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| Headquarters Unit entrance - 2/15/2020 |
Catahoula NWR 2019: https://falloutbird2014.blogspot.com/2020/03/catahoula-nwr-2019.html
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Below are lists for Birds, Mammals, Herps, and Butterflies detected on Catahoula NWR during the period of January 1 - March 31, 2020. The birds are separated by Unit, the other lists are all Units lumped together. Details of time, distance, weather, etc. are given for each date; habitat shots for each Unit.
Headquarters Unit
-habitat shots-
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| 1/8 |
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| 1/8 |
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| ...2/15 |
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| north end of Duck Lake - 2/15 |
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| ditto |
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| 2/15 |
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| 2/2 |
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| ... |
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| ... |
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| 3/15 |
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| 3/31 |
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| 1/8 |
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| 1/15 |
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| 1/8 |
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January
1/8/2020
9:33 a.m.; 3 hrs, 52 mins; 5.4 miles
49-64 F.; sunny; breeze; water level marker at north end of Duck Lake showed approx. 35.5'
1/15/20
9:36 a.m.; 2 hrs, 57 mins; 2.8 miles
72-77 F.; mixed/variable/cloudy sky; light wind; wet, puddles from previous couple of day's rain; water level marker at north end of Duck Lake showed approx. 36.6'
February
2/2/20
2:22 pm; 3 hrs, 13 mins; 7.4 miles
73-77-69 F.; sunny; southwest breeze, calm at end; water high, rising, over road at a spot on south leg of loop, I turned around
2/15/20
7:56 a.m.; 1 hr, 32 mins; 2.4 miles
38-46 F.; sun at start, then generally cloudy most of time; near calm, light breeze; water high and rising
March
3/6/20
1:50 p.m.; 1 hr; 1.2 miles; 3 observers
~67 F.; clear; light breeze; water high, over road to north end of Duck Lake, that and the part of loop south of nature trail head closed, gated
3/15/20
8:06 a.m.; 1 hr, 33 mins; 1.4 miles
66 F.; overcast, sun breaking through towards end; near calm; water high but dropping, much of loop still closed
3/31/20
11:35 a.m.; 1 hr, 50 mins; 2.1 miles (including ~0.5 miles on nature trail)
63-64 F.; mostly overcast, some partial sun; moderately windy; water still high, but falling; most of refuge loop closed because of high water.
Birds
months separated by '/'
'x' = species detected but numbers not determined
Snow Goose - 358, x / 0, x / 0, 0, 0
Wood Duck - 0, 5 / 12, 5 / 4, 1, 0
Blue-winged Teal - 0, 0 / 0, 0 / 27, 155, 8
Gadwall - 11, 0 / 0, 0 / 0, 0, 0
Mallard - 70, 21 / 85, 30 / 0, 0, 0
Northern Pintail - 15, 0 / 0, 0 / 0, 0, 0
Canvasback - 7, 4 / 1, 1 / 0, 0, 0
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| female Canvasback -- 1/15/20 |
