10,000 Birds

APRIL 29, 2014

What we don’t get to hear is them singing, as they seem to only sing once they reach their breeding grounds. Louisiana Waterthrush are a wonderful early migrant that announce themselves with their clear song. And having another breeding wood-warbler would certainly be nice, wouldn’t it?

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New York United States New York City Breeding 229

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

Spoonbills and ibises are stocky, colorful wading birds with distinctive bills: downcurved and pointed in the case of ibises, flat and paddle shaped in the spoonbills (above is my shot of Roseate Spoonbills ( Platalea ajaja ) near a breeding colony in Louisiana). Roseate Spoonbill ( Platalea ajaja ) in Louisiana © David J.

Louisiana 202

Louisiana Mississippi America Pelicans 202

10,000 Birds

APRIL 17, 2012

Oil washes ashore at Venice, Louisiana. Oil begins to wash up on the beaches throughout May and June of 2010 May 6, 2010 Oil washes ashore on the Chandeleur Islands off the Louisiana coast, an important nesting and breeding area for many bird species. May 19, 2010 Oil washes ashore on mainland Louisiana.

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2010 Louisiana 2012 2011 241

10,000 Birds

MARCH 30, 2019

This is the vital time to get outside and see what’s around because lifers could be in the neighborhood, rarely seen species might be just around the corner, and each and every “regular” bird is decked out in beautiful breeding plumage, many also filling the outdoor audio scene with song.

Costa Rica 143

Costa Rica South America Tennessee Philadelphia 143

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 16, 2013

Even though it doesn’t show on the NatureServe range map above, Golden-crowned Sparrow vagrants have been recorded eastward to Ontario and Nova Scotia, Michigan, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey; also south to Alabama, Texas, Louisiana and Florida 1. Resources: 1 Birds of North America Online.

Sparrows 162

Sparrows Alabama North America New Jersey 162

10,000 Birds

JULY 1, 2011

3 rd word, first syllable: what do Kirtland’s Warbler, Louisiana Waterthrush, Palm Warbler, American Pipit (and maybe others) ­­­­­have in common? 3 rd word, second syllable: A bird that breeds in Florida, the northern limits of its breeding range. It is a bird not often seen, it is a bird of swamps and marshes.

2011 151

2011 Louisiana Texas Florida 151

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

Because of its large contiguous stand of bottomland hardwood forest, Bayou Cocodrie National Wildlife Refuge was designated as critical habitat and serves as a corridor for the Louisiana black bear between Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge and Red River Wildlife Management Area. The refuge is already open to sport fishing.

Fish 144

Fish Wildlife Hunting Game 144

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2011

3 rd word, 1 st syllable … what do Kirtland’s Warbler, Louisiana Waterthrush, Palm Warbler, American Pipit (and maybe others) ­­­­­have in common? … 3 rd word, 2 nd syllable … Florida breeding one-word named bird, the northern limits of its breeding range, swamps, marshes, last three letters of the name … Limpkin … “kin”.

2011 159

2011 Louisiana Florida Canada 159

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 12, 2012

The air was thick and clammy, and mosquitoes were biting along Louisiana’s Mermentau River last Thursday morning, the final day of the Audubon Christmas Bird Count. Some individuals travel 25,000 miles per year from their breeding grounds on the tundra to wintering grounds near the bottom of the world and back.

Family 192

Family 2007 Iceland Louisiana 192

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 21, 2011

The main wintering area for Ross’s Goose ( Chen rossii ) is presently in the Central Valley of California, though increasing numbers winter in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Texas, and the north-central highlands of Mexico 1. The Ross’s Goose is the smallest variety of the white geese that breed in North America.

Geese 153

Geese South Dakota Sacramento Arkansas 153

10,000 Birds

APRIL 9, 2012

The Louisiana Waterthrush announces itself with loud chip notes and a clear song. In New York, as is the case across most of the area where the “eastern” wood-warblers migrate, there are four species that are almost always the first to appear. Yellow-rumped Warblers can’t be missed with their sheer numbers.

New Jersey 185

New Jersey New York United States Louisiana 185

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2012

Sitta canadensis isn’t just irrupting out of its far northern home but exploding southward, with reports in every southern state except for Florida, including birds on the outer banks of North Carolina, on Grand Isle, Louisiana, in a suburb of Atlanta, and on the Gulf Coast of Texas. Bird bloggers from Wisconsin to Massachusetts.

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United States Owls Atlanta New York 270

10,000 Birds

JUNE 18, 2013

Their remarkable survival skills, evolved over thousands of years, rely on a chain of stopover feeding grounds and habitats for breeding and raising young – but break any one link and the survival of the entire species is threatened. The photograph is taken in Louisiana showing a storm surge, and is from NOAA.

Maryland 228

Maryland Birds Penguins Wildlife 228

10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2012

Other species such as Magnolia Warbler , Cape May Warbler , Yellow Warbler , Worm-eating Warbler , Wilson’s Warbler , Louisiana Waterthrush , and Yellow-breasted Chat are recorded annually in small numbers. In addition to these widespread species, Common Yellowthroat and Northern Waterthrush are reliably seen in the right habitats.

Florida 159

Florida Miami Cuba Bahamas 159

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2012

If it were not for the resident cardinals and large number of breeding exotics, Matheson Hammock would be all but silent during the late spring and early summer. Although they do not breed in the park, Brown Pelicans , Double-crested Cormorants , terns, gulls, and waders add interest to the beach and marina.

Miami 162

Miami Florida Birds Pelicans 162

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

Brown Pelicans , and the northernmost Brown Booby breeding colony on this side of the Pacific. Immature Magnificent Frigatebird ( Fregata magnificens ), Grand Isle, Louisiana © David J. Ringer Gannets and Boobies (Sulidae) Black-and-white gannets breed on the cold, rocky coasts of the northern and southern oceans.

2011 154

2011 Pelicans Papua New Guinea Birds 154

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

Although they breed on the west coast of Florida, Snowy Plover is a rare stray to this part of the state. Louisiana Waterthrush: 1. Shorebirds put on a good showing with a total of 18 species, despite the shrinking number and quality of sites offering adequate habitat. Gray Catbird: 395. Brown Thrasher: 4. Northern Mockingbird: 173.

Miami 168

Miami 2015 United States Birds 168

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2014

These are extremely large stick structures (some articles compare the largest ones to the size of a car) that are usually populated by multiple breeding pairs in separate chambers. Monk Parakeet is the only parrot species that builds its own nest. Some articles speculate that the nests offer protection against the cold.

Chicago 206

Chicago New York City New York Illinois 206

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2019

Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed relocating the 14 Whooping Cranes that live in Kissimmee Prairie, which includes the pair I saw, and relocating them to Louisiana. I also noted that the U.S. The deadline for comments was April 7th, 2018. Did this happen? I don’t know. Great Black Hawk, Maine.

2018 163

2018 New Jersey Michigan North Dakota 163

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2020

The source of this ranking, BirdLife International, lists Bolivia as currently having 1,439 bird species, including 18 breeding endemics. of Louisiana State University is a long-time member and currently Acting Chair of the SACC. That’s pretty amazing–Bolivia has more bird species than India! Van Remsen, Jr.

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Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 178

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

“Winter Sports in Northern Louisiana: Shooting Wild Pigeons.” He reasons out answers to both questions, finally stating that, despite what many eyewitnesses wrote, the birds had to have laid more than one egg and that the birds had to have nested more than once a breeding season. Or the absence of legal protection.

2014 161

2014 Killing Michigan Kentucky 161