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| Red-winged Blackbird - Bushley Bayou Unit, 7/13/22 |
Related Posts:
- Catahoula NWR and nearby locations - April-May, 2022:
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This post covers visits to Catahoula National Wildlife Refuge (located in La Salle and Catahoula Parishes) during June, July, and August of 2022. During this time I went to the Headquarters, Willow Lake, and Bushley Bayou Units, but did not make it to the French Fork Unit. There are also lists for three locations that are not on the NWR but which are located near the refuge. These are Fannin Road (La Salle Parish part), Catahoula Lake Recreation Area (La Salle Par.), and the Archie or Little River Rec. Area (Catahoula Par.).
Bird lists, by Unit/location, will be first, with tallies for each date. Then at the end of the post there are lists for butterflies, mammals, Herps, Odonata, and wildflowers, with each of those lists covering all dates and all Units lumped together, without tallies of how many individuals were detected.
Catahoula NWR Headquarters Unit
Habitat Shots:
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| area just inside HQ Unit entrance - 8/19/22 |
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| refuge loop/levee at north end of Duck Lake - 7/10/22 |
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| north end of Duck Lake - 7/10/22 |
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| north end of Duck Lake - 7/30/22 - The summer/fall drawdown of Catahoula Lake (circa. July-November) lowers water levels on connected bodies of water, such as Duck Lake, attracting wading birds and migrating shorebirds. |
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| Duck Lake - 7/30 |
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| CNWR HQ - refuge loop/levee at north end of Duck Lake - 6/10/22 |
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| between NW corner of Duck Lake and Cowpen Bayou - 8/19/22 |
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| beginning east leg of refuge loop, just south of fork - 8/19/22 |
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| east leg of refuge loop - 7/10/22 - The refuge loop runs for a total of about 9.2 miles, but I only went down the north leg and part of the east leg of the loop on these visits, traveling distances less than three miles one-way. |
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| bottomland hardwoods are the dominant habitat along the refuge loop - 7/10/22 |
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(birdsong video: HQ Unit, 7/10/22 - Carolina Wren, Painted Bunting, Kentucky Warbler, White-eyed Vireo)
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| bottomland hardwood forest along refuge loop - 7/30/22 |
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Catahoula NWR Headquarters Unit - mostly La Salle Parish with a small sliver in Catahoula Par.
June 10, 2022
11:17 am; 21 mins; 1.5 miles; 2 observers
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July 10, 2022
7:59 am; 1 hr, 23 min; 2.8 miles
80-85 F.; sunny; S wind ~5mph
July 30, 2022
7:26am; 1 hr, 36 min; 2.8 miles
upper 70s F.; cloudy; almost no wind
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August 19, 2022
8:30am; 2 hr 48 min; 2.8 miles
76-80F.; sky cloudy/mixed, then mostly sunny, then overcast; E wind 1-5mph
months separated by '/'
'x' = species detected, but number of individuals not determined/recorded
Mourning Dove - 1 / 4, 10 / 8
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 0 / 5, 9 / 6
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 0 / 0, 2 / 5
Black-necked Stilt - 0 / 0, 0 / 7
Killdeer - 0 / 0, 5 / 0
Least Sandpiper - 0 / 0, 29 / 0
Spotted Sandpiper - 0 / 0, 3 / 0
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| Spotted Sandpiper |
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Greater Yellowlegs - 0 / 0, 0 / 1
Wood Stork - 0 / 0, 0 / 9
Anhinga - 0 / 0, 0 / 1
American White Pelican - 0 / 0, 0 / 32
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| American White Pelicans, Black-necked Stilt, Great Blue Heron, and Snowy Egrets - 8/19/22 |
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Great Blue Heron - 2 / 5, 8 / 2
Great Egret - 2 / 2, 1 / 2
Snowy Egret - 1 / 0, 12 / 12
Little Blue Heron - 1 / 2, 4 / 1
Tricolored Heron - 0 / 0, 0 / 1
Cattle Egret - 0 / 8, 88 / 12
white egret/heron sp. - 1 / 6, 15 / 70
Green Heron - 0 / 2, 0 / 0
