Catahoula NWR - April, 2023

male Chestnut-sided Warbler

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Related Posts:

. Feb., 2023 (including CNWR):

- https://falloutbird2014.blogspot.com/2023/03/february-2023-sicily-island-hills-and.html

. CNWR, spring migration 2022:

- https://falloutbird2014.blogspot.com/2022/06/catahoula-nwr-and-adjacent-locations-in.html

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   During April, 2023 I made six visits to Catahoula National Wildlife Refuge's Headquarters Unit and one each to the Willow Lake and Bushley Bayou Units. Most trips to the refuge were solo birding ventures, where I birded by driving the roads and making many stops and taking some short walks, but on April 30 I accompanied some family members, some of whom were fishing, and on that visit I did a couple of bird lists from specific spots along Cowpen Bayou.

   Some habitat shorts before continuing...

Headquarters Unit...

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park-like area around HQ buildings just inside refuge entrance gate

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heading down east leg of refuge loop - This stretch of the road is one of my spring migrant honey holes.

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east leg of refuge loop

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woods along refuge loop

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refuge loop heading toward north end of Duck Lake - Checkered White butterfly spot

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north end of Duck Lake

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north end of Duck Lake - windy spell during 4/21/23 visit

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west leg of refuge loop along Cowpen Bayou - 4/30/23

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4/30/23 - Cowpen Bayou

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Cowpen Bayou - 4/30/23

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Bushley Bayou Unit...

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Minnow Ponds Rd. at new access road to impoundments levee

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shallow-water impoundments/levee near Minnow Ponds Rd.

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ditto

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Minnow Ponds Road

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Green's Creek at Dry Bayou Road

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Green's Creek (muddy from recent rains)

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Willow Lake Unit...

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Willow Lake Road

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   This year, spring migration started off quite slow. But, things really picked up in the second half of April, and I had some very good birding visits to Catahoula NWR during that time, specifically April 21, 24, and 26. There were a good assortment of transient warblers, including *Worm-eating, Blue-winged, *Black-and-white, Tennessee, Cerulean, Blackburnian, Bay-breasted, Chestnut-sided, Yellow, and Black-throated Green Warblers, and Northern Waterthrush and *American Redstart.

*Breeds in the area, but in my experience not on the refuge (habitat not right).

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 (video: male Yellow Warbler foraging, singing - 4/24/23)

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 (video: male Chestnut-sided Warbler foraging, singing - 4/26/23)

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   Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Scarlet Tanager, Swainson's Thrush, and Baltimore Orioles put in an appearance (in my experience, it's been a good spring in this region of the state for Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Scarlet Tanager, and to an extent, Swainson's Thrush).

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male Rose-breasted Grosbeak - Willow Lake Unit, 4/21

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   Besides spring migrants, there were other notable bird observations. I'd only seen Inca Dove on Catahoula NWR twice before--once on HQ Unit, once on Bushley Bayou Unit. On April 24 of this year I saw an Inca Dove on the HQ Unit, in the road about a half mile SW of the HQ buildings area., making it my third time to see this species on the NWR. Inca Doves are not uncommon in agricultural and residential areas bordering the refuge, so it's not surprising that they show up on the refuge from time to time (actually, it seems to me that they should be encountered on the NWR more frequently than they have been in my experience).

 (video: Inca Dove - 4/24)

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Inca Dove and female Brown-headed Cowbird

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   On April 26 I watched a Great Blue Heron who had caught a lamprey sling the noodle-y fish around, presumably trying to kill it before consuming it. This was at the inflow/outflow structure at the north end of Duck Lake. This was the first time I'd seen a heron with a lamprey.

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Great Blue Heron with lamprey

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ditto

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   Generally speaking, butterfly activity was modest on the refuge during my visits. There was a notable observation, however. I'd never seen Checkered Whites on Catahoula NWR, or anywhere in La Salle Parish, until seeing three on the CNWR HQ Unit on April 26. They were in the road where it 'T's behind the refuge buildings on the road to the north end of Duck Lake.

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Checkered White

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Checkered White

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   I noticed a flowering plant that I'd never noticed on the refuge before...

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tentative ID: Heart-leaved Skullcap (Scutellaria ovata) - 4/26, HQ Unit

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ditto

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   Below are the bird lists and lists for other groups of wildlife, broken down by location (Unit of the NWR).

