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Saturday, March 8th, 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM Peveto Woods Volunteer Work Day Spring is here and time to get the sanctuary ready for spring migration. The winter temps and snow have knocked the vegetation back, and it's a good time to shape up the trails. . Some benches need attention as well as water features. Bring trimmers, loopers and gloves and wear shoes or boots that can handle the brush. Also remember to bring your snacks and drinks. Thanks, Dave Patton 337 298-8447 Baton Rouge Audubon Society

Friends, a first year Orchard Oriole just appeared in our yard. That seems awfully early, right? I'll try to get a picture. We got a good look, but so far he was only here a couple of minutes. Thanks,Michael Cavanaugh (a mile south of LSU off Highland Road)

Sandy Hollow WMA field trip on March 8 with Jane Patterson has openings. Email melissaweaverbird@... to sign up!

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Dear LABIRD, All are welcome to attend the Orleans Audubon Society's February meeting and lecture. I thought this topic would be of particular interest! -- Jennifer Coulson, OAS President *Audubon Coastal Bird Surveys in Louisiana* Speaker: Chloe St. Germain-Vermillion Tuesday, February 18 6:30 p.m. social, 7:00 p.m. program Community Church Unitarian Universalist, 6690 Fleur de Lis (Lakeview) in New Orleans. Chloe St. Germain-Vermillion is Audubon Delta’s Coastal Bird Technician, an Orleans Audubon Society Board Member, and a Committee Member for the Louisiana Bird Records Committee. Working primarily in Southeastern Louisiana, Chloe has been monitoring coastal populations of breeding Least Terns, Common Nighthawks, and Wilson’s Plovers for the past 3 years. She is also responsible for coordinating the Audubon Coastal Bird Survey in Louisiana and running the New Orleans Rooftop-Nesting Bird Program in partnership with Orleans Audubon Society. The Audubon Coastal Bird Survey (ACBS) provides scientists with valuable data for addressing conservation needs of coastal waterbirds and shorebirds along the Gulf Coast. As Audubon Delta’s Coastal Bird Technician for Louisiana, Chloe is responsible for conducting and coordinating these surveys in coastal Louisiana during the spring, fall and winter. During this presentation, you will discover what it takes to conduct a coastal bird survey, learn some shorebird ID tips, and find out how you can become involved as a volunteer surveyor!

Bird was still present along Thibodaux Bypass Road at 5pm today. Best, - j ** John Conover Associate Director of Library and Information Sciences LUMCON Library Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium 8124 Highway 56 Chauvin, LA 70344 (985) 851-2875 **

Dear LABIRD, *Thank you to those of you who attended the hearing last night!* UPDATE on Harahan’s Purple Martin "Nuisance" Case Breaking news ... last night at the Purple Martin "nuisance" case hearing in Harahan, attorney and Orleans Audubon Society Conservation Chair, Andrew Wilson, presented motions to dismiss. The judge was impressed with the argument that the case should be dismissed based on the Ex Post Facto Clause of the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits governments from passing laws that retroactively punish people for actions that were legal when they were committed. A retired couple in Harahan is being charged with the "crime" of keeping Purple Martin houses in their backyard, because their neighbor has declared the martins to be a public nuisance and human health hazard. The fact that this case is being considered at all is bewildering because Harahan has officially declared itself to be a bird sanctuary. Concerned citizens turned out in droves last night to attend the hearing and show their support for Purple Martins and the Stamms. The crowd ranged from Harahan residents to bird watchers, folks who feed backyard birds, gardeners and nature enthusiasts. The judge considered Mr. Wilson's argument a strong one, so much so that he delayed the hearing and trial dates by one month, giving the city time to respond. The hearing is now set for Monday, March 10, 5:00 p.m., with the trial to follow on Wednesday, March 125:00 p.m., if the case is not dismissed. OAS hopes that you will mark your calendars and plan to attend. Sincerely, Jennifer Coulson OAS President

