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JUNE 3, 2010

A CBS News crew was threatened with arrest when it tried to photograph the spill, and a BP representative in Louisiana told a Mother Jones reporter that she couldn’t visit the Elmer’s Island Wildlife Refuge without a BP escort. That is the issue raised by this blog post. TP has the story in this repost.

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MAY 24, 2010

Several pelicans were coated in oil on Barataria Bay off Louisiana, their usually brown and white feathers now jet black. Tags: birds marine life pelicans 2010 oil spill. Pelicans unable to fly due to being coated with oil. It's the Exxon Valdez all over again.

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APRIL 20, 2011

The Brown Pelican, the state bird of Louisiana, has endured a turbulent history along the Louisiana Coast. This tale of a single bird, and the compassionate people deployed to save him, shows how the process of saving one life restored a degree of humanity for the rest of us.

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MAY 20, 2010

Tags: louisiana oil drilling 2010 oil spill pollution.

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JUNE 17, 2015

Note in this 2010 video, birders, birdwatching and kayakers are mentioned, not hunters. The Louisiana black bear’s threatened status warrants protection under sections 7 and 9 of the Endangered Species Act. The State of Louisiana has increased fines for illegal killing of bears. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk_5pt9OTLA.

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MAY 10, 2010

May 5th, 2010) Pet Paradise Resort , an upscale pet boarding, daycare and grooming resort, will start collecting and donating pet hair clippings from all 13 of their resort locations to help with the oil spill cleanup effort in the Gulf of Mexico. Read on to learn what Pet Paradise is going to do to help with the massive oil spill.

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APRIL 12, 2013

Elsewhere in the southern peninsula, the bird winters only sporadically (such as the two birds at Matheson Hammock of January-March 2010) and can only be described as occasional elsewhere in the Florida peninsula. When were the first records of Brown-crested Flycatchers in the state?

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

Rufous Hummingbird ( Selasphorus rufus ) wintering in Louisiana © David J. The brilliants are some of the most colorful and abundant hummingbirds of the Andes, and Mike and I enjoyed a great many of them when we toured the Ecuadorian Andes with Renato and Paola in 2010.

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AUGUST 5, 2012

Louisiana Waterthrush is among the first passage migrants to make an appearance, usually around ephemeral rain-fed pools, followed by American Redstart , Red-eyed Vireo , Northern Parula , Yellow-throated Warbler , and Black-and-white Warbler. Fall migration is a time of peak species diversity at Matheson Hammock.

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MARCH 11, 2011

Which, naturally, got me to thinking about the newly erected order Suliformes, a development I mentioned in my December column, 2010′s Top 10 Developments in Bird Taxonomy and Systematics , but which I thought deserved further examination, for it’s one of those stories that defines the era in which we are living and birding.

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AUGUST 4, 2018

Louisiana Waterthrush – Parkesia motacilla. Rufous Hummingbird – Selasphorus rufus. Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve. 06 Apr 2018. Black-tailed Gnatcatcher – Polioptila melanura. Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve. 06 Apr 2018. Nags Head Woods Ecological Preserve. 06 Apr 2018. Alligator River NWR–Wildlife Drive.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2018

Louisiana Waterthrush – Parkesia motacilla. Rufous Hummingbird – Selasphorus rufus. Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve. 06 Apr 2018. Black-tailed Gnatcatcher – Polioptila melanura. Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve. 06 Apr 2018. Nags Head Woods Ecological Preserve. 06 Apr 2018. Alligator River NWR–Wildlife Drive.

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OCTOBER 6, 2018

Louisiana Waterthrush – Parkesia motacilla. Rufous Hummingbird – Selasphorus rufus. Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve. 06 Apr 2018. Black-tailed Gnatcatcher – Polioptila melanura. Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve. 06 Apr 2018. Nags Head Woods Ecological Preserve. 06 Apr 2018. Alligator River NWR–Wildlife Drive.

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OCTOBER 1, 2016

Louisiana Waterthrush – Parkesia motacilla. Ovenbird – Seiurus aurocapilla. Bill Baggs Cape Florida SP. 20 Apr 2016. Worm-eating Warbler – Helmitheros vermivorum. Sendero Bogarín. 05 Mar 2016. Brookville Park. 10 Apr 2016. Northern Waterthrush – Parkesia noveboracensis. Hotel Tierras Enamoradas. 10 Feb 2016.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Louisiana Waterthrush – Parkesia motacilla. Rufous Hummingbird – Selasphorus rufus. Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve. 06 Apr 2018. Black-tailed Gnatcatcher – Polioptila melanura. Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve. 06 Apr 2018. Nags Head Woods Ecological Preserve. 06 Apr 2018. Alligator River NWR–Wildlife Drive.

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JANUARY 5, 2019

Louisiana Waterthrush – Parkesia motacilla. Rufous-collared Sparrow – Zonotrichia capensis. San Joaquin coffee. 12 Jan 2018. White-crowned Sparrow – Zonotrichia leucophrys. Sacramento NWR–Auto Tour Route. 12 Jan 2018. Golden-crowned Sparrow – Zonotrichia atricapilla. 01 Jan 2018. Reserva Ribera Norte.

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DECEMBER 1, 2018

Louisiana Waterthrush – Parkesia motacilla. La Selva (OTS Reserve)–Road to Puerto Viejo River. 01 Jan 2018. Solitary Black Cacique – Cacicus solitarius. Reserva Ecológica de Vicente López. 03 Apr 2018. Scarlet-rumped Cacique – Cacicus uropygialis. El Tapir hummingbird garden. 01 Jan 2018. Finca Santa Victoria.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2016

Louisiana Waterthrush – Parkesia motacilla. Ovenbird – Seiurus aurocapilla. Bill Baggs Cape Florida SP. 20 Apr 2016. Worm-eating Warbler – Helmitheros vermivorum. Bill Baggs Cape Florida SP. 20 Apr 2016. Brookville Park. 10 Apr 2016. Northern Waterthrush – Parkesia noveboracensis. Hotel Tierras Enamoradas. 10 Feb 2016.

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