White Ibis - 1 / 9, 28 / 11
Glossy/White-faced Ibis - 0 / 0, 16 / 0
Roseate Spoonbill - 0 / 0, 1 / 14
Black Vulture 1 / 0, 98 / 13
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| Great Blue Heron and Black Vultures - 7/30 - Large numbers of fish die during the drop in water levels, which attracts lots of vultures. |
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| Black Vulture - 7/30 |
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Turkey Vulture - 2 / 5, 3 / 12
Osprey - 0 / 0, 1 / 0
Bald Eagle - 0 / 1, 1 / 0
Red-shouldered Hawk - 0 / 0, 0 / 2
Red-tailed Hawk - 0 / 0, 0 / 2
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| Red-tailed Hawk - 8/19/22 |
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Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1 / 6, 4 / 8
Downy Woodpecker - 0 / 1, 0 / 4
Pileated Woodpecker - 0 / 1, 4 / 5
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 0 / 1, 0 / 0
Acadian Flycatcher - 1 / 12, 7 / 9
Great Crested Flycatcher - 0 / 0, 2 / 1
Eastern Kingbird - 0 / 1, 0 / 0
White-eyed Vireo - 0 / 11, 6 / 10
Yellow-throated Vireo - 0 / 1, 0 / 4
Red-eyed Vireo - 0 / 4, 6 / 7
Blue Jay - 1 / 2, 2 / 6
American Crow - 0 / 4, 11 / 6
Fish Crow - 0 / 0, 1 / 0
crow sp. - 0 / 0, 0 / 1
Carolina Chickadee - 0 / 14, 9 / 1
Tufted Titmouse - 0 / 6, 5 / 8
Tree Swallow - 3 / 0, 0 / 0
swallow sp. - 0 / 0, 1 / 0
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 0 / 2, 0 / 4
Carolina Wren - 1 / 14, 17 / 21
Gray Catbird - 0 / 0, 0 / 1
Eastern Towhee - 0 / 0, 0 / 1
Yellow-breasted Chat - 0 / 0, 0 / 2
Orchard Oriole - 0 / 2, 0 / 4
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| Orchard Oriole - 8/19/22 |
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Red-winged Blackbird - 4 / 13, 3 / 0
Brown-headed Cowbird - 1 / 12, 0 / 3
Common Grackle - 0 / 5, 30 / 1
Prothonotary Warbler - 3 / 0, 2 / 0
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| Prothonotary Warbler - July 30 |
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Common Yellowthroat - 0 / 0, 1 / 0
Kentucky Warbler - 0 / 1, 0 / 0
Hooded Warbler - 0 / 1, 1 / 2
Northern Parula - 2 / 0, 0 / 1
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| Northen Parula - 8/19/22 |
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Summer Tanager - 0 / 3, 1 / 4
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| Summer Tanager - 8/19/22 |
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Northern Cardinal - 2 / 14, 18 / 17
Blue Grosbeak - 0 / 1, 0 / 2
Indigo Bunting - 8 / 13, 14 / 5
Painted Bunting - 3 / 12, 5 / 3
passerine sp. - 0 / 7, 10 / 11
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Catahoula NWR Willow Lake Unit - La Salle Parish
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| Willow Lake Unit - 7/30/22 |
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| 7/10/22 |
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| 8/19/22 - Herbecide had apparently been sparyed along parts of the roadside and around culverts, etc. |
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| ditto |
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| 8/19/22 |
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| 7/10/22 |
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| 8/19/22 |
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| 8/19/22 |
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| 8/19/22 |
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July 10, 2022
9:25 am; 1 hr, 9 min; 1.4 miles
85+F.; generally sunny; SW breeze 5-10mph
July 30, 2022
9:05 am; 1 hr; 1.3 miles
80F.; mixed-to-sunny sky; almost calm
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August 19, 2022
7:20am; 1 hr, 7 min; 1.4 miles
74F.; very foggy; near calm
Mourning Dove - 2, 2 / 3
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 4, 3 / 6
Great Blue heron - 1, 0 / 0
Little Blue Heron - 1, 0 / 0
Cattle Egret - 4, 0 / 3
Black Vulture - 1, 0 / 0
Turkey Vulture - 2, 0 / 0
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1, 0 / 0
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 0, 0 / 1
Downy Woodpecker - 1, 2 / 2
Pileated Woodpecker - 0, 1 / 3
Northern Flicker - 0, 1 / 0
Acadian Flycatcher - 1, 2 / 4
Great Crested Flycatcher - 2, 0 / 2
White-eyed Vireo - 5, 9 / 7
Red-eyed Vireo - 0, 1 / 0
Blue Jay - 0, 1 / 5
American Crow - 2, 2 / 2
Carolina Chickadee - 3, 4 / 0
Tufted Titmouse - 1, 4 / 0
Purple Martin - 0, 1 / 0
Cliff Swallow - 0. 0 / 2
swallow sp. - 2, 0 / 0
Carolina Wren - 2, 0 / 11
