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| Barred Owl - Bushley Bayou Unit, 11/30 |
Related posts:
http://falloutbird2014.blogspot.com/2017/10/october-14-catahoula-nwr-headquarters.html
and http://falloutbird2014.blogspot.com/2017/09/catahoula-nwr-spring-summer-2017.html
First, a few habitat shots, then the bird list. Other wildlife (including butterflies and moths) and some wildflowers follow that.
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| Headquarters Unit entrance -- La Salle - Catahoula Parish boundary |
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| Refuge Loop, Headquarters Unit - La Salle Parish |
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| north end of Duck Lake, Headquarters Unit - La Salle Parish |
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| north end of Duck Lake, Headquarters Unit - La Salle Parish |
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| north end of Duck Lake, Headquarters Unit - La Salle Parish |
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| north end of Duck Lake, Headquarters Unit - La Salle Parish |
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| refuge loop, HQ Unit - La Salle Parish |
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| refuge loop, Hq Unit -- along La Salle - Catahoula Parish line |
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| nature trail, HQ Unit - La Salle Parish |
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| elevated walkway on nature trail, HQ Unit - La Salle Parish |
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| observation platform at end of nature trail, on east side of Duck Lake, HQ Unit - La Salle Parish |
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| Willow Lake Unit - La Salle Parish |
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| Willow Lake Unit - La Salle Parish |
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| amid the impoundments, near Minnow Ponds Rd on Bushley Bayou Unit - Catahoula Parish |
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| Minnow Ponds Rd on Bushley Bayou Unit - Catahoula Parish |
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| Minnow Ponds Rd on Bushley Bayou Unit - Catahoula Parish |
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| Green's Creek at Dry Bayou Road, Bushley Bayou Unit - Catahoula Parish |
Snow Goose - FOS 11/5
Greater White-fronted Goose - FOS 10/14
Canada Goose - 10/17
Wood Duck
Wood Stork - last seen 10/16
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| Wood Storks - HQ Unit |
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall - FOS 11/26
Mallard - FOS 11/5
Northern Pintail - FOS 9/28
Green-winged Teal - FOS 11/26
Canvasback - FOS 11/26
Ring-necked Duck - FOS 11/26
photos below: ducks on Duck Lake - HQ Unit
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| from north end of lake |
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| from observation platform |
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| seen from observation platform: Mallard, American Wigeon, Gadwall, Northern Pintail, Ring-necked Duck |
Double-crested Cormorant
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| Double-crested Cormorants - HQ Unit |
American White Pelican - FOS 10/14
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| American White Pelican - HQ Unit |
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| American White Pelicans - HQ Unit |
Great Blue Heron
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| Great Blue Heron - HQ Unit, La Salle Parish |
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| Great Egret & Snowy Egret - HQ Unit |
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| Snowy Egrets and American Alligator - HQ Unit |
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret - last seen 10/17
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| Cattle Egret - HQ Unit |
Black-crowned Night-Heron - last seen 9/28
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| Black-crowned Night-Heron in the fog - HQ Unit |
White Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
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| Roseate Spoonbill - HQ Unit |
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Northern Harrier - FOS 11/26
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| Northern Harrier - Willow Lake Unit, La Salle Parish (same bird in sequence of videos below) |
Bald Eagle
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| Bald Eagles - HQ Unit, La Salle Parish. The videos below were taken from the observation platform |
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| Bald Eagle - Bushley Bayou Unit, Catahoula Parish |
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| Bald Eagle - Bushley Bayou Unit |
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| Sharp-shinned Hawk - Bushley Bayou Unit |
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| Red-shouldered Hawk - Bushley Bayou Unit |
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| shorebirds at HQ Unit - (left to right) Long-billed Dowitcher, Greater Yellowlegs, Black-necked Stilts |
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| Black-necked Stilt and Greater Yellowlegs - HQ Unit, La Salle Parish |
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| Black-necked Stilts - HQ Unit |
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| groups of American Avocets - HQ Unit |
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| American Avocets - HQ Unit |
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| Killdeer and Least Sandpiper - HQ Unit |
Western Sandpiper - FOS 10/2
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| Western Sandpipers - HQ Unit |
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| Western Sandpiper - HQ Unit |
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| Long-billed Dowitchers - HQ Unit (see also: video below) |
Wilson's Snipe (- FOS 10/14) video below
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
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| both Yellowlegs species - HQ Unit |
Video: shorebirds (American Avocets, Long-billed Dowitchers, Killdeer, maybe others) - HQ Unit
Black Tern - 10/14
White-winged Dove - 9/14 at Willow Lake Unit - This is the first sighting that I know of for this species on the refuge or in La Salle Parish.
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - last seen 9/28
Eastern Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Barred Owl
(video: Barred Owl - Bushley Bayou Unit)
Chimney Swift - last seen 10/6
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - last seen 10/6
Red-headed Woodpecker - 10/17 - hatch-year individual, HQ Unit - I don't often find this sp. on the refuge.
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - FOS 10/16
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker - FOS 10/2
Pileated Woodpecker
American Kestrel - FOS 10/6
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| American Kestrel (female) - Bushley Bayou Unit |
Peregrine Falcon - FOS 10/2
(The videos and photos below show the 10/2 falcon at a kill, with some of the Turkey Vultures and American Crows that gathered, waiting for a chance to feed. Eventually, one of the vultures takes over the food and the falcon, after flying away for a moment, returns to land on the ground ~100 feet away and watch the vulture eat his kill. By the way, I'm not sure what the prey was, but suspect either Mourning Dove or Killdeer. This went on in the ag. field adjacent to the HQ Unit entrance and visible from on the refuge.)