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Catahoula NWR Headquarters Unit

April 2, 2023

8:05 am; 1 hr, 29 mins; 2.4 miles

60F; cloudy; east wind ~5mph; water level marker: 39.4'

33 bird species

April 10, 2023

10:22 am; 1hr, 52 mins; 2.8 miles

64-69F.; generally sunny/mixed sky; east wind 10-15mph; water level marker: 39.5'

36 bird species

April 21, 2023

8:11 am; 2 hr, 17 min; 2.5 miles

66F.; overcast; drizzle of rain part of the time; wind calm, then rather windy, then less windy, water level: almost to top of marker, illegible

56 bird species

April 24, 2023

6:37 am; 4 hr, 20 min; 2.8 miles

48-59F.; cloudy, some sun before end; calm at first, then wind picking up to about 10-15mph; water level: 41.1'.

67 bird species

April 26, 2023

8:48 am; 3 hr, 30 min; 2.8 miles

63-73F.; variable sky; NE wind 5-10mph; water level: 40.2'

60 bird species

(April 30th stationary counts have their own separate list following this one)

Birds:

Wood Duck - 2, 0, 0, 0, 2

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Wood Ducks - Cowpen Bayou, 4/26

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Blue-winged Teal - 5, 0, 0, 2, 1

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

Inca Dove - 0, 0, 0, 1, 0

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Inca Dove

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Mourning Dove - 4, 0, 4, 3, 1

Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 0, 0, 0, 2, 0

Chimney Swift - 3, 0, 4, 1, 1

Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 0, 0, 0, 3, 4

Spotted Sandpiper - 0, 0, 1 (FOS), 1, 1

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Spotted Sandpiper - 4/26/23

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Double-crested Cormorant - 0, 1, 0, 0, 0

cormorant sp. - 2, 0, 0, 0, 0

Anhinga - 0, 0, 1, 2, 1

Great Blue Heron - 3, 2, 4, 5, 4

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Great Blue Heron - 4/26/23

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Great Egret - 5, 2, 5, 4, 4

Snowy Egret - 1, 1, 0, 5, 1

Little Blue Heron - 0, 0, 3, 4, 0

Tricolored Heron - 0, 0, 0, 1 (FOS), 0

Cattle Egret - 0, 0, 0, 2, 0

Green Heron - 0, 0, 1, 0, 0

White Ibis - 0, 0, 14, 85, 0

Black Vulture - 0, 0, 0, 2, 2

Turkey Vulture - 0, 2, 5, 2, 2

Red-shouldered Hawk - 0, 0, 1, 1, 1

Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4, 4, 1, 4, 5

Downy Woodpecker - 1, 0, 4, 4, 4

Pileated Woodpecker - 3, 2, 2, 2, 2

Northern Flicker - 1, 0, 0, 0, 0

Eastern Wood-Pewee - 0, 0, 0, 0, 1

Acadian Flycatcher - 0, 0, 2, 6, 4

Great Crested Flycatcher - 0, 1, 1, 3, 2

Eastern Kingbird - 0, 0, 3, 5, 2

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Eastern Kingbirds - there were 4 on the fence - April 24

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White-eyed Vireo - 6, 8, 6, 9, 8

