Catahoula NWR, 2019

Great Blue Heron -- HQ Unit, 11/3/2019

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   I fell out of my habit of doing seasonal updates for Catahoula NWR on this blog, so I'm doing one big post summing up 2019 on CNWR. I intend to get back into the habit of posting regularly about Catahoula NWR on here during 2020.
   The lists for birds on the Headquarters Unit will be broken down by season (January-early March, late March-May, June-July; August-October; Nov.-December). Separate lists will be provided for each Unit of the refuge (Headquarters, Willow Lake, French Fork, and Bushley Bayou Units). Lists for other groups of organisms (Mammals, Herps, Fishes, Butterflies, Odonata, ...) cover all units and all dates and will be after the bird lists. I haven't gone through all of my notes from the field to come up with the lists for the non-bird groups, so those lists are largely from memory, probably have some gaps, and will likely be updated in the future when I get around to it. For now, I wanted to get this post up before we were too far into the new year.
   I may also add photos and videos later.
   Here we go...

Headquarters Unit
-Late Winter, 2019 (January, February, early March)-

January 1
1:17 pm, 3hrs 48 mins; 2.7 miles
64-60F.; NE breeze; variable/mixed sky; water level 39.3'

January 31
10:28 am, 1 hr 40 mins; 1.4 miles
50s F.; sunny, then cloudy; some light breeze

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February 15
8:24 am, 2 hrs 47 mins; 2 miles

February 28
8:04 am, 1 hr 55 mins; 2.4 miles
65-61 F.; foggy then cloudy; calm; water pretty high and rising

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March 3
8:50 am; 2 hrs, 44 mins; 1.7 miles
71-72 F.; windy, wind from ~SW; cloudy at beginning and end, sunny or mixed sky most of the time; very high water, water over road at N end of Duck Lake and much of the loop was closed

Greater White-fronted Goose - 0, 0 / x, 0 / 0
Snow Goose - 0, x / 0, 0 / 0
Wood Duck - 2, 7 / 10, 3 / 8
Gadwall - x, 0 / 0, 0 /
American Wigeon - x, 0 / 0, 0 / 0
Mallard - x, 50 / 65, 30 / x
Northern Pintail - x, 2 / 0, 0 / 0
Green-winged Teal - 0, 0 / 0, 0 / 4
Canvasback - x, 3 / 1, 2 / 3
Ring-necked Duck - x, x / 0, 1 / 0
duck sp. - 30,000, 200 / 4, 0 / 50

Pied-billed Grebe - 0, 0 / 1, 1 / 1

Mourning Dove - 0, 0 / 6, 3 / 0

Killdeer - 0, 0 / 1, 1 / 0

Ring-billed Gull - 0, 0 / 0, 0 / 1

Double-crested Cormorant - _, 2 / 30, 8 / 1

Great Blue Heron - 2, 0 / 3, 3 / 1
Great Egret - 0, 0 / 0, 0 / 2

Black Vulture - 2, 0 / 2, 0 / 15
Turkey Vulture - 6, 7 / 41, 3 / 9
Northern Harrier - 0, 1 / 0, 0 / 0
Osprey - 0, 0 / 0, 0 / 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 0, 0 / 1, 0
Cooper's Hawk - 0, 0 / 0, 0 / 1
Bald Eagle - 1, 0 / 0, 0 / 1
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1, 1 / 2, 0 / 4
Red-tailed Hawk - 1, 1 / 0, 0 / 1

Barred Owl - 2, 1 / 0, 1 / 0

Belted Kingfisher - 0, 1 / 0, 1 / 0

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 3, 2 / 3, 1 / 2
Red-headed Woodpecker - 0, 0 / 1, 0 / 0
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 6, 11 / 7, 4 / 6
Downy Woodpecker - 3, 8 / 6, 3 / 5
Hairy Woodpecker - 0, 0 / 1, 0 / 0
Pileated Woodpecker - 3, 3 / 4, 1 / 2
Northern Flicker - 2, 2 / 4, 1 / 2

Eastern Phoebe - 5, 3 / 2, 4 / 3

White-eyed Vireo - 0, 0 / 1, 1 / 1
Blue-headed Vireo - 1, 1 / 0, 0 / 0

Blue Jay - 7, 6 / 4, 6 / 3
American Crow - 170, 15 / 6, 7 / 6

Carolina Chickadee - 15, 8 / 14, 12 / 7
Tufted Titmouse - 4, 4 / 8, 10 / 9

Golden-crowned Kinglet - 1, 3 / 0, 0 / 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 10, 5 / 7, 5 / 5

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 3, 0 / 0, 4 / 4

Brown Creeper - 0, 2 / 1, 0 / 0

Carolina Wren - 10, 5 / 7, 6 / 10

Brown Thrasher - 1, 0 / 0, 0 / 0

Eastern Bluebird - 0, 1 / 2, 0 / 3
Hermit Thrush - 3, 1 / 4, 0 / 0
American Robin - 30, 11 / 35, 4 / 6

Cedar Waxwing - x, 0 / 0, 12 / 7

American Pipit - 1, 0 / 0, 1 / 0

Purple Finch - 1, 0 / 1, 0 / 0
American Goldfinch - 6, 2 / 4, 1 / 3

Chipping Sparrow - 45, 25 / x, 2 / 0
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) - 1, 0 / 0, 4 / 0
White-throated Sparrow - 53, 13 / 17, 13 / 7
Savannah Sparrow - 7, 0 / 1, 0 / 0
Song Sparrow - 6, 2 / 0, 1 / 0
Swamp Sparrow - 0, 0 / 1, 1 / 0
Eastern Towhee - 0, 1 / 2, 2 / 1

Red-winged Blackbird - 0, 2 / 3, 10 / 10
Brown-headed Cowbird - 0, 0 / 0, 0 / 1
Common Grackle - 0, 0 / 35, 20 / 30