Eastern Towhee - 2, 2 / 8
Yellow-breasted Chat - 4, 1 / 5
Brown-headed Cowbird - 1, 0 / 0
Prothonotary Warbler - 1, 0 / 0
Common Yellowthroat - 1, 3 / 3
Hooded Warbler - 2, 0 / 7
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| Hooded Warbler - 8/19/22 |
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Northern Parula - 1, 2 / 0
Summer Tanager - 1, 0 / 1
Northern Cardinal - 10, 10 / 6
Blue Grosbeak - 1, 1 / 1
Indigo Bunting - 13, 13 / 8
Painted Bunting - 6, 4 / 1
passerine sp. - 2, 5 / 3
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Catahoula NWR Bushley Bayou Unit:
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| Bushley Bayou Rd. - 6/12/22 - La Salle Parish |
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| Bushley Bayou at end of road / boat launch / ruins of old bridge - The La Salle-Catahoula Parish line passes through the area at the end of the road |
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| Minnow Ponds Rd., Bushley Bayou Unit - 6/12/22 - The Minnow Ponds Rd. and Dry Bayou Rd. area is located in Catahoula Parish. |
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| marshy shallow-water impoundments near Minnow Ponds Rd. - 7/13/22 |
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| M.P. Rd. 6/12/22 |
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| Minnow Ponds Rd. - 7/13/22 |
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| Flat Creek at Minnow Ponds Trail - 7/13/22 |
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| small pond formed by one of the forks of Flat Creek at Minnow Ponds Trail |
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| Green's Creek at Dry Bayou Road - 7/13/22 |
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CNWR Bushley Bayou Unit:
June 12, 2022 (Bushley Bayou Road) - La Salle and Catahoula Parishes
12:52pm; 13 min; 0.5 miles
hot; sunny; light breeze
Turkey Vulture - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Blue Jay - 1
Carolina Chickadee - 2
Purple Martin - 1
Northern Cardinal - 4
Indigo Bunting - 4
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June 12, 2022 (Minnow Ponds Rd. & Dry Bayou Rd.) - Catahoula Parish
1:20pm; 40 min; 1.8 miles
hot; sunny; light breeze
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July 13, 2022 (Minnow Ponds Rd., walking levee of impoundments, walking Minnow Ponds Trail, Dry Bayou Road) - Catahoula Parish
8:04am; 3 hr, 42 min; about 2.5 miles (about 0.7 miles of that on foot)
80-93F.; sunny; SE wind ~5mph
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck - 0 / 11
Wood Duck - 0 / 1
Pied-billed Grebe - 0 / 1
Mourning Dove - 1 / 4
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 3 / 2
Chimney Swift - 0 / 3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 / 3
Killdeer - 0 / 1
Greater Yellowlegs - 0 / 1
Anhinga - 0 / 3
Double-crested Cormorant - 0 / 1
Great Blue Heron - 0 / 1
Great Egret - 1 / 1
Little Blue Heron - 0 / 1
Cattle Egret - 1 / 2
Green Heron - 0 / 1
White Ibis - 0 / 1
Turkey Vulture - 1 / 1
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1 / 1
Belted Kingfisher - 0 / 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 0 / 2
Downy Woodpecker - 2 / 2
Pileated Woodpecker - 0 / 1
Acadian Flycatcher - 2 / 4
Great Crested Flycatcher - 1 / 3
Eastern Kingbird - 0 / 2
White-eyed Vireo - 4 / 8
Red-eyed Vireo - 2 / 2
Blue Jay - 0 / 5
American Crow - 1 / 3
Fish Crow - 0 / 2
Carolina Chickadee - 3 / 6
Tufted Titmouse - 3 / 3
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 0 / 1
Purple Martin - 0 / 5
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| male Purple Martin - 7/13/22 |
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Barn Swallow - 0 / 4
Cliff Swallow - 0 / 2
swallow sp. - 0 / 14
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 2 / 3
Carolina Wren - 3 / 5
Eastern Towhee - 1 / 1
Yellow-breasted Chat - 3 / 1
Orchard Oriole - 1 / 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 2 / 13
Brown-headed Cowbird - 0 / 7
Prothonotary Warbler - 1 / 0
Kentucky Warbler - 1 / 0
(video: Kentucky Warbler song at Green's Creek)
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Common Yellowthroat - 1 / 5
Northern Parula - 0 / 3
Summer Tanager - 0 / 1
Northern Cardinal - 6 / 10
Blue Grosbeak - 2 / 4
Indigo Bunting - 6 / 6
Painted Bunting - 4 / 6
passerine sp. - 4 / 4
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Locations that are not in Catahoula NWR, but which are located near the NWR and have similar habitat...