Yellow-throated Vireo - 1, 1, 2, 0, 1

Warbling Vireo - 0, 0, 1 (FOS), 0, 0

Red-eyed Vireo - 3, 13, 9, 13, 9

Blue Jay - 3, 1, 4, 3, 4

American Crow - 5, 3, 6, 8, 5

Carolina Chickadee - 7, 10, 4, 9, 10

Tufted Titmouse - 13, 13, 9, 16, 13

Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 0, 1, 0, 0, 0

Tree Swallow - 0, 0, 30, 50, 2

Barn Swallow - 0, 0, 5, 4, 0

Cliff Swallow - 0, 0, 0, 2, 0

swallow sp. - 0, 0, 20, 100, 15

Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 4, 1, 0, 2, 0

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 6, 10, 4, 4, 6

House Wren - 0, 1, 0, 0, 0

Carolina Wren - 8, 9, 7, 17, 10

Gray Catbird - 0, 0, 0, 7, 6

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

Eastern Bluebird - 0, 0, 1, 1, 1

Swainson's Thrush - 0, 0, 0, 1, 0

Catharus sp. - 0, 0, 0, 2, 0

Wood Thrush - 0, 0, 1, 3, 3

Cedar Waxwing - 5, 2, 6, 7, 18

American Goldfinch - 0, 1, 0, 0, 1

Chipping Sparrow - 0, 0, 0, 0, 1

White-throated Sparrow - 8, 2, 1, 2, 0

Savannah Sparrow - 0, 1, 2, 0, 0

Song Sparrow - 1, 0, 0, 0, 0

Swamp Sparrow - 2, 0, 0, 0, 0

Yellow-breasted Chat - 0, 0, 1, 1, 3

Orchard Oriole - 0, 1, 6, 5, 8

Red-winged Blackbird - 9, 0, 6, 4, 3

Brown-headed Cowbird - 10, 5, 13, 16, 20

Common Grackle - 13, 1, 20, 41, 15

Worm-eating Warbler - 0, 0, 1, 0, 1

Northern Waterthrush - 0, 0, 1 (FOS), 1, 1

Blue-winged Warbler - 0, 0, 0, 4, 0

Black-and-white Warbler - 0, 0, 0, 3, 2

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 (video: male Black-and-white Warbler foraging, singing - 4/24/23)

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Prothonotary Warbler - 6 (FOS), 12, 8, 10, 10

Tennessee Warbler - 0, 0, 20 (FOS), 13, 13

Kentucky Warbler - 0, 2, 1, 1, 1

Common Yellowthroat - 0, 0, 1, 0, 2

Hooded Warbler - 1, 4, 1, 4, 6

American Redstart - 0, 0, 0, 1 (FOS), 0

Cerulean Warbler - 0, 0, 0, 3, 1

Northern Parula - 4, 8, 1, 3, 5

Blackburnian Warbler - 0, 0, 1 (FOS), 0, 0

Bay-breasted Warbler - 0, 0, 0, 1 (FOS), 0

Yellow Warbler - 0, 0, 0, 4 (FOS), 2

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 (video: Yellow Warbler song - north end of Duck Lake, 4/24/23)

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Chestnut-sided Warbler - 0, 0, 1 (FOS), 2, 1

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male Chestnut-sided Warbler - 4/26/23

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Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) - 0, 1, 1, 0, 0

Black-throated Green Warbler - 0, 0, 2, 0, 1

warbler sp. - 0, 0, 10, 9, 6

Summer Tanager - 1, 4, 5, 6, 6

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female Summer Tanager - 4/26/23

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Scarlet Tanager - 0, 0, 0, 1, 0

Northern Cardinal - 29, 16, 8, 15, 13

Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 0, 0, 2 (FOS), 1, 2

Blue Grosbeak - 0, 0, 0, 0, 1

Indigo Bunting - 0, 5, 15, 3, 14

Painted Bunting - 0, 0, 6 (FOS), 8, 10

passerine sp. - 6, 1, 7, 5, 7

Stationary Counts along Cowpen Bayou on April 30

stop 1 - 3:02pm; 20 min; 4 observers

stop 2 - 3:33pm; 1 hr, 51 min; 4 observers 

Mourning Dove - 0, 1

Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 0, 1

Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1, 1

American White Pelican - 13, 0

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American White Pelicans

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Anhinga - 0, 1

Black Vulture - 0, 1

Turkey Vulture - 0, 1

Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1, 2

Downy Woodpecker - 2, 0

Pileated Woodpecker - 1, 0

Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1, 0

Acadian Flycatcher - 2, 2

Eastern Kingbird - 0, 1

White-eyed Vireo - 1, 1

Yellow-throated Vireo - 1, 1

Red-eyed Vireo - 1, 0

Blue Jay - 0, 2

American Crow - 0, 1

Carolina Chickadee - 2, 4

Tufted Titmouse - 2, 1

Barn Swallow - 0, 1

Carolina Wren - 1, 2

Gray Catbird - 0, 2

Orchard Oriole - 1, 1

Baltimore Oriole - 0, 1

Red-winged Blackbird - 0, 1

Common Grackle - 0, 1

Prothonotary Warbler - 1, 1

Tennessee Warbler - 2, 1

Northern Parula - 0, 1

Chestnut-sided Warbler - 0, 1

Summer Tanager - 0, 1

Northern Cardinal - 1, 2

Indigo Bunting - 0, 1

Painted Bunting - 1, 2

passerine sp. - 0, 2

Additional species, seen or heard along refuge loop on 4/30/23 visit: Wood Duck, Mourning Dove, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Little Blue Heron, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Eastern Bluebird

Other Wildlife (HQ Unit, all dates)

Mammals:

Swamp Rabbit, Fox Squirrel, feral hogs

Herps:

Green Treefrog, Squirrel Treefrog, Cope's Gray Treefrog, Blanchard's Cricket Frog, American Bullfrog, Green (Bronze) Frog, Southern Leopard Frog; American Alligator, Diamond-backed Watersnake, Pond Slider, softshell turtle sp. (Rough Softshell?)