Orange-crowned Warbler - 1, 0 / 1, 0 / 0
Pine Warbler - 0, 3 / 2, 0 / 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) - 16, 28 / 22, 4 / 10

Northern Cardinal - 14, 6 / 14, 18 / 6

Headquarters Unit
-Spring Migration & Start of Breeding Season, 2019 (late March, April, May)-

March 26
7:32 am; 3 hrs, 13 mins; 1.5 miles
50s F.; clear sky; calm at start, N wind ~5-10 mph most of time, with stronger gusts

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April 3
8:08 am; 1 hr, 52 mins; 1.7 miles
47-56; sunny; calm, then light wind most of time

April 16
6:54 am; 3 hrs, 35 mins; 1.4 miles
54 - ~70; sunny; calm, then breezy; water high, much of loop closed

April 28
8:34 am; 2 hrs, 44 mins; 1.5 miles
69-74 F.; sunny; light breeze; most of loop closed due to high water, much of woods flooded

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May 5
10:40 am; 3 hrs, 50 mins; 1.1 miles
72 F. at start; sunny, with periods of mostly cloudy; light breeze; much of loop still closed

May 15
6:42 am; 27 mins; 0.3 miles
66-67 F.; clear; nearly calm; refuge loop closed beyond info kiosk due to high water

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck - 3 / 0, 0, 6 / 18, 0
Wood Duck - 3 / 0, 11, 2 / 0, 2
Blue-winged Teal - 200 / 400, 23, 7 / 2, 0
Mallard - 0 / 1, 0, 0 / 0, 0

Mourning Dove - 0 / 0, 1, 4 / 7, 0

Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 0 / 0, 0, 4 / 8, 1

Chimney Swift - 0 / 0, 2, 0 / 1, 1

Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 0 / 0, 2, 2 / 3, 0

Killdeer - 1 / 3, 1, 0 / 0, 2
Spotted Sandpiper - 0 / 2, 1, 3 / 1, 0
Solitary Sandpiper - 0 / 0, 2, 0 / 0, 0
Greater Yellowlegs - 0 / 3, 0, 0 / 0, 0
shorebird sp. - 0 / 1, 0, 0 / 0, 0

Anhinga - 0 / 0, 1, 1 / 13, 0

American White Pelican - 0 / 0, 2, 0 / 0, 0

Great Blue Heron - 2 / 3, 3, 0 / 1, 1
Great Egret - 5 / 5, 5, 4 / 10, 2
Snowy Egret - 0 / 0, 0, 5 / 2, 6
Little Blue Heron - 1 / 2, 3, 2 / 1, 2
Tricolored Heron - 0 / 0, 0, 1 / 0, 0
Cattle Egret - 0 / 0, 1, 0 / 0, 2
Green Heron - 0 / 0, 0, 0 / 1, 0
White Ibis - 0 / 0, 0, 4 / 39, 0

Black Vulture - 1 / 1, 12, 4 / 7, 0
Turkey Vulture - 5 / 1, 6, 7 / 3, 0
Mississippi Kite - 0 / 0, 2, 1 / 2, 0
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1 / 1, 1, 1 / 1, 0
Red-tailed Hawk - 0 / 0, 0, 0 / 1, 0

Barred Owl - 0 / 0, 2, 0 / 2, 0

Belted Kingfisher - 1 / 1, 0, 0 / 0, 0

Red-headed Woodpecker - 0 / 0, 1, 0 / 0, 0
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 5 / 5, 9, 6 / 5, 2
Downy Woodpecker - 3 / 2, 3, 6 / 4, 1
Pileated Woodpecker - 4 / 1, 2, 1 / 1, 1
Northern Flicker - 1 / 0, 0, 0 / 0, 0

Eastern Wood-Pewee - 0 / 0, 0, 0 / 2, 0
Acadian Flycatcher - 0 / 0, 2, 6 / 3, 0
Great Crested Flycatche - 0 / 1, 3, 4 / 3, 1

White-eyed Vireo - 5 / 4, 4, 5 / 4, 1
Yellow-throated Vireo - 1 / 0, 0, 0 / 1, 0
Red-eyed Vireo - 0 / 1, 13, 5 / 5, 1

Blue Jay - 4 / 4, 5, 3 / 3, 2
American Crow - 5 / 5, 4, 4 / 4, 2

Carolina Chickadee - 11 / 11, 13, 9 / 5, 1
Tufted Titmouse - 11 / 11, 6, 8 / 6, 1

Barn Swallow - 0 / 0, 1, 0 / 1, 0
swallow sp. - 0 / 0, 1, 0 / 0, 0

Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 7 / 6, 2, 0 / 0, 0

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 8 / 4, 7, 7 / 2, 0

Winter Wren - 2 / 0, 0, 0 / 0, 0
Carolina Wren - 16 / 5, 11, 9 / 6, 2

Northern Mockingbird - 0 / 1, 1, 0 / 1, 0

Eastern Bluebird - 0 / 0, 1, 0 / 1, 0
Wood Thrush - 0 / 0, 0, 1 / 0, 1
American Robin - 1 / 0, 0, 0 / 0, 0

Cedar Waxwing - 5 / x, x, 1 / 2, 0

American Goldfinch - 2 / 0, 0, 0, 0

Chipping Sparrow - 1 / 2, 0, 0 / 0, 0
White-throated Sparrow - 17 / 11, 6, 0 / 0, 0
Swamp Sparrow - 1 / 0, 0, 0 / 0, 0
Eastern Towhee - 2 / 2, 1, 0 / 1, 0

Yellow-breasted Chat - 0 / 0, 1, 1 / 1, 1

Orchard Oriole - 0 / 0, 2, 3 / 3, 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 11 / 5, 5, 2 / 2, 2
Brown-headed Cowbird - 12 / 6, 6, 7 / 4, 3
Common Grackle - 3 / 3, 5, 2 / 18, 5
blackbird sp. - 0 / 0, 0, 7 / 0

