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| Wild Turkey hen - Sicily Island Hills, 2/28/23 |
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Related Posts:
- December, 2022 (including S.I. Hills, CNWR):
- March, 2022 (including S.I. Hills, CNWR) (comparable):
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Catahoula NWR
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| Great Blue Heron - CNWR HQ Unit |
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Catahoula NWR - Headquarters Unit
2/25/2023
2:18pm-3:50pm; 9.3 miles (0.1 mile on foot); 3 observers
80-81F.; mixed sky; west wind ~5-mph
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Pied-billed Grebe - 1
Mourning Dove - 1
Anhinga - 1
Double-crested Cormorant - 19
Great Blue Heron - 1
Turkey Vulture - 7
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Pileated Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 1
American Crow - 4
Carolina Chickadee - 17
Tufted Titmouse - 4
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 2
Carolina Wren - 3
Cedar Waxwing - 2
Savannah Sparrow - 2
Song Sparrow - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 8
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) - 8
Northern Cardinal - 6
passerine sp. - 8
Herps:
Cope's Gray Treefrog - 6
Blanchard's Cricket Frog - 27 (many seen while walking in woods)
Southern Leopard Frog - 1
American Alligator -2
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| American Alligator |
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Green Anole - 1
Pond Slider - several
Butterflies:
duskywing sp. (Juvenal's?) - 2
Falcate Orangetip - 5
butterfly sp. - 2
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Catahoula NWR - Willow Lake Unit
2/25/23
4:00pm-4:49pm; 0.1 miles on foot ~ far end of main road; 3 observers
81F.; mixed sky/sunny; some light west breeze
Birds:
Wood Duck - 1
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
Barred Owl - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Hairy Woodpecker - 1
Pileated Woodpecker - 1
Eastern Phoebe - 1
Carolina Chickadee - 2
Tufted Titmouse - 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 1
Carolina Wren - 1
Cedar Waxwing - 8
White-throated Sparrow - 4
Savannah Sparrow - 2
Eastern Towhee - 1
Common Grackle - 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) - 2
Northern Cardinal - 3
Herps:
Blanchard's Cricket Frog, Cope's Gray Treefrog
Butterflies:
duskywing sp. (Juvenal's?) - 2
Falcate Orangetip - 1
Red-banded Hairstreak - 2
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| Red-banded Hairstreak |
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Pearl Crescent - 1
Question Mark - 1
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Sicily Island Hills (JC "Sonny" Gilbert WMA)
2/28/2023
9:58am-2:51pm; 4.3 miles, driving the length of the main road through the south part of the WMA, with numerous stops, some short walks
69-82F.; sunny; west wind ~5mph
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| creek just inside south entrance to WMA |
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| main road |
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| ditto |
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| walking a trail to look for Pepper and Salt Skippers (none found) |
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| habitat along main road |
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| main road |
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| habitat along main road |
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| main road |
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| ditto |
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| the forest takes on a more piney-woods character along a stretch towards the road's west end |
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| looking out over the Big Creek bottoms near the NW end of the main road |
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| NW end of road |
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| ditto - looking out over the Big Creek bottoms; Ouachita River isn't too far west of here |
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| ditto |
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| ditto |
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Birds:
Wild Turkey - 6
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| Wild Turkey hen |
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| Wild Turkey gobbler |
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Mourning Dove - 4
Turkey Vulture - 4
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 7
Downy Woodpecker - 2
Pileated Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 1
Blue-headed Vireo - 1
Blue Jay - 4
American Crow - 4
Carolina Chickadee - 16
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| Carolina Chickadee |
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Tufted Titmouse - 35
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 7
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| Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
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Golden-crowned Kinglet - 6
Carolina Wren - 15
Hermit Thrush - 1
Cedar Waxwing - 4
American Goldfinch - 10
Chipping Sparrow - 3
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) - 3
White-throated Sparrow - 3
Red-winged Blackbird - 1
Pine Warbler - 14
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) - 6
Northern Cardinal - 10
passerine sp. - 4
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Butterflies:
Silver-spotted Skipper - 1
Juvenal's Duskywing - 2
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| Juvenal's Duskywing nectaring on Redbud blossoms |
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DW sp. - 7 (likely additional Juvenal's)
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 11
Pipevine Swallowtail - 2
Spicebush Swallowtail - 1
Falcate Orangetip - 1
Southern Dogface - 1
Orange Sulphur - 1
White-M Hairstreak - 1
Red-banded Hairstreak - 5
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| Red-banded Hairstreak nectaring on wild plum blossoms |
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Spring Azure - 1
'Astyanax' Red-spotted Purple - 2
Pearl Crescent - 2
Question Mark - 1
American Lady - 3
Goatweed Leafwing - 7
butterfly sp. - 5
Herps:
Cope's Gray Treefrog -
Blanchard's Cricket Frog -
Little Brown Skink -
A few pics of trees in bloom...
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| Cucumber Tree or similar magnolia sp. |
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| Eastern Redbud |
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| wild plum sp. |
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As always, if you spot any incorrect IDs, feel free to comment and let me know.
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