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Diamond-backed Watersnake (fresh roadkill) - near N end of Duck Lake, 4/10/23

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shoftshell turtles - Duck Lake, 4/21/23

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Fishes:

brook lamprey sp., Western Mosquitofish, Blackspotted and/or Blackstripe Topminnow, Longear Sunfish, Redear Sunfish, Bluegill

Butterflies:

Horace's Duskywing - 

Pipevine Swallowtail - 

Black Swallowtail - 

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Black Swallowtail - 4/10/23

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dark swallowtail sp. - 

Checkered White - 3 on April 26th (my first for CNWR and La Salle Parish)

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Checkered White - 4/26/23

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Cloudless Sulphur - 

Orange Sulphur - 

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Orange Sulphur - 4/26/23

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American Snout - 

'Astyanax' Red-spotted Purple - 

Hackberry Emperor - 

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Hackberry Emperor - 4/10/23

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Pearl Crescent - 

Phaon Crescent - 

American Lady - 

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American Lady - 4/10/23

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Question Mark - 

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Question Mark - 4/10/23

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Monarch - 

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Bushley Bayou Unit

April 8, 2023

10:47 am; 2 hr, 25 min; 1.8 miles

unseasonably chilly (upper 50s-low 60s F.); overcast most of time, becoming mixed, mostly sunny before end; north wind 5-10mph.

46 bird species

Birds:

Pied-billed Grebe - 2

Chimney Swift - 3

Great Blue Heron - 1

Great Egret - 4

Little Blue Heron - 1

Black Vulture - 8

Turkey Vulture - 9

Bald Eagle - 1

Red-shouldered Hawk - 3

Belted Kingfisher - 1

Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2

Downy Woodpecker - 1

Pileated Woodpecker - 2

Northern Flicker - 1

Great Crested Flycatcher - 2

Eastern Kingbird - 1 (FOS)

White-eyed Vireo - 6

Yellow-throated Vireo - 2

Red-eyed Vireo - 5

Blue Jay - 3

American Crow - 4

Carolina Chickadee - 3

Tufted Titmouse - 8

Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 1

Purple Martin - 1

Tree Swallow - 5

Barn Swallow - 2

Cliff Swallow - 30

swallow sp. - 10

Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 6

Carolina Wren - 4

Eastern Bluebird - 1

White-throated Sparrow - 6

Swamp Sparrow - 3

Eastern Towhee - 1

Orchard Oriole - 1

Red-winged Blackbird - 8

Brown-headed Cowbird - 2

Common Grackle - 3

Prothonotary Warbler - 2

Kentucky Warbler - 1

Common Yellowthroat - 2

Hooded Warbler - 2

Northern Parula - 1

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) - 2

Northern Cardinal - 7

passerine sp. - 1

Other Wildlife (Bushley Bayou Unit):

Mammals: Eastern Gray Squirrel *Despite decades of visiting Catahoula NWR, this was the first time I've seen a Gray Squirrel on the refuge! Fox Squirrels are, of course, common there, but the lack of Eastern Grays was a curiosity. This individual, a young squirrel, was in the area by the Minnow Ponds Rd. entrance area by the hunter check-in kiosk, just a couple of hundred feet from the NWR boundary. The habitat just beyond LA-8 at the entrance suddenly transitions to hilly uplands (edge of the Kisatchie Wold), so this is near a different habitat to what's on the NWR. Point is, this squirrel was just barely in the NWR, but hey, that counts I guess).*

 

Herps: Cajun Chorus Frog, Green Treefrog, Blanchard's Cricket Frog, American Bullfrog, Green Frog

 (video: song of Cajun Chorus Frogs)

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Willow Lake Unit

April 21, 2023

10:32 am; 48 mins; 0.9 miles

upper 60s F.; cloudy; wind S 10mph; wet from morning's rain; high water: water threatening to go over road in some low places