Please mark your calendars for the next program hosted by the Baton Rouge Audubon Society. PROGRAM TITLE: Great Bird Books PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Danny Heitman surveyed publications to come up with a "Great Bird Books" collection to review in this program for the Baton Rouge Audubon Society. His categories include books about ornithology, the joy of birds and nature, bird art, and of course, the world’s most famous bird artist, John James Audubon. Mr. Heitman is no stranger to this subject matter having authored “A Summer of Birds: John James Audubon at Oakley House,” among countless other nature based columns and award winning editorials and essays. To read more about Mr. Heitman and to access some of his great work, please visit dannyheitman.com. PRESENTER: Danny Heitman, magazine editor, columnist, author, and cultural commentator for national publications. LOCATION: East Baton Rouge Parish Main Library on Goodwood Blvd; Room 102 (first floor) DATE: Wednesday, February 26th 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: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/5l6Up2s5RPqga74-gBNLvw As always, you may view recordings of previous programs on the BRAS YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/@batonrougeaudubonsociety7405> channel. Thank you, Katie Percy BRAS Programs Committee

Dear LABIRD, The Orleans Audubon Society birding trip location scheduled for this Saturday has been changed from Grand Isle to the Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge. Yesterday, the trip leader, John Nelson, scouted Grand Isle and found a disturbing absence of birds, possibly due to winter storm Enzo, and an abundance of mosquitoes. Here are the details for the Bayou Sauvage NWR trip: *Bayou Sauvage Urban National Wildlife Refuge* – Half Day Trip *Saturday, February 8, 8:00 a.m.* Meet at the Ridge Trail parking lot on Chef Hwy: 17160 Chef Menteur Highway New Orleans, LA 70129. Immediately after crossing the Maxent Canal, look for the refuge sign and turn onto Ridge Trail Road. Leader: John Nelson 504-258-1009 johnnygnelsoniv@... If you know anyone who was thinking about going, please spread the word about the change to Bayou Sauvage. Jennifer Coulson President Orleans Audubon Society

Dear LABIRD, Orleans Audubon Society has a birding trip to Grand Isle coming up. Here are the details: *Grand Isle Winter Birds – All Day Trip* Saturday, February 8, 8:00 a.m. Meet at Moran’s grocery/gas station on the corner of Hwy. 1 and Hwy 3090 (Fourchon Rd.) right where you come off of the new bridge. Note: The new Leeville Bridge across the Intracoastal Waterway is a toll bridge. Moran’s Marina, 27900 Highway 1, Golden Meadow, LA, located at the end of the Leeville Bridge. Leader: John Nelson 504-258-1009 johnnygnelsoniv@... Bring binoculars, field guides, bug spray, rain gear, sunscreen and refreshments. Boots and cell phones may be useful. Snacks and drinks are recommended. Contact the trip leader if you have questions. Any last minute changes will be posted on the events page of the Orleans Audubon Society website, so check *https://jjaudubon.net/events/ <https://jjaudubon.net/events/>* for updates. At the discretion of the leader(s) trips will be divided into groups if the number of attendees becomes too large. eBird users: Please share your eBird account email address with the trip leader and the trip leader or designee will keep the trip list to share with participants. Sign up for OAS program and field trip announcements here: https://mailchi.mp/faf69a03b4e9/orleansaudubon Jennifer Coulson President, Orleans Audubon Society

Hello all, There are spots available for the following upcoming LOS field trips: 8 February, Northwest Wildlife Refuge-Yates Tract with Caleb Persia 8 February, Amite River Wildlife Sanctuary with Jane Patterson Contact melissaweaverbird@... for information or to register.

