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Adventures of a Louisiana Birder: One Year, Two Wings, Three Hundred Species–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2021

Louisiana is a magical place to bird. At the same time I was ogling Scissor-tailed Flycatchers and Upland Sandpipers, Marybeth Lima was also birding Louisiana. The book focuses on two listing events: her 2012 Louisiana Big Year and her 2016 Louisiana 300 Year. ’ What was left to write about?

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Louisiana Waterthrush Photo Gallery

10,000 Birds

APRIL 27, 2015

One of the earliest wood-warblers to arrive each spring here in the northeast is the Louisiana Waterthrush ( Parkesia motacilla ). And though Louisiana Waterthrush prefer habitat with clear, rushing streams next to which to nest, while they are on migration they are much less picky and can be found in a variety of wet habitats.

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Birding Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge in Louisiana

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2019

Louisiana is known for a lot of things. Louisiana, I do so love you for your birding opportunities! The post Birding Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge in Louisiana appeared first on 10,000 Birds. Over the course of an hour, my husband and I wracked up almost 30 species, many of which were year birds for me.

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What is the State Bird of Louisiana?

10,000 Birds

JUNE 23, 2015

Brown Pelicans are quite popular in Louisiana. One of the state’s nicknames is “The Pelican State,” the bird is on the state’s flag, the state seal, the state painting (yes, apparently states have official paintings), as well as on one of Louisiana’s bicentennial coins.

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Big Whoop, Indeed: Whooping Cranes in Louisiana!

10,000 Birds

APRIL 27, 2016

For the first time in 75 years, a pair has successfully nested in Louisiana , producing not one but two fuzzy, wild-born chicks. Louisiana’s last wild Whoopers disappeared just after World War II. Photo by Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. To keep up with the latest, check out the Whoopers’ Facebook page.

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Action Alert to Help Louisiana Tiger

Critter News

APRIL 24, 2011

This is an awful story of a tiger kept captive at a horrible truck stop in Louisiana. The Animal Legal Defense League is trying to save it. Please visit this link and respond.

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What’s Going On

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 25, 2021

It was also to be expected that the first passerine to turn up would be the Louisiana Waterthrush. These were two different Louisiana Waterthrushes , but with the same posing preference… dark and distant! The Laughing Gul l that turned up later that same day, however, was quite a surprise.

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Stop the Madness: More Whooping Cranes Shot

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 8, 2014

Another pair of Whoopers has been shot , this time in Louisiana. Image above by AP Photo/Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.). The pair was part of a project aimed at restoring the birds to Louisiana. The female was killed but experts suggest the male will survive, although perhaps without the ability to fly.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of April 2021)

10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2021

Though he added Louisiana Waterthrush , Blue-gray Gnatcatcher , and Yellow-throated Warbler to his year list, Corey most enjoyed watching a Northern Mockingbird doing singing in the Rockaways. Corey enjoyed getting out on birding outings both mornings of the weekend, and was out in nature with his family both afternoons.

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USHS Alleges Animal Abuse at the University of Louisiana New Iberia Research Laboratory

Critter News

MARCH 5, 2009

The Humane Society of the United States released the video scenes Wednesday, saying that’s only part of the documentation of what it claimed were 338 violations of federal law and policy at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s New Iberia Research Laboratory. It is the nation’s largest primate research lab that studies chimpanzees.

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Louisiana deputy trampled, gored in the leg by a bull

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MARCH 1, 2022

submitted by /u/Alternative_Law4224 [link] [comments].

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Scientists celebrate the return of a tiny endangered sea turtle in Louisiana

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

submitted by /u/Exastiken [link] [comments].

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LSU Sets Big Day Record in Peru with 354 Species!

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 15, 2014

Well, a team from Louisiana State University managed to pull that off on 14 October, seeing an astounding 354 species in one day in Peru. How would you like to see a lot of bird species in a day? Like, more species than anyone else anywhere has ever seen in a day?