Worm-eating Warbler - 0 / 1, 1, 0 / 0, 0
Northern Waterthrush - 0 / 0, 2, 0 / 0, 0
Black-and-white Warbler - 2 / 0, 1, 0 / 0, 0
Prothonotary Warbler - 0 / 0, 3, 5 / 3, 1
Tennessee Warbler - 0 / 0, 5, 13 / 5, 0
Kentucky Wabler - 0 / 0, 3, 3 / 3, 0
Common Yellowthroat - 0 / 0, 1, 0 / 1, 0
Hooded Warbler - 1 / 1, 2, 0 / 2, 0
Cerulean Warbler - 0 / 0, 0, 0 / 3, 0
Northern Parula - 6 / 5, 1, 1 / 2, 0
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) - 6 / 6, 3, 0 / 0, 0
Bay-breasted Warbler - 0 / 0, 0, 0 / 5, 0
Blackburnian Warbler - 0 / 0, 0, 0 / 3, 0
Yellow-throated Warbler - 0 / 0, 1, 0 / 0, 0
Yellow Warbler - 0 / 0, 0, 0 / 1, 0
Black-throated Green Warbler - 0 / 1, 4, 1 / 3, 0

Summer Tanager - 0 / 0, 5, 10 / 4, 2
Scarlet Tanager - 0 / 0, 1, 0 / 0, 0
Northern Cardinal - 14 / 10, 15, 11 / 8, 5
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 0 / 0, 0, 1 / 1, 0
Blue Grosbeak - 0 / 0, 1, 1 / 0, 0
Indigo Bunting - 0 / 0, 3, 13 / 6, 2
Painted Bunting - 0 / 0, 0, 7 / 6, 1

Headquarters Unit
-Summer, 2019 (June, July)-

June 16
8:57 am; 1 hr, 28 mins; 1.5 miles
81-84 F.; sky mixed/variable; light breeze; water still very high, but dropping and some of the part of the refuge loop that had been closed/flooded now open

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July 12
10:48 am; 1 hr, 18 mins; 2.1 miles
86-89 F.; sky variable/mostly sunny; light wind

July 15
11:27 am; 34 mins; 1.2 miles
74 F.; overcast; sprinkles/light drizzle, with some breaks in the rain; light wind; looking for seabirds blown in by TS Barry, found none

July 18
3:18 pm; 29 mins; 1.4 miles
92 F.; sunny; some light breeze; water still unseasonably high, but dropping; much of loop still closed for repairs

July 20
9:25 am; 2 hrs, 30 mins; 1.6 miles; birding during this section of the Catahoula NWR NABA Butterfly Count; this list for party of 3 most of the time, more folks while at start/stop spot

Mourning Dove - 2 / 1, 0, 0, 1

Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 4 / 5, 0, 2, 3

Chimney Swift - 1 / 0, 0, 0, 0

Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 / 0, 0, 0, 0

Spotted Sandpiper - 0 / 0, 1, 0, 0

Wood Stork - 0 / 0, 0, 0, 40

Anhinga - 0 / 1, 0, 2, 5
Double-crested/Neotropical Cormorant - 0 / 1, 0, 0, 0

American White Pelican - 0 / 0, 0, 4, 0

Great Blue Heron - 1 / 1, 2, 1, 0
Great Egret - 4 / 5, 6, 2, 0
Snowy Egret - 1 / 14, 1, 1, 2
Little Blue Heron - 2 / 13, 0, 2, 2
Cattle Egret - 1 / 2, 4, 2, 0
Green Heron - 0 / 1, 2, 0, 2
White Ibis - 14 / 10, 0, 0, 5
Roseate Spoonbill - 0 / 0, 0, 0, 4
white egret/heron sp. - 0 / 0, 5, 1, 0

Black Vulture - 0 / 0, 0, 0, 10
Turkey Vulture - 1 / 1, 0, 0, 1
Mississippi Kite - 1 / 0, 0, 0, 0
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1 / 0, 0, 0, 2

Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 / 2, 0, 0, 4
Downy Woodpecker - 3 / 2, 0, 1, 1
Pileated Woodpecker - 0 / 0, 0, 0, 1

Acadian Flycatcher - 7 / 5, 0, 3, 4
Great Crested Flycatcher - 1 / 0, 0, 0, 0
Eastern Kingbird - 0 / 0, 1, 1, 0

White-eyed Vireo - 3 / 6, 0, 0, 2
Red-eyed Vireo - 6 / 6, 0, 0, 1

Blue Jay - 2 / 2, 0, 1, 2
American Crow - 0 / 1, 0, 2, 0

Carolina Chickadee - 6 / 5, 1, 4, 3
Tufted Titmouse - 6 / 8, 2, 2, 1

Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 0 / 0, 2, 0
Purple Martin - 1 / 0, 0, 3
Cliff Swallow - 0 / 3, 0

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1 / 2, 0, 1, 1

Carolina Wren - 6 / 8, 1, 3, 4

Northern Mockingbird - 1 / 1, 0, 1, 0

Eastern Bluebird - 0 / 1, 0, 3, 0

Eastern Towhee - 1 / 0, 0, 0, 0

Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 / 0, 0, 0, 0

Orchard Oriole - 4 / 0, 0, 0, 0
Red-winged Blackbird - 1 / 0, 0, 0, 0
Brown-headed Cowbird - 4 / 3, 0, 0, 0
Common Grackle - 0 / 0, 3, 0, 0

Prothonotary Warbler - 1 / 3, 1, 0, 0
Kentucky Warbler - 0 / 1, 0, 0, 0
Northern Parula - 1 / 0, 0, 0, 1