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Fannin Road:
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| Fannin Road - 7/10/22 |
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| east end of Willow Lake at Fannin Road |
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| small lake on east side of Fannin Road |
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| bottomland hardwoods along Fannin Rd. |
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Fannin Road (the section of Fannin Road that bisects Old River Loop, plus small part of O. R. Loop connecting back to US-84) - La Salle Parish (NOT part of N.W.R.)
July 10, 2022
7:28 am; 28 min; 1.4 miles
sunny; warm; not much wind
Mourning Dove - 3
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 2
Anhinga - 1
Great Egret - 3
Barred Owl - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 2
Acadian Flycatcher - 1
White-eyed Vireo - 3
Red-eyed Vireo - 1
Blue Jay - 2
American Crow - 2
Carolina Chickadee - 2
Tufted Titmouse - 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 2
Carolina Wren - 4
Northern Mockingbird - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 7
Brown-headed Cowbird - 3
Prothonotary Warbler - 1
Summer Tanager - 1
Northern Cardinal - 7
Indigo Bunting - 4
Painted Bunting - 4
passerine sp. - 5
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Catahoula Lake Recreation Area and Archie (Little River) Recreation Area:
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| Catahoula Lake Rec. Area - boat launch environs along diversion canal on lake side of spillway - 7/15/22 |
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Catahoula Lake Rec. Area (La Salle Parish):
July 15, 2022
3:07pm; 44 min; 0.1 miles; 3 observers
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 2
Anhinga - 1
Great Blue Heron - 1
Great Egret - 50
Snowy Egret - 2
Little Blue Heron - 5
white egret sp. - 20
White Ibis - 5
Glossy/White-faced Ibis - 2
Black Vulture - 1
Turkey Vulture - 1
Buteo sp. - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Acadian Flycatcher - 1
White-eyed Vireo - 1
American Crow - 2
Carolina Chickadee - 1
Cliff Swallow - 5
Northern Cardinal - 1
Indigo Bunting - 2
Painted Bunting - 3
Archie Rec. Area, aka: Little River Rec. Area (Catahoula Parish):
July 15, 2022
4:06pm; 1 hr, 52 min; stationary
hot; sunny; not much wind
Eurasian Collared-Dove - 2
Anhinga - 1
Great Blue Heron - 1
Great Egret - 3
Snowy Egret - 4
Little Blue Heron - 4
Cattle egret - 13
Green Heron - 1
Turkey Vulture - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
American Crow - 3
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 1
Barn Swallow - 1
Cliff Swallow - 2
Carolina Wren - 2
Red-winged Blackbird - 1
Common Grackle - 6
blackbird sp. - 30
Summer Tanager - 1
Northern Cardinal - 3
Indigo Bunting - 3
Painted Bunting - 1
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Butterflies at Catahoula Lake Rec. Area: Confused Cloudywing, Common/Tropical Checkered-Skipper, Fiery Skipper, Little Yellow, Dainty Sulphur
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| Confused Cloudywing nectaring on Frogfruit |
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| Confused Cloudywing nectaring on Brazilian Verbena |
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| Dainty Sulphur |
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On this outing to Catahoula Lake Rec. Area and Little River Rec. Area I was tagging along which a couple of family members who were fishing. They had a few bites but didn't catch anything.
Some fishermen at Little River were catching "bar fish", the local name for White Bass and Yellow Bass.