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Clapper and King rails may represent four or five species

10,000 Birds

APRIL 21, 2013

The photo above, one of mine, shows a Clapper Rail in Louisiana. Maley then goes on to examine the hybrid zone between Clapper and King rails in Louisiana, finding that the hybrid zone is very narrow (about 4 kilometers, or 2.5 King Rails occur widely in eastern North America, in eastern and central Mexico, and in Cuba.

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Regarding Snow Leopards

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OCTOBER 28, 2023

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10,000 Birds goes eBirding – Part II

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 14, 2021

However, most states still have less than 100 species, including: Missouri (98, unchanged); Wyoming (97, unchanged); Georgia (94, up from 54); Nevada (93, up from 53); Delaware (88, up from 83); Maine (82, up from 76); South Carolina (82, up from 49); Louisiana (81, up from 73); Alaska (79, up from 34); Maryland (62, unchanged); Illinois (50, up from (..)

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Lest we Forget – BP Oil Spill 2010

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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Audubon’s Footsteps

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Each chapter of Clavreul’s book covers his revisitation of one of these extended Audubon trips, with a final chapter covering New York City, where Audubon first set foot on American soil, in 1803.

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Spoon-billed Sandpiper Baby Boom … in Great Britain?

10,000 Birds

JUNE 15, 2016

First, wildlife officials in Louisiana announced the first successful wild Whooping Crane nest in that state since 1939. It’s a bang-up breeding year for super-endangered birds! Now, it’s Spoon-billed Sandpipers’ turn.

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The calm after the storm

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 21, 2017

Hurricane Nate looked set to disrupt my first visit to Louisiana. Reports predicted that we would make landfall in New Orleans at around the same time.

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Spoonbills are ibises with big flat bills

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.

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More Whooping Cranes Shot, Killed

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 13, 2011

Sad news out of Louisiana. Maybe we shouldn’t encourage people to shoot any cranes? Hat-tip to Julie.

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Whooping Crane Ancestry

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

In 1938, they were reduced to only 18 birds in the Aransas-Wood Buffalo flock and only 11 remaining in the non-migratory Louisiana flock. By 1950, the Louisiana flock was gone. Since there were only two birds in captivity when the Louisiana flock became extinct, its likely that the genetics of the non-migratory flock are lost forever.

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The Wintering Wood-Warblers of Costa Rica

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 25, 2021

Louisiana Waterthrush. Not including the vagrants, these are the warblers that regularly frequent green space in Costa Rica: Wood-warblers of Cooler Montane Habitats. Cloud Forest near San Ramon. Similar to how this stream bird rolls at its summer home, in Costa Rica, this bird also frequents rushing forested waterways.

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University of Louisiana Plays Defense on Primate Research

Critter News

APRIL 16, 2009

They are at least admitting there are problems with standard operating procedures at New Iberia Research Center. Officials claim to be taking steps to correct certain problems. This web page also has a video with a tour of the facility, conducted by center staff.

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes 2015 Expansion of Hunting and Fishing Opportunities on National Wildlife Refuges

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.

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Mary Landrieu is Stupid

Critter News

MAY 4, 2010

This Louisiana Senator is just a slave to these oil interests and I'm sick of her. Tags: louisiana oil drilling 2010 oil spill endangered species. She's calling for MORE frigging oil drilling in spite of the catastrophe in the Gulf. I'd like to shove her face in a vat of oil and not bring her up for a long, long time.

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Bob Barker Funds Space for HIV-Infected Chimps

Critter News

MAY 4, 2012

Retired game-show host and animal rights advocate Bob Barker is opening a new area for five HIV-infected chimpanzees at a sanctuary in northwestern Louisiana. From The Washington Post. The former host of “The Price Is Right” donated $380,000 to create space at the Chimp Haven near Shreveport.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (First of April 2014)

10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2014

Though Corey spent most of the day on Sunday birding Sandy Hook in New Jersey, seeing 73 species of birds, including four new species for him for the year, his Best Bird of the Weekend was the Forest Park waterhole in Queens, where he spotted his first Louisiana Waterthrush of the year. The wood-warblers are back! How about you?