Summer Tanager - 3 / 3, 0, 1, 0
Northern Cardinal - 13 / 8, 5, 2, 5
Indigo Bunting - 4 / 4, 2, 1, 2
Painted Bunting - 9 / 9, 2, 3, 5

Headquarters Unit
-Fall Migration, 2019 (August, September, October)-

August 23
10:55 am; 24 mins; 1.6 miles
87-90 F.; mostly sunny; not much wind; WL 36.4' -- dropping but not as low as expected at this point in draw-down; part of loop still closed for repairs

September 8
11:06 am; 1 hr, 34 mins; 2.4 miles
86-93 F.; clear; usually calm with occasional light breeze; WL ~34'

September 30
8:53 am; 2 hrs, 50 mins; 1.5 miles
79-87 F.; clear; light wind; the part of the loop that goes by N end of Duck Lake was closed and being repaired

October 4
7:25 am; 4 hrs, 45 mins; 5.6 miles
73-87 F.; sunny, then cloudy, then sunny; light breeze; water level marker at N end of Duck Lake showed ~34'; western portion of loop still closed for repairs

October 8
7:28 am; 2 hrs, 48 mins; 2 miles
63-68 F.; overcast; breeze; water level marker at N end of Duck Lake showed ~34'

October 30
9:14 am; 3 hrs, 28 mins; 9.1 miles
68-73 F.; overcast, then cloudy with occasional breaks of sun; wind calm to light breeze wet from recent rain; water level marker at N end of Duck Lake showed approx. 34.5'

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck - 0 / 1, 0 / 0, 0, 0
Greater White-fronted Goose - 0 / 0, 0 / 0, x, 0
Wood Duck - 0 / 0, 0 / 7, 0, 1
Blue-winged Teal - 0 / 0, x / 1, 0, 0
Mottled Duck - 0 / 0,  2 / 0, 0, 0
duck sp. - 0 / 0, 150 / 25, 25, 1

Mourning Dove - 0 / 0, 1 / 3, 2, 2

Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 0 / 1, 1 / 0, 0, 0

Chimney Swift - 0 / 0, 4 / 0, 0, 0

Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 0 / 1, 3 / 0, 0, 0

Black-necked Stilt - 0 / 2, 0 / 3, 0, 0
Killdeer - 0 / 1, 2 / 5, 7, 2
Least Sandpiper - 0 / 0, 25 / 165, 35, 0
peep sp. - 0 / 0, 0 / 75, 0, 0
Long-billed Dowitcher - 0 / 0, 0 / 127, 198, 0
Spotted Sandpiper - 1 / 0, 0 / 2, 1, 0
Greater Yellowlegs - 0 / 0, 0 / 11, 20, 1
Lesser Yellowlegs - 0 / 0, 0 / 3, 1, 0
yellowlegs sp. (Gr./Less.) - 0 / 0, 0 / 0, 3, 0
shorebird sp. - 0 / 0, 0 / 10, 0, 0

gull sp. - 0 / 0, 0 / 1, 0, 0

Wood Stork - 0 / 32, 0 / 1, 0, 0

Anhinga - 1 / 2, 0 / 0, 0, 1
Double-crested Cormorant - 0 / 4, 1 / 38, 20, 0
Double-crested/Neotropical Cormorant - 1 / 0, 0 / 0, 0, 0

Great Blue Heron - 2 / 5, 1 / 9, 4, 9
Great Egret - 10 / 127, 0 / 12, 0, 3
Snowy Egret - 5 / 9, 0 / 8, 2, 1
Little Blue Heron - 7 / 2, 0 / 1, 1, 0
Tricolored Heron - 0 / 2, 2 / 5, 4, 0
white heron/egret sp. - 1 / 0, 10 / 0, 0, 0
Green Heron - 1 / 2, 0 / 0, 0, 0
White Ibis - 0 / 8, 3 / 12, 17, 0
Roseate Spoonbill - 0 / 0, 150 / 13, 3, 0

Turkey Vulture - 0 / 3, 1 / 0, 2, 6
Red-shouldered Hawk - 0 / 0, 1 / 0, 0, 1
Buteo sp. - 0 / 0, 0 / 0, 1, 0

Eastern Screech-Owl - 0 / 0, 0 / 0, 0, 1
Barred Owl - 0 / 0, 1 / 1, 0, 1

Belted Kingfisher - 0 / 0, 0 / 0, 0, 1

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 0 / 0, 0 / 0, 0, 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 0 / 3, 8 / 15, 5, 5
Downy Woodpecker - 0 / 1, 6 / 7, 3, 2
Hairy Woodpecker - 0 / 1, 0 / 0, 0, 0
Pileated Woodpecker - 0 / 2, 3 / 4, 1, 5
Northern Flicker - 0 / 0, 0 / 4, 2, 9

Merlin - 0 / 0, 0 / 0, 0, 1

Eastern Wood-Pewee - 0 / 1, 2 / 0, 0, 0
Acadian Flycatcher - 0 / 0, 1 / 4, 3, 0
Empidonax sp. - 0 / 1, 0 / 0, 0, 0
Eastern Phoebe - 0 / 0, 0 / 0, 0, 26
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher - 0 / 0, 0 / 0, 1, 0

White-eyed Vireo - 0 / 6, 6 / 7, 1, 0
Yellow-throated Vireo - 0 / 0, 1 / 0, 0, 0
Red-eyed Vireo - 0 / 1, 0 / 0, 0, 0

Blue Jay - 0 / 4, 5 / 8, 5, 6
American Crow - 0 / 0, 2 / 6, 3, 9
crow sp. - 0 / 0, 4 / 0, 0, 0

Carolina Chickadee - 2 / 6, 5 / 15, 9, 18
Tufted Titmouse - 1 / 3, 6 / 16, 3, 13

Tree Swallow - 0 / 0, 0 / 0, 2, 9
Barn Swallow - 0 / 0, 0 / 0, 0, 2
swallow sp. - 2 / 0, 4 / 0, 0, 2

Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 0 / 0, 0 / 0, 0, 6

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 0 / 4, 5 / 1, 0, 5

House Wren - 0 / 0, 0 / 0, 0, 6
Winter Wren - 0 / 0, 0 / 0, 0, 1
Carolina Wren - 2 / 7, 8 / 15, 12, 9

Gray Catbird - 0 / 0, 2 / 0, 3, 0
Brown Thrasher - 0 / 0, 0 / 1, 0, 0
Northern Mockingbird - 1 / 0, 1 / 1, 0, 0

Eastern Bluebird - 0 / 0, 0 / 0, 0, 2
Hermit Thrush - 0 / 0, 0 / 0, 0, 2

Chipping Sparrow - 0 / 0, 0 / 0, 0, 2
White-throated Sparrow - 0 / 0, 0 / 0, 0, 1
Savannah Sparrow - 0 / 0, 0 / 0, 0, 2
Swamp Sparrow - 0 / 0, 0 / 0, 0, 1
Eastern Towhee - 0 / 0, 1 / 0, 0, 1

Red-winged Blackbird - 0 / 0, x / 45, 6, 5
Brown-headed Cowbird - 0 / 0, 0 / 2, 2, 0
blackbird sp. - 0 / 0, 0 / 1, 0, 0

Ovenbird - 0 / 0, 0 / 0, 1, 0
Orange-crowned Warbler - 0 / 0, 0 / 0, 0, 2
Common Yellowthroat - 0 / 0, 0 / 4, 3, 5
Kentucky Warbler - 0 / 1, 0 / 0, 0, 0
Hooded Warbler - 0 / 0, 6 / 2, 0, 0
Northern Parula - 0 / 0, 1 / 0, 1, 0
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) - 0 / 0, 0 / 0, 0, 3

Summer Tanager - 0 / 1, 2 / 3, 1, 0
Scarlet Tanager - 0 / 0, 0 / 0, 1, 0
Northern Cardinal - 5 / 9, 7 / 13, 8, 17
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 0 / 0, 0 / 0, 1, 0
Blue Grosbeak - 0 / 0, 0 / 2, 2, 0
Indigo Bunting - 0 / 1, 14 / 32, 50, 3

Headquarters Unit
-Early Winter, 2019 (November, December)-

November 3
3:03 pm; 1 hr, 56 mins; 2.8 miles
63-56 F.; sunny; light breeze, then calm; water level marker at N and of Duck Lake showed ~34.5'

November 16
8:08 am; 3 hrs, 20 mins; 2.4 miles
36-47 F.; clear; light north wind; water level marker at N end of Duck Lake showed ~34.5'

November 28
8:27 am; 7 hrs 30 mins; 5.6 miles
54-67 F.; cloudy at first, then sunny with scattered clouds; light wind

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December 14
9:31 am; 5 hrs, 14 mins; 9.2 miles
49-69 F.; very foggy for first couple of hours, then sunny; light breeze

December 17
8:44 am; 2 hrs, 18 mins; 2.6 miles
40-42 F.; overcast; moderately windy; water level marker at N end of Duck Lake showed ~35'; damp, cold, and windy after previous day's storm and cold front

December 27
10:14 am; 3 hrs, 25 mins; 5.3 miles
67-72 F.; sky mixed, then overcast, then mixed; on-and-off light drizzle from 11:40 to 12:30; breeze, then near calm after rain; water level marker at N end of Duck Lake showed ~35'

Snow Goose - 0, 150, 385 / x, 24, 0
Greater White-fronted Goose - 0, 8, 463 / 80, 0, 65
Wood Duck - 0, 0, 0 / 3, 0, 3
Blue-winged Teal - 0, 0, 2 / 0, 0, 0
Northern Shoveler - 0, 0, 22 / 4, 31, 2
Gadwall - 0, 5, 50 / 26, 14, 10
American Wigeon - 0, 0, 1 / 1, 6, 0
Mallard - 16, x, 160 / x, 280, 160
Northern Pintail - 0, x, 2780 / 2600, 300, 56
Green-winged Teal - 0, 0, 78 / 0, 0, 0
Canvasback - 0, 300, 750 / 3, 1, 3
Redhead - 0, 0, 0 / 1, 1, 0
Ring-necked Duck - 0, 0, 420 / 3000, 100, 6
Lesser Scaup - 0, 0, 0 / 0, 1, 0
duck sp. - 2,  3500,  18500  /  4000,  2000,  1050

Mourning Dove - 0, 0, 0 / 1, 3, 2

Black-necked Stilt - 1, 0, 0 / 0, 0, 0
Killdeer - 0, 2, 1 / 2, 0, 1
Greater Yellowlegs - 0, 1, 0 / 0, 0, 0

Ring-billed Gull - 0, 0, 1 / 0, 0, 0

Anhinga - 0, 0, 0 / 1, 0, 0
Double-crested Cormorant - 0, 0, 1 / 6, 3, 6

American White Pelican - 17, 31, 56 / 1, 8, 8

Great Blue Heron - 8, 2, 2 / 8, 2, 3
Great Egret - 0, 0, 2 / 1, 1, 1
White Ibis - 2, 0, 0 / 0, 0, 0

Black Vulture - 0, 0, 2 / 0, 0, 0
Turkey Vulture - 0, 3, 5 / 15, 2, 5
Bald Eagle - 0, 0, 2 / 0, 0, 0
Red-shoulderd Hawk - 1, 1, 1 / 3, 0, 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 0, 1, 1 / 0, 0, 0
Buteo sp. - 0, 0, 0 / 1, 0, 0