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Dear LABIRD, The Audubon Abita Bird Club, an affiliate of the Orleans Audubon Society, has an interesting program this coming Tuesday. This program is open to the public, so please spread the word. Jennifer Coulson President Orleans Audubon Society Birds in Print with Pippin Frisbee-Calder January 28, 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. Abita Springs Town Hall, 22161 Level St, Abita Springs, LA 70420 Pippin’s work investigates organisms and ecosystems and demystifies science, while calling into question human responsibility. *Working with scientists she creates amazing large-scale installations and prints exploring issues of climate change, species extinction and environmental stewardship.* The work she is happiest with always finds a balance between printmaking, science and draftsmanship, unifying to tell big picture stories about humanity’s complicated relationship with nature. Learn more about Pippin here: https://www.pippinfrisbiecalder.com/

LAbird, With such an unprecedented snowfall (8.25 inches at my place in Sunset!), all kinds of interesting bird observations must be out there. Share what you've been seeing. The most interesting observation at my place was 4 Rusty Blackbirds devouring black oil sunflower. Also, a Brown Thrasher visited the seed feeder, which I think may be a first for me (at least in south LA). A little group of Common Grackles briefly stopped by, which also don't regularly come to my seed feeders. One quick visit by a Dark-eyed Junco, which I haven't had at the feeder yet this winter. Most of my winter hummingbirds are accounted for - I have a few each of Black-chins and Rufous, and no one new has arrived as far as I can tell. Maxed out at 14 Northern Cardinals and about 50 American Goldfinches in view at once. No Purple Finches or Pine Siskins, but this isn't over yet. Hope everyone is safe and warm. Erik Johnson Sunset, LA Erik.Johnson AT Audubon DOT org

Thanks for sharing these lists - it's so interesting to see who is at your feeders in this wild weather! In Abita Springs I have had a couple of Purple Finches and ONE Pine Siskin among the many goldfinches. A Red-headed Woodpecker showed up - they haven't been around our yard for awhile - along with downies, red-bellies, and a sapsucker. Chipping Sparrows but why no White-throated Sparrows? Plenty of Mourning Doves but no blackbirds of any kind. Orange-crowned Warbler and Pine Warblers eager on the suet, and like David I am seeing Yellow-rumped Warblers on the ice around the edge of the lake. They seem to be picking at something but I also observed them drinking water. They seem to have swapped places with the Common Yellowthroat who is now foraging father into the yard than usual, among the dead calico asters. The Yellow-rumps and Ruby-crowned Kinglets are also hovering to the ceiling of the porch and window panes to snap up dead spiders and gnats. Now that the snow is melting the goldfinches are foraging more on the exposed ground than the feeders. Where is the Cooper's Hawk with all of this feeder activity? Surely lurking... Meanwhile the Pied-billed Grebes on the pond are garbling and bathing away completely un-phased. So grateful for the snow birds and all of their entertaining behaviors! Donata

From: Charles Hughes <crhughes3@...>Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2025 at 11:41:47 AM CSTSubject: Re: [labird] Snow birds? What's at your feeders? The one Rufous Hummingbird remains at my feeder. I put a new feeder out at dawn to replace the one that froze the night before. Other feeders have American Goldfinches, Carolina Wrens, Warblers (sorry, I don’t know what they are), House Finches, House Sparrows, Mockingbirds, Grackles, and Starlings. No woodpeckers or doves. Chuck Hughes Monroe, LA > On Jan 21, 2025, at 18:46, Catherine Hansen via groups.io <cathy.hansen@...> wrote: > > ? I'm in Mid City Baton Rouge in Goodwood neighborhood. I did get a Purple Finch and House Finches, had flocks of Goldfinches, Red-bellied and Downies, Mourning and White-winged doves, Tufted Titmouse, RC Kinglets, Cardinals, Mockingbirds, Robins, OC Warbler at the suet, Pine Warblers. Put feeders out but no hummers although I have not had any lately. > In one part of the backyard that has no tree cover we got close to 10". Under the Live Oak 4-5". > Bundle up everybody! > Cathy > > On Tuesday, January 21, 2025 at 03:09:57 PM CST, Johnson, Erik via groups.io <erik.johnson@...> wrote: > > LAbird, > > With such an unprecedented snowfall (8.25 inches at my place in Sunset!), all kinds of interesting bird observations must be out there. Share what you've been seeing. > > The most interesting observation at my place was 4 Rusty Blackbirds devouring black oil sunflower. Also, a Brown Thrasher visited the seed feeder, which I think may be a first for me (at least in south LA). A little group of Common Grackles briefly stopped by, which also don't regularly come to my seed feeders. One quick visit by a Dark-eyed Junco, which I haven't had at the feeder yet this winter. Most of my winter hummingbirds are accounted for - I have a few each of Black-chins and Rufous, and no one new has arrived as far as I can tell. Maxed out at 14 Northern Cardinals and about 50 American Goldfinches in view at once. No Purple Finches or Pine Siskins, but this isn't over yet. > > Hope everyone is safe and warm. > > Erik Johnson > Sunset, LA > Erik.Johnson AT Audubon DOT org > > > > > > > > > > >

