Thanks!
John Dillon
Editor, LOS News

LABIRD — I’m trying to fill another boat trip for Sat. Oct. 19.

Pelagic trips this late are almost nonexistent so I have no idea what we’ll find out there. An October trip out of Texas had a Manx Shearwater on 10 Oct. 2015, and one was found sick at Port Aransas last year on 26 Oct.. Those birds almost certainly passed through LA waters. So that’s my current “fantasy” bird. In second place is Red Phalarope, for which 3 of 4 of Louisiana’s records are from October, and there is a fairly nice scattering of October records all over the eastern USA, including on a few Atlantic pelagic trips.

Here are eBird Trip Lists from the two previous trips, August and September:




If interested, let me know, Van Remsen

===================

Dr. J. V. Remsen
Emeritus Prof. of Natural Science and Curator of Birds
Museum of Natural Science/Dept. Biological Sciences
LSU, Baton Rouge, LA 70803
najames<at>LSU.edu

Hey, everybody.

I’d like to make a Christmas book buying guide for the next LOS News.

Please email me your single favorite book title and author for EACH of the following categories, and I’ll tally the results and list the top ones in the Winter LOS News.

Thanks!!
John Dillon
Editor, LOS News

Categories:

Best specialized ID guide (for a specific groups of birds like waterfowl, raptors, gulls, etc.).

Best book for birding knowledge (focuses on info that’s useful in the field, like birding skills, advanced ID, vocalizations, etc)

Best birding memoir or non-fiction.

Hi everyone,

The Sabine CBC will be held on Saturday, December 28, 2024. I hope you can participate!

Thanks!

Katie Barnes
Sabine CBC Compiler
412-997-3017
nuthatch829@...

The ferry was down for maintenance today and is supposed to be out until
(or through??) Tuesday.

The New Orleans CBC will be held on Saturday, December 21, 2024.
Glenn Ousset985-353-3412
(new phone number)

Thur Jan 2



FYI I am splitting one of my areas, so I have an area covered in the past
that will need a new group. If anyone is interested in taking this area and
making it their own, just send me an email. It has been covered in the
past, I have 'hotspots'.

It is the area around the Vermilion Parish community of Henry, very rural.



Toddy Guidry

The CBC for the Red River National Wildlife Refuge (Headquarters and C.B. Dickson units) and surrounding area is December 14.

Please let me know if you wish to participate




[cid:534b80c7-199b-4058-90e3-182bdcafd2fc]

Terri Jacobson, Ranger

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Red River National Wildlife Refuge

150 Eagle Bend Point

Bossier City, LA 71112

office (318) 742-1219 ext. 102

fax 318-742-1259





www.facebook.com/RedRiverNWR<>

The Baton Rouge CBC is planned for the last Saturday of the count window -
January 4th.

Please email katiepercy@... if you would like to participate.

Thank you,
Katie

Greetings!

The New Iberia CBC will be on Saturday, Dec.21, the winter equinox.

Please email susanhesteredmunds@... if interested in participating with us.

Thanks!
Susan

Thanks, Delaina. Always good to get dates early when possible to set our calendars and travel plans. If anyone else has their set, would love to get them too.


Sent from Kathy’s iPhone