Eastern Screech-Owl - 0, 0, 1 / 0, 0, 0
Barred Owl - 1, 1, 2 / 1, 0, 0

Belted Kingfisher - 0, 0, 0 / 2, 0, 0

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 0, 2, 6 / 3, 2, 2
Red-headed Woodpecker - 0, 0, 1 / 1, 0, 0
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1, 10, 9 / 7, 3, 6
Downy Woodpecker - 0, 1, 4 / 7, 0, 6
Pileated Woodpecker - 1, 2, 0 / 1, 1, 3
Northern Flicker - 2, 3, 6 / 4, 1, 6

Merlin - 0, 1, 0 / 0, 0, 0

Eastern Phoebe - 4, 12, 20 / 16, 9, 10

Blue-headed Vireo - 0, 0, 1 / 0, 0, 0

Blue Jay - 2, 2, 3 / 2, 1, 9
American Crow - 2, 6, 6 / 4, 3, 6
crow sp. - 0, 0, 53 / 1, 0, 0

Carolina Chickadee - 0, 10, 17 / 23, 5, 14
Tufted Titmouse - 0, 5, 10 / 9, 0, 8

Tree Swallow - 25, 60, 0 / 0, 0, 0
Barn Swallow - 5, 0, 0 / 0, 0, 0

Horned Lark - 0, 0, 1 / 0, 0, 0

Golden-crowned Kinglet - 0, 1, 4 / 0, 0, 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2, 8, 26 / 14, 6, 10

Brown Creeper - 0, 0, 2 / 0, 0, 0

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1, 2, 5 / 3, 1, 0

House Wren - 1, 1, 5 / 1, 0, 1
Carolina Wren - 1, 5, 4 / 9, 3, 9

Brown Thrasher - 1, 0, 0 / 0, 0, 0
Northern Mockingbird - 0, 1, 0 / 0, 0, 0

Eastern Bluebird - 0, 5, 10 / 2, 2, 2
Hermit Thrush - 2, 4, 10 / 3, 2, 4
American Robin - 0, 106, 14 / 1, 0, 0

American Pipit - 0, 3, 5 / 0, 0, 0

American Goldfinch - 0, 6, 14 / x, 2, 8

Chipping Sparrow - 0, 13, 83 / 22, 6, 43
Field Sparrow - 0, 0, 0 / 0, 0, 1
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) - 0, 3, 2 / 0, 1, 9
White-throated Sparrow - 9, 10, 22 / 13, 18, 13
Savannah Sparrow - 0, 2, 2 / 3, 1, 3
Song Sparrow - 2, 3, 8 / 4, 0, 9
Swamp Sparrow - 2, 2, 3 / 1, 0, 0

Red-winged Blackbird - 2, 37, 8 / 5, 0, 0
Common Grackle - 0, 0, 3 / 0, 0, 0
blackbird sp. - 0, 0, 70 / 0, 0, 0

Orange-crowned Warbler - 1, 0, 2 / 4, 0, 0
Common Yellowthroat - 0, 0, 0 / 1, 0, 1
Pine Warbler - 0, 0, 3 / 5, 0, 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) - 2, 12, 22 / 37, 5, 24

Northern Cardinal - 6, 5, 17 / 26, 11, 14

passerine sp. - 0, 0, 0 / 10, 0, 0

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-Willow Lake Unit-
   High water during the spring and summer made this Unit off limits for a large chunk of time.

October 8
10:20 am; 2 hr, 1 min; 1.4 miles
67-73 F.; cloudy, then sunny; breeze

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November 3
12:58 pm; 2 hr; 1.7 miles
62-64; sunny; some light breeze

November 28
4:00 pm; 1 hr, 37 min; 1.3 miles
60s F.; sunny, clouds dominating after sunset; some light breeze

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December 27
8:23 am; 1 hr, 47 min; 1.3 miles
69-71 F.; cloudy with some brief periods of light sprinkle of rain; light breeze

Snow Goose - 0 / 0, 170 / 550
Greater White-fronted Goose - x / 0, 0 / 25
Wood Duck - 0 / 0, 10 / 26
Mallard - 0 / 0, 0 / x
duck sp. - 0 / 0, 25 / 0
Double-crested Cormorant - 0 / 1, 33 / 2
Great Blue Heron - 1 / 0, 2 / 2
Great Egret - 2 / 1, 1 / 0
White Ibis - 7 / 0, 0 / 0
Black Vulture - 4 / 2, 0 / 0
Turkey Vulture - 1 / 7, 0 / 0
Northern Harrier - 0 / 0, 0 / 1
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1 / 0, 0 / 0
Red-tailed Hawk - 0 / 0, 0 / 2
Barred Owl - 0 / 0, 2 / 0
Belted Kingfisher - 1 / 1, 1 / 0
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 0 / 0, 1 / 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1 / 0, 0 / 2
Downy Woodpecker - 1 / 0, 0 / 2
Pileated Woodpecke - 0 / 0, 0 / 1
Empidonax sp. - 1 / 0, 0 / 0
Eastern Phoebe - 0 / 2, 1 / 4
White-eyed Vireo - 3 / 0, 0 / 0
Blue Jay - 4 / 0, 0 / 2
American Crow - 2 / 2, 2 / 11
crow sp. - 0 / 2, 0 / 0
Carolina Chickadee - 3 / 2, 0 / 7
Tufted Titmouse - 1 / 1, 0 / 10
Tree Swallow - 1 / 16, 0 / 0
Barn Swallow - x / 0, 0 / 0
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 0 / 1, 0 / 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 0 / 2, 0 / 0
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 2 / 0, 0 / 2
House Wren - 0 / 2, 4 / 1
Winter Wren - 0 / 0, 0 / 1
Sedge Wren - 0 / 2, 1 / 1
Carolina Wren - 3 / 2, 3 / 4
Gray Catbird - 1 / 0, 0 / 0
Brown Thrasher - 1 / 0, 1 / 0
Northern Mockingbird - 1 / 0, 0 / 0
Eastern Bluebird - 0 / 0, 0 / 1
Hermit Thrush - 0 / 0, 3 / 3
American Robin - 0 / 0, 1 / 3
Cedar Waxwing - 0 / 0, 0 / x
Chipping Sparrow - 0 / 3, 11 / 0
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) - 0 / 1, 0 / 0
White-throated Sparrow - 0 / 7, 22 / 20
Savannah Sparrow - 0 / 0, 0 / 4
Song Sparrow - 0 / 3, 5 / 2
Swamp Sparrow - 0 / 2, 2 / 7
Eastern Towhee - 0 / 0, 3 / 4
Eastern Meadowlark - 0 / 0, 0 / 1
Orange-crowned Warbler - 0 / 3, 4 / 1
Common Yellowthroat - 1 / 0, 1 / 2
Hooded Warbler - 1 / 0, 0 / 0
American Redstart - 2 / 0, 0 / 0
Northern Parula - 1 / 0, 0 / 0
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) - 0 / 1, 7 / 1
Northern Cardinal - 9 / 2, 3 / 7
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 2 / 0, 0 / 0
Blue Grosbeak - 4 / 0, 0 / 0
Indigo Bunting - 6 / 4, 0 / 0