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Not a Duck?

10,000 Birds

MAY 2, 2012

” That is the defense of Lloyd “Chip” Badeaux , a city councilman in Thibodaux, Louisiana, for killing 48 whistling-ducks at a friend’s house. “This is not just regular duck. This is an infestation, they come by the thousands.” State law allows 6 dead ducks per day.

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Life Can Be Interesting

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 30, 2022

We saw our first Louisiana Waterthrushes of the season. So I now have a third site for this exciting bird. The Black-chinned Sparrow , a special bird that I can expect to see only at Las Mesas. did indeed turn up. I was shocked to see a Red-faced Warbler so early. Ricardo was shocked to see his first Red-faced Warble r.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of June 2017)

10,000 Birds

JUNE 11, 2017

Based on the songs that surrounded us as we hiked Trail #15, the “Grand Canyon of the East” is awash in warblers, including my FOY Louisiana Waterthrush. I visited Letchworth State Park this weekend, renowned for a ridiculous density of breeding wood warblers. Was it the Least Bittern nearly flew into his head?

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Greenpeace Activists Threatened with Terrorism Charges

Critter News

MAY 25, 2010

Charges have been filed against seven members of Greenpeace who boarded an offshore drilling support ship in a Louisiana port and painted anti-drilling slogans in crude oil on the vessel’s side on Monday afternoon. Tags: louisiana animal enterprise terrorism act Stupid British Petroleum 2010 oil spill.

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The Whistling Ducks of Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2019

Have time along the Texas-Louisiana coast? After noting as many species as possible, I high-tailed it back to the car. We drove slowly along the loop road, with the windows down, but the views didn’t compare to those from the boardwalk. I recommend stopping in as many of the wildlife refuges as possible.

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Saving Pelican 895

10,000 Birds

APRIL 19, 2011

Now HBO Documentary Films presents Saving Pelican 895 , the story of the effort to save the 895th surviving oiled pelican in Louisiana, showing how conservationists, government agencies and wildlife activists joined forces to preserve this life and so many others.

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The Predominately Western, Golden-crowned Sparrow

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.

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There goes the neighborhood

10,000 Birds

APRIL 22, 2020

A good winter will also include an Ovenbird, and at least one Louisiana Waterthrush. And, until recently, those forests also hosted Townsend’s , Hermit , Black-and-White , Virginia’s , and even a Colima Warbler or two each year. My forest, lake, and tropical scrub sites will have to live without me for a few weeks.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of March 2012)

10,000 Birds

APRIL 1, 2012

Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was his first Louisiana Waterthrush of the year. The gang of Common Grackles plundering my feeder deserve a nod for their brassy, cacophonous splendor. Also of note were the Long-tailed Ducks on Lake Ontario, holding on when the other cold-waterfowl seem to have fled.

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Birding or Birdwatching? A Backyard Realization

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2019

A few days before my backyard birding afternoon, my husband and I had visited the Louisiana and Texas coasts, seeking birds in the incredible wildlife refuges that shelter wintering waterfowl and so much more. On that trip, we actively sought new species, moving from one place to another with drive and determination.

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Migrants are on the Move in Costa Rica

10,000 Birds

MARCH 30, 2019

Many of the early migrants like Louisiana Waterthrush and Prothonotary Warbler have already left. It’s a journey so incredible that it can be hard to imagine or believe but thanks to GPS tracking devices and observations, we know where a lot of those northern migrants go and we know how long they stay.

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Avian Quiz – July 1, 2011

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? You could be hearing this too if you are in eastern US, as far west as, say, parts of Texas and going north to approximately the Canadian border.

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In defence of museum collections

10,000 Birds

MARCH 29, 2017

This line of thought was started in me today with the horrifying news about the Monroe Museum of Natural History’s ultimatum from the University of Louisiana. Curators are considered less important than designers trying to pull in the punters.

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