duck sp. - 45, 27 / 0, 0 / 0, 0, 0
Mourning Dove - 1, 2 / 0, 0 / 0, 5, 5
Killdeer - 0, 0 / 0, 0 / 0, 1, 0
Forster's Tern - 0, 1 / 0, 0 / 0, 0, 0
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| Forster's Tern at Duck Lake, HQ Unit - 1/15/20 |
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| Forster's Tern - 1/15/20, same in video below |
Neotropic Cormorant - 0, 0 / 1, 0 / 0, 0, 0
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| Neotropic Cormorant -- Cowpen Bayou on HQ Unit, _ |
American White Pelican - 5, 0 / 5, 0 / 0, 0, 0
Great Blue Heron - 3, 1 / 0, 0 / 1, 1, 1
Great Egret - 1, 2 / 3, 0 / 1, 7, 6
Little Blue Heron - 0, 0 / 0, 0 / 0, 3 (FOS), 0
Black Vulture - 4, 0 / 0, 0 / 0, 0, 0
Turkey Vulture - 3, 7 / 5, 8 / 2, 0, 2
Bald Eagle - 0, 2 / 0, 0 / 0, 0, 0
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1, 5 / 0, 0 / 0, 1, 1
Barred Owl - 2, 0 / 0, 0 / 1, 0, 0
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1, 0 / 2, 1 / 1, 0, 0
Red-headed Woodpecker - 1, 1 / 0, 1 / 0, 1, 0
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 10, 7 / 9, 8 / 1, 6, 2
Downy Woodpecker - 9, 5 / 0, 7 / 1, 2, 2
Hairy Woodpecker - 0, 0 / 0, 0 / 0, 1, 1
Pileated Woodpecker - 4, 2 / 4, 2 / 1, 1, 1
Northern Flicker - 5, 3 / 1, 4 / 0, 2, 0
Eastern Phoebe - 9, 6 / 1, 5 / 1, 0, 0
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| Eastern Phoebe - 1/8/20 |
Blue-headed Vireo - 1, 0 / 0, 0 / 0, 0, 0
Yellow-throated Vireo - 0, 0 / 0, 0 / 0, 0, 1
Blue Jay - 5, 4 / 0, 4 / 2, 8, 3
American Crow - 10, 19 / 6, 6 / 2, 4, 3
Carolina Chickadee - 17, 9 / 17, 11 / 2, 11, 7
Tufted Titmouse - 10, 1 / 5, 6 / 1, 6, 12
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 1, 0 / 0, 2 / 0, 0, 0
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 16, 10 / 0, 5 / 1, 6, 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 2, 0 / 0, 0 / 0, 0, 3
House Wren - 0, 1 / 0, 0 / 0, 0, 0
Carolina Wren - 9, 10 / 12, 9 / 1, 5, 8
Eastern Bluebird - 3, 1 / 1, 1 / 1, 2, 0
Hermit Thrush - 1, 0 / 0, 0 / 0, 0, 0
American Robin - 12, 13 / 9, 40 / 0, 0, 0
American Goldfinch - 9, 3 / 1, 13 / 0, 0, 0
Chipping Sparrow - 40, 1 / 4, 2 / 10, 0, 0
Field Sparrow - 0, 0 / 0, 1 / 0, 0, 0
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) - 3, 2 / 6, 1 / 0, 0, 0
White-throated Sparrow - 15, 15 / 10, 12 / 0, 8, 5
Savannah Sparrow - 2, 3 / 1, 0 / 0, 0, 0
Song Sparrow - 2, 0 / 0, 0 / 0, 0, 0
Swamp Sparrow - 2, 0 / 0, 1 / 0, 1, 0
Eastern Towhee - 0, 0 / 0, 0 / 0, 1, 0
Red-winged Blackbird - 100, 20 / 0, 150 / 0, 100, 0
Brown-headed Cowbird - 0, 0 / 0, 7 / 0, 3, 0
Common Grackle - 60, 1 / x, 355 / 0, 20, 0
blackbird sp. - 0, 0 / 0, 0 / 0, 0, 10
Black-and-white Warbler - 0, 0 / 0, 0 / 0, 0, 1
Prothonotary Warbler - 0, 0 / 0, 0 / 0, 0, 3
Orange-crowned Warbler - 3, 1 / 1, 0 / 0, 1, 0
Common Yellowthroat - 0, 0 / 0, 0 / 0, 0, 1
Northern Parula - 0, 0 / 0, 0 / 0, 1, 5
Pine Warbler - 3, 2 / 2, 4 / 0, 0, 0
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) - 27, 12 / 12, 11 / 0(!), 1, 0
Northern Cardinal - 15, 7 / 13, 14 / 2, 13, 9
Willow Lake Unit
3/6/2020
3 observers; 2:53 pm; 13 minutes; stationary count at entrance to Willow Lake Rd just off US-84, water over road beyond that.