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-French Fork Unit (Muddy Bayou entrance off LA-28)-

April 28
11:59 am; 24 mins; 0.2 miles

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July 20
12:55 pm; 23 mins; 0.2 miles
~90 F.; cloudy; not much wind

Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 1 / 1
Common Gallinule - 0 / 1
Anhinga - 1 / 0
Little Blue Heron - 1 / 0
Turkey Vulture - 1 / 0
Mississippi Kite - 2 / 0
Red-shouldered Hawk - 0 / 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1 / 0
Acadian Flycatcher - 1 / 0
White-eyed Vireo - 3 / 1
Tufted Titmouse - 1 / 0
Cliff Swallow - 1 / 0
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1 / 0
Carolina Wren - 2 / 1
Orchard Oriole - 1 / 0
Red-winged Blackbird - 3 / 0
Prothonotary Warbler - 1 / 1
Tennessee Warbler - 2 / 0
Northern Parula - 2 / 0
Summer Tanager - 1 / 1
Northern Cardinal - 5 / 1
Indigo Bunting - 2 / 1
Painted Bunting - 2 /2

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-Bushley Bayou Unit (from Minnow Ponds Road entrance off LA-8)-

January 31
7:37 am; 2 hr 40 min; 1 mile
32 - ~50 F.; sunny; calm, then light breeze

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May 15
10:03 am; 28 mins; 0.4 miles -- road flooded beyond this point
80-81 F.; sunny; light breeze

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June 16
10:36 am; 23 mins; 0.5 miles -- road flooded beyond this point
85 F.; variable/sunny; breeze

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July 4
12:37 pm; 28 mins; 0.8 miles -- road flooded beyond this point
~91 F.; sunny/variable; light breeze

July 20
6:01 pm; 39 mins; 0.5 miles
hot, sunny, light breeze (birds during this part of the Catahoula NWR NABA Butterfly Count)

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December 26
2:24 pm; 3 hr, 15 min; 2.1 miles
69-71 F.; mixed sky; light breeze