Labird: Got some amazing snow photos from Kraemer, La where Limpkins were first found. I wonder what effect this freeze and snow is going to have on Apple Snails. Will the Limpkin era abruptly end? Paul Dickson, Wondering from a snowless N. La.

LAbird, Tonight (Jan 19) at 7pm, I will be offering a webinar on Audubon's Urban Native Greens project, which seeks to expand the availability of native plants, add more native plants into the urban landscape, and examine how birds respond to native and non-native plants in our environment. The webinar is being co-sponsored by Audubon Delta, Baton Rouge Audubon Society, Orleans Audubon Society, and Sierra Club Delta Chapter. This project has a strong community science component, and we're especially interested in nest monitoring data on Carolina Wrens, Carolina Chickadees, Purple Martins, and yes, of course Prothonotary Warblers. Come learn about what we're doing, what we've learned so far, and how you can get involved. The webinar will be recorded in case you can't make it. Register here: https://audubon.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_sQXcEuVcQBSyH7gtTopykQ Happy birding, Erik Johnson Director of Conservation Science, Audubon Delta Erik.Johnson AT Audubon DOT org

The 9th Palmetto Island Christmas Bird Count was held January 3 2025. The count circle is centered at Palmetto Island State Park just south of Abbeville in Vermilion Parish. The species count this year was a new record 165 species, well above the 8 year average of 153 . Bird numbers were about average, except low numbers of raptors and ducks were seen. We have 3 large private access tracts and boat only area out of Intracoastal city. The circle essentially is an intersection of several terrain types, accounting for this steady species counts. From ‘urban’ Abbeville, to ag fields, hardwoods at the park, Cajun prairies and the Cameron like port of Intracoastal City. It is easy to see why the count always has a good species count. All 9 groups had ‘exclusives’, a function of each group having its own little ecosystem. Interestingly, we had a total of 45 exclusives, certainly a count high. I guess this means we came close to having 0-45 less species? With 3 new birds to the count, the master list is now at 202 species. So: 9 areas, 26 field volunteers, 3 feeders New to the count: Golden Winged Warbler, Marbled Godwit, Yellow Throated Warbler Best of the rest: Black Bellied Plover, Least Bittern, Western Kingibrd, Bronzed Cowbird, NRW Swallow Lark Sparrow, Indigo Bunting, YH Blackbird, Yellow Throated Warbler, 3 Hummigbird species, 18 waterfowl, Lesser Black Backed Gull Worst misses: not many….Gadwall, Junco, B-W Warbler, Barn Owl High Count records: Barred Owl(22), YR Warbler(1326), RC Kinglet(299), E.Phoebe(210), Anhinga(66), . Noticeably Low Counts: White Fronted Goose, Ring Necked Duck, Pied Billed Grebe, White Winged Dove, Woodcock, Gull Billed Tern, Sharp Shinned Hawk, Red Tailed Hawk, Screech Owl, BH Vireo, Killdeer Thanks to: Mac Myers, Brad Price, Angela Trahan, Patti Holland, Dave Patton, Zack Guidry, Rob Dobbs, Andy Form, Judge Edwards, Elizabeth Edwards, Phillip Wallace, Mark Shirley, Erik Johnson, Crystal Johnson, Mike Musumeche, John Parker, Mary Tutweiler, Cheryl Huner, Stacey Scarce, Karen Terrell, Chuck Battaglia, Michael Seymour and Sandra Dehart. If anyone would like a copy of the total compilation, just shoot me an email. Toddy Guidry