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| Willow Lake Unit entrance - 3/6/2020 |
Bushley Bayou Unit
habitat shots
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| 3/15 |
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| 3/15 |
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| 3/15 |
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| 3/15 |
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| 3/15 |
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| 3/15 |
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| 2/2 |
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| 2/2 |
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| 2/2 |
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| 2/2 |
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| 2/2 |
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| Green's Creek - 2/2 |
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| 2/2 |
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| 2/2 |
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| 2/2 |
2/2/2020
9:35 a.m.; 4 hrs, 34 mins; 2.6 miles
55 - ~73 F.; sunny; calm, some light breeze; water high, up along edge of road for ~0.25 miles around fork of Minnow Ponds Rd, Trail, and Dry Bayou Rd.; water over Dry Bayou Rd a little ways beyond Rhinehart Lake Trail, where I turned around
3/15/2020
9:56 a.m.; 2 hrs; 0.6 miles
66-60 F. (cool front passage); overcast; light wind out of ~ north
Drove Minnow Ponds Rd, with a few stops, from LA-8 to access to shallow water impoundments (0.4 miles) then about 0.2 miles walking on levee of impoundments; most of the time was spent on foot
Blue-winged Teal - 0, 1
Ring-necked Duck - 61, 0
Hooded Merganser - 4, 0
Pied-billed Grebe - 2, 3
Mourning Dove - 1, 3
Virginia Rail - 0, 2 (I saw where the species had been reported at this location on eBird; I used playback in area mentioned in report--impoundments--and got response)
Killdeer - 8, 1
Wilson's Snipe - 0, 38
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| Wilson's Snipe - 3/15 |
Double-crested Cormorant - 2, 2
Great Blue Heron - 2, 2
Great Egret - 4, 7
Little Blue Heron - 0, 2
White Ibis - 0, 78
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| White Ibises -- 3/15 |
Turkey Vulture - 11, 13
Bald Eagle - 0, 1
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| adult Bald Eagle - 3/15 |
Red-shouldered Hawk - 4, 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 1, 0
Belted Kingfisher - 1, 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1, 0
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3, 1
Downy Woodpecker - 2, 3
Pileated Woodpecker - 2, 1
Northern Flicker - 2, 1
Eastern Phoebe - 5, 1
Blue-headed Vireo - 1, 0
Blue Jay - 4, 5
American Crow - 5, 3
Carolina Chickadee - 12, 1
Tufted Titmouse - 5, 3
Horned Lark - 0, 1
Purple Martin - 0, 3
Barn Swallow - 0, 7
swallow sp. - 0, 1 (Cliff or Northern Rough-winged?)
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 5, 0
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| Golden-crowned Kinglet - 2/2/20 |
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 0, 1
House Wren - 2, 1
Sedge Wren - 1, 1
Carolina Wren - 4, 4
Northern Mockingbird - 0, 1
Eastern Bluebird - 1, 2
American Robin - 1, 1
American Pipit - 1, 0
Cedar Waxwing - 0, 2
American Goldfinch - 3, 3
Chipping Sparrow - 2, 0
White-throated Sparrow - 13, 3
Savannah Sparrow - 5, 1
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| Savannah Sparrow - Bushley Bayou Unit, 2/2/20 |
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| Song Sparrow - Bushley Bayou Unit, 2/2/20 |
Eastern Towhee - 2, 4
Red-winged Blackbird - 2, 100
Brown-headed Cowbird - 0, 3
Orange-crowned Warbler - 3, 1
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| Orange-crowned Warbler - 2/2/20 |
Pine Warbler - 3, 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 4, 2
Northern Cardinal - 9, 4
Other Wildlife (all units of CNWR)
Butterflies
Horace's/Juvenal's Duskywing
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Red-banded Hairstreak
Cloudless Sulphur
Monarch
Pearl Crescent
Red Admiral
Goatweed Leafwing
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| Goatweed Leafwing - Bushley Bayou Unit, 2/2/20 |
Mammals
Eastern Fox Squirrel
Herps
Spring Peeper
Cajun Chorus Frog
(video: Cajun Chorus Frog calls -- HQ Unit, 1/15/20)
Cope's Gray Treefrog
Green Treefrog - HQ Unit on 3/15
Squirrel Treefrog - HQ Unit on 3/15
Blanchard's Cricket Frog - HQ & BB Units on 3/15
Southern Leopard Frog
(video: So. Leopard Frog calls -- Bushley Bayou Unit, 2/2/20)
North American Racer
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| North American Racer - HQ Unit, 3/15 |
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| Southern Watersnake - fresh roadkill, HQ Unit, 3/15 |
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| juvenile Pond Slider -- Bushley Bayou Unit, 2/2/20 |
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