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 ¡ª 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