Snow Goose - 0 / 0 / 0 / 0, 0/ 440
Greater White-fronted Goose - 0 / 0 / 0 / 0, 0 / 54
goose sp. - 40 / 0 / 0 / 0, 0 / 0
Wood Duck - 1 / 0 / 0 / 0, 0 / 7
Mallard - 0 / 0 / 0 / 0, 0 / 34
Green-winged Teal - 0 / 0 / 0 / 0, 0 / 7
Ring-necked Duck - 0 / 0 / 0 / 0, 0 / 26
Hooded Merganser - 7 / 0 / 0 / 0, 0 / 0
duck sp. - 100 / 0 / 0 / 0, 0 / 0
Pied-billed Grebe - 3 / 0 / 0 / 0, 0 / 0
Mourning Dove - 1 / 0 / 0 / 0, 1 / 1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 0 / 2 / 2 / 0, 1 / 0
Common Gallinule - 0 / 1 / 0 / 0, 1 / 0
American Coot - 0 / 0 / 0 / 0, 0 / x
Killdeer - 0 / 0 / 0 / 0, 0 / 7
Wilson's Snipe - 0 / 0 / 0 / 0, 0 / 3
Greater Yellowlegs - 0 / 0 / 0 / 0, 0 / 2
shorebird sp. - 0 / 0 / 0 / 0, 0 / 18
Wood Stork - 0 / 0 / 0 / 0, 1 / 0
Anhinga - 0 / 0 / 0 / 1, 0 / 0
Double-crested Cormorant - 0 / 0 / 0 / 0, 0 / 2
Great Blue Heron - 1 / 0 / 0 / 3, 0 / 2
Great Egret - 2 / 2 / 0 / 26, 2 / 0
Snowy Egret - 0 / 0 / 1 / 10, 0 / 0
Little Blue Heron - 0 / 0 / 1 / 5, 2 / 0
white heron/egret sp. - 0 / 0 / 0 / 0, 1 / 0
White Ibis - 0 / 0 / 0 / 1, 0 / 2
Black Vulture - 1 / 0 / 1 / 0, 0 / 0
Turkey Vulture - 7 / 1 / 1 / 2, 0 / 275
Bald Eagle - 1 / 0 / 0 / 0, 0 / 0
Red-shouldered Hawk - 2 / 2 / 0 / 0, 0 / 0
Barred Owl - 0 / 0 / 0 / 0, 1 / 3
Belted Kingfisher - 1 / 0 / 0 / 0, 0 / 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 0 / 0 / 0 / 0, 1 / 2
Downy Woodpecker - 1 / 0 / 0 / 1, 0 / 1
Pileated Woodpecker - 1 / 0 / 0 / 0, 0 / 2
Northern Flicker - 3 / 0 / 0 / 0, 0 / 2
Eastern Phoebe - 3 / 0 / 0 / 0, 0 / 7
Great Crested Flycatcher - 0 / 0 / 0 / 1, 0 / 0
Eastern Kingbird - 0 / 0 / 0 / 0, 1 / 0
White-eyed Vireo - 1 / 3 / 2 / 4, 3 / 0
Red-eyed Vireo - 0 / 1 / 1 / 0, 0 / 0
Blue Jay - 5 / 1 / 2 / 1, 1 / 1
American Crow - 14 / 1 / 2 / 0, 2 / 8
Carolina Chickadee - 3 / 0 / 1 / 0, 0 / 4
Tufted Titmouse - 3 / 2 / 1 / 1, 0 / 3
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 1 / 0 / 0 / 0, 0 / 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 3 / 0 / 0 / 0, 0 / 4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1 / 0 / 0 / 0, 0 / 1
House Wren - 2 / 0 / 0 / 0, 0 / 3
Winter Wren - 0 / 0 / 0 / 0, 0 / 1
Sedge Wren - 2 / 0 / 0 / 0, 0 / 1
Carolina Wren - 7 / 4 / 4 / 0, 4 / 11
Gray Catbird - 1 / 0 / 0 / 0, 0 / 0
Brown Thrasher - 3 / 0 / 0 / 0, 0 / 1
Northern Mockingbird - 4 / 0 / 0 / 0, 0 / 1
Hermit Thrush - 1 / 0 / 0 / 0, 0 / 3
American Robin - 1 / 0 / 0 / 0, 0 / 265
Cedar Waxwing - 0 / 0 / 0 / 0, 0 / 25
American Pipit - 0 / 0 / 0 / 0, 0 / 4
American Goldfinch - 12 / 0 / 0 / 0, 0 / 4
White-throated Sparrow - 13 / 0 / 0 / 0, 0 / 23
Savannah Sparrow - 6 / 0 / 0 / 0, 0 / 3
Song Sparrow - 7 / 0 / 0 / 0, 0 / 7
Swamp Sparrow - 28 / 0 / 0 / 0, 0 / 3
Eastern Towhee - 7 / 1 / 2 / 0, 2 / 7
Yellow-breasted Chat - 0 / 4 / 2 / 0, 3 / 0
Orchard Oriole - 0 / 0 / 2 / 0, 0 / 0
Red-winged Blackbird - 7 / 3 / 4 / 0, 2 / 0
Brown-headed Cowbird - 0 / 1 / 5 / 1, 0 / 0
Common Grackle - 0 / 0 / 1 / 0, 1 / 0
Orange-crowned Warlber - 0 / 0 / 0 / 0, 0 / 1
Kentucky Warbler - 0 / 1 / 1 / 1, 0 / 0
Common Yellowthroat - 1 / 2 / 1 / 2, 2 / 2
Hooded Warbler - 0 / 1 / 2 / 0, 0 / 0
Northern Parula - 0 / 0 / 1 / 0, 0 / 0
Pine Warbler - 3 / 0 / 1 / 0, 0 / 1
Prairie Warbler - 0 / 0 / 0 / 1, 0 / 0
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) - 4 / 0 / 0 / 0, 0 / 4
Summer Tanager - 0 / 1 / 0 / 0, 1 / 0
Northern Cardinal - 9 / 2 / 1 / 4, 2 / 10
Blue Grosbeak - 0 / 0 / 0 / 1, 2 / 0
Indigo Bunting - 0 / 2 / 3 / 1, 2 / 0
Painted Bunting - 0 / 4 / 3 / 5, 1 / 0

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Butterflies (all Units)

Silver-spotted Skipper
Long-tailed Skipper
Horace's Duskywing
Zarucco Duskywing
Funereal Duskywing
Common Checkered-Skipper
Tropical Checkered-Skipper
Clouded Skipper
Least Skipper
Fiery Skipper
Dun Skipper
Ocola Skipper
Pipevine Swallowtail
Black Swallowtail
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Spicebush Swallowtail
Giant Swallowtail
Southern Dogface
Cloudless Sulphur
Little Yellow
Sleepy Orange
Dainty Sulphur
Red-banded Hairstreak
Gray Hairstreak
American Snout
Monarch
Gulf Fritillary
Variegated Fritillary
Viceroy
'Astyanax' Red-spotted Purple
Hackberry Emperor
Tawny Emperor
Phaon Crescent
Pearl Crescent
Common Buckeye
Question Mark
Red Admiral
American Lady
Gemmed Satyr
Carolina Satyr

Mammals (all Units) -- sightings and tracks
Virginia Opossum
Nine-banded Armadillo
bat sp.
rabbit sp./spp. (Eastern Cottontail and/or Swamp Rabbit)
Eastern Fox Squirrel
American Beaver
Northern Raccoon
Coyote
White-tailed Deer
...and feral hogs, of course

Herps (possibly incomplete, all Units)
Fowler's Toad
Blanchard's Cricket Frog
Cope's Gray Treefrog
Green Tree Frog
Squirrel Tree Frog
Spring Peeper
Cajun Chorus Frog
*possibly Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toad
American Bullfrog
Green (Bronze) Frog
Southern Leopard Frog

American Alligator
Green Anole
Little Brown Skink
Pond Slider
and likely others... (snakes?)

Fish
...

Odonata (likely incomplete, all Units)
Ebony Jewelwing
Fragile Forktail
Jade Clubtail
Common Green Darner
Swamp Darner
Yellow-sided Skimmer
Slaty Skimmer
Great Blue Skimmer
Halloween Pennant
Eastern Pondhawk
Common Whitetail
Eastern Amberwing
Black Saddlebags
Carolina Saddlebags
and others...

A post covering Catahoula NWR for January, February, and the first half of March, 2020, will be up shortly.
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