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| Peregrine Falcon (center), w/ American Crows & Turkey Vulture |
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| Peregrine Falcon - seen from HQ Unit at entrance area |
Eastern Phoebe - FOS 10/6
Acadian Flycatcher - last seen 10/2
Great Crested Flycatcher - last seen 9/14
White-eyed Vireo - last "summer" one 10/16, "wintering" bird seen 11/30 on BB Unit (2 more winter White-eyeds were found at HQ Unit on 12/13, and one on 12/30, but that's for the December post.)
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| White-eyed Vireo at Green's Creek on Bushley Bayou Unit, 11/30 |
Red-eyed Vireo - last seen 9/14
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - last seen 10/29
Tree Swallow - FOS 10/2
Barn Swallow - last seen 11/5
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| Barn Swallow - HQ Unit |
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
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| Tufted Titmouse in the fog - HQ Unit |
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| Brown Creeper - HQ Unit |
Marsh Wren - FOS 10/6
House Wren - FOS 10/29
Winter Wren - FOS 10/29
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| Winter Wren - HQ Unit |
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| Winter Wren - HQ Unit |
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| Carolina Wren - HQ Unit |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - FOS 10/16
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| Ruby-crowned Kinglet - HQ Unit |
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| Ruby-crowned Kinglet - HQ Unit |
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| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - HQ Unit, 10/29 |
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| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - HQ Unit, 10/29 |
Hermit Thrush - FOS 11/26
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| Hermit Thrush - HQ Unit |
Gray Catbird - 9/14, 9/28, 10/2, 10/6, 10/14, 10/16
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| Gray Catbird - HQ Unit |
Northern Mockingbird
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| Northern Mockingbird - HQ Unit |
Cedar Waxwing - FOS 11/10
Black-and-white Warbler - 9/28, 10/2
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| Black-and-white Warbler - HQ Unit |
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| Black-and-white Warbler - HQ Unit |
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| Common Yellowthroat - Willow Lake Unit |
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| Common Yellowthroat (male) - HQ Unit |
American Redstart - 10/2, 10/14
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| American Redstart (female) - HQ Unit |
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| Northern Parula - Bushley Bayou Unit |
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| Orange-crowned Warbler - Bushley Bayou Unit |
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| Orange-crowned Warbler - B.B. Unit |
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| Pine Warbler (male) - HQ Unit |
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| Yellow-rumped Warblers (Myrtle) - HQ Unit |
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| Chipping Sparrows - HQ Unit |
White-throated Sparrow - FOS 10/17
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| White-throated Sparrow - Willow Lake Unit |
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| Savannah Sparrow - HQ Unit |
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| Song Sparrow - HQ Unit |
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| Swamp Sparrow - HQ Unit |
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| Swamp Sparrow - Willow Lake Unit |
Summer Tanager - last seen 10/16
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| Summer Tanager (male) - HQ Unit |
(The male Northern Cardinal in the video below was feeding on ragweed seeds at HQ Unit, same time and spot as video of Indigo Bunting.)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 9/28, 10/14
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| Rose-breasted Grosbeak (female) feeding on wild grapes - HQ Unit, beside entrance gate - 9/28. |
(The Indigo Bunting in the video below was the last one seen this season. It's feeding on ragweed seeds at the same time and spot as the Northern Cardinal video.)
Painted Bunting - last seen 9/14
Eastern Meadowlark - FOS 10/14
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
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| Brown-headed Cowbirds (males) - Bushley Bayou Unit |
American Goldfinch - FOS 10/29
Beyond Birds...
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| Gulf Fritillary on Commelina |
Butterflies:
Silver-spotted Skipper
Long-tailed Skipper
Horace's Duskywing
Common/White Checkered-Skipper
Tropical Checkered-Skipper
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| Tropical Checkered-Skippers - HQ Unit |
Least Skipper
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| Least Skipper - Bushley Bayou Unit - impoundments near Minnow Ponds Rd. This was a new record for Catahoula Parish list, though I saw what I thought might be one near the impoundments the previous year. |
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| Least Skipper - Bushley Bayou Unit |
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| Fiery Skipper (female) - Bushley Bayou Unit |
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| Fiery Skipper - B.B. Unit |
Orange Sulphur
Southern Dogface
Cloudless Sulphur
Little Yellow
Sleepy Orange
Monarch
Gulf Fritillary
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| Gulf Fritillary - B.B. Unit |
Viceroy
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| Viceroy - HQ Unit |
Pearl Crescent
Common Buckeye
Question Mark
Red Admiral
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| Red Admiral - HQ Unit |
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| Painted Lady - HQ Unit |
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| Carolina Satyr - HQ Unit |
Salt Marsh or Acrea Moth
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| tentative i.d.: Salt Marsh Moth caterpillar - Bushley Bayou Unit impoundments near Minnow Ponds Road |
Epipagis huronalis
Ategumia ebulealis
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| Antegumia ebulealis - impoundments levee at Bushley Bayou Unit, near Minnow Ponds Rd |
...plus a few moths that I haven't identified (yet)
Other Critters:
Mammals:
Eastern Fox Squirrel
rabbit sp. (Eastern Cottontail and/or Swamp Rabbit)
Northern Raccoon
Bobcat - HQ Unit - Unfortunately no photo, but I feel lucky just to have seen it!
River Otter
White-tailed Deer
Herps (Amphibians & Reptiles):
Green Treefrog
Cope's Gray Treefrog
*Spring Peeper (may have heard)*
Pond Slider
Ground Skink
American Alligator
And a few wildflowers...
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| Acmella, Persicaria, and Cardinal Flower |
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