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Butterflies (all Catahoula NWR locations, all dates):
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Silver-spotted Skipper -
Horace's Duskywing -
duskywing sp. -
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| Horace's Duskywing - HQ Unit, 7/10/22 |
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Tropical Checkered-Skipper -
checkered-skipper sp. -
Clouded Skipper -
Least Skipper -
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| Least Skipper - B.B. Unit, 7/13/22 |
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Fiery Skipper -
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| Fiery Skipper - Willow Lake Unit, 7/10/22 |
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Dun Skipper -
Ocala Skipper -
Pipevine Swallowtail -
Spicebush Swallowtail -
Black Swallowtail -
Cloudless Sulphur -
Southern Dogface -
Orange Sulphur -
Sleepy Orange -
Little Yellow -
Gray Hairstreak -
Gulf Fritillary -
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| Gulf Fritillary - HQ Unit, 7/10/22 |
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| Gulf Fritillary - B.B. Unit, 7/13/22 |
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Variegated Fritillary -
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(video: Variegated Fritillary - B.B. Unit, 7/13/22)
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Hackberry Emperor -
Pearl Crescent -
Viceroy -
'Astyanax' Red-spotted Purple -
Common Buckeye -
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| Common Buckeye - WL Unit, 7/10/22 |
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Question Mark -
Monarch -
...And as for the other Lepidoptera, the moths, I didn't record many species. I did see Cross-lined Wave (Timandra amaturaria), a common species on the NWR. I also photographed a caterpillar that appears to be a Salt Marsh Moth (don't let the name fool you, they don't have to be found in salt marshes).
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| Salt Marsh Moth, aka: Acrea Moth (Estigmene acrea) at levee of impoundments on Bushley Bayou Unit |
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Mammals:
White-tailed Deer, Fox Squirrel, Northern Raccoon, feral hogs; tracks of Nine-banded Armadillo, Virginia Opossum, Coyote; recent activity by American Beaver at small dams
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| White-tailed Deer - 6/10/22 |
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Herps (Amphibians and Reptiles):
Fowler's Toad -
Blanchard's Cricket Frog -
Cope's Gray Treefrog -
Green Treefrog -
Squirrel Treefrog -
Green (Bronze) Frog -
American Alligator -
Pond Slider -
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Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies):
Jade Clubtail
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| Jade Clubtail - Bushley Bayou Unit, 7/13/22 |
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Swamp Darner
Slaty Skimmer
Great Blue Skimmer
Yellow-sided Skimmer
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| tentative ID: Yellow-sided Skimmer - B.B. Unit, 7/13/22 |
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| possibly either Needham's Skimmer or Golden-winged Skimmer - 7/13/22 |
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Wandering Glider
Blue Dasher
Halloween Pennant
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| Halloween Pennant - Bushley Bayou Unit, 7/13/22 |
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Eastern Pondhawk
Common Whitetail
Eastern Amberwing
Black Saddlebags
Carolina Saddlebags
Ebony Jewelwing
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| Ebony Jewelwing - B.B. Unit, 7/13/22 |
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Blue-tipped Dancer
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| Blue-tipped Dancer - B.B. Unit, 7/13/22 |
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Rambur's Forktail
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| Rambur's Forktail - W.L. Unit - 7/30 |
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...and probably additional species of Odonata that I failed to record.
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a few of the many wildflowers...
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| tentative ID: Hooker's Erygo (Eryngium hookeri) - Willow Lake Unit, 7/10/22. This was a new one for me. |
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| Blue Waterleaf (Hydrolea ovata), an old favorite of mine - Bushley Bayou Unit, 7/13/22 |
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| tentative ID: Single-flower Waterleaf (Hydrolea uniflora) - Willow Lake Unit, 7/10/22 |
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| tentative ID: Aquatic Milkweed (Asclepias perennis) - W.L. Unit, 7/10/22 |
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| Swamp Leatherflower (Clematis crispa) - W.L. Unit, 7/10/22 |
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| Hibiscus sp., presumably either Halberd-leaf Rose-Mallow (Hibiscus laevis) or Swamp Rose-Mallow (Hibiscus mascheutos) - W.L. Unit, 7/10/22 |
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| Halberd-leaf Rose-Mallow (Hibiscus laevis) - Catahoula Lake Rec. Area, 7/15/22 |
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| Plains Coreopsis (Coreopsis tinctoria) - WL Unit, 7/10/22 |
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| tentative ID: Dwarf St. John's Wort (Hypericum mutilum) - WL Unit, 7/10/22 |
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| Brazilian Verbena (Verbena brasiliensis) - WL Unit - 7/10/22 |
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| tentative ID: Floating Primrose-Willow (Ludwigia peploides) B.B. Unit - 7/13/22 |
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| Carolina Nightshade (Solanum carolinense) or similar sp. of Solanum - BB Unit - 7/13/22 |
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| Meadow-Beauty (Rhexia mariana) - BB Unit - 7/13/22 |
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| Maypop, aka Purple Passionflower (Passiflora incarnata) - 8/19/22 |
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As always, if you spot an incorrect ID or have suggestions for those that I'm unsure about, feel free to comment and let me know.
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