31 bird species

Birds:

Wood Duck - 1

Mourning Dove - 2

Great Blue Heron - 1

Turkey Vulture - 1

Northern Harrier - 1

Downy Woodpecker - 1

Pileated Woodpecker - 1

Great Crested Flycatcher - 1

White-eyed Vireo - 6

Red-eyed Vireo - 2

Blue Jay - 2

American Crow - 4

Carolina Chickadee - 1

Tufted Titmouse - 3

Sedge Wren - 2

Carolina Wren - 2

Eastern Towhee - 4

Yellow-breasted Chat - 6

Orchard Oriole - 4

Red-winged Blackbird - 1

Brown-headed Cowbird - 2

Common Grackle - 1

Prothonotary Warbler - 2

Common Yellowthroat - 4

Hooded Warbler - 1

Prairie Warbler - 1

Summer Tanager - 3

Northern Cardinal - 8

Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1

Indigo Bunting - 6

Painted Bunting - 3

passerine sp. - 2

Other Wildlife (Willow Lake Unit):

Herps: Green Treefrog, Blanchard's Cricket Frog, Green Frog

   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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Sicily Island Hills (JC "Sonny" Gilbert WMA), Catahoula Parish - April, 2023

male Blackburnian Warbler

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Related Posts:

. S.I. Hills, March 2023:

- https://falloutbird2014.blogspot.com/2023/05/sicily-island-hills-jc-sonny-gilbert.html

. S.I. Hills, early May 2022:

- https://falloutbird2014.blogspot.com/2022/06/sicily-island-hills-jc-sonny-gilbert.html

. S.I. Hills, Spring 2021:

- https://falloutbird2014.blogspot.com/2021/10/sicily-island-hills-catahoula-parish.html

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   On April 28, 2023 I made a trip to Sicily Island Hills (JC "Sonny" Gilbert Wildlife Management Area). I began the morning in the south part of the WMA, accessed via Williams (or Williamson) Road off LA-8 about 4-5 miles NE of Harrisonburg. There, I birded by driving the main road (up to Rock Falls trailhead), making stops, and walking the length of the primitive campground road, a very short piece of the next side road on the left, and approx. a third of a mile portion of Rock Falls Nature Trail and in the woods around there. After that I drove around to the entrance on the northeast side of the WMA, accessed from LA-915 by gravel roads that take you through part of the hills before reaching the WMA. Specifically, in the north side of the WMA, I took the road that goes past the WMA HQ and the big pond (unfortunately I did not have time to also do the main east-west road through the north side of the WMA). Birding was excellent in the south side, but quite poor on the north side. 

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Indian Pink (Spigelia marilandica)

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   A few habitat shots before continuing:

South side...

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creek just inside south side entrance to WMA

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main road through southern part of WMA

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ditto

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ditto

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primitive campground road (road that turns left at the check-in kiosk)

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ditto

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walking 'no vehicles' part of primitive campground road

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next side road on the left after the check-in kiosk (area was partly logged a few years ago)

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main road

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habitat along main road

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ditto

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Rock Falls Nature Trail (a steep hike)

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Rock Creek just above the waterfall

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Rock Falls

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Rock Falls

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Rock Falls Trail

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Rock Creek upstream from Rock Falls

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ditto

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ditto

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North side...

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road that goes south to ponds - north side of WMA

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the big pond

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the big pond

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ditto

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   April 28 was a great morning for birding in Sicily Island Hills. Spring migration was in full swing, and lots of migrants were present, representing a nice variety of species. I heard or saw multiple Scarlet Tanagers, Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, and Gray Catbirds, and got my FOS Baltimore Oriole. A group of Mississippi Kites were spotted moving up from the southwest then circling overhead.

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male Scarlet Tanager

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male Baltimore Oriole

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   Transient migrant warblers were in abundance in some areas, especially the southerly portions of where I birded during the morning. Tennessee Warblers, which appear to be one of the most common migrant species passing through our area in the spring, were common in Sicily Island Hills this day; I tallied 17, almost all males, many of whom were singing. 

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 (video: Tennessee Warbler song)

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   Other transient warbler species included Blackburnian, Chestnut-sided, Bay-breasted, Nashville, and Black-throated Green Warblers, and Northern Waterthrush. 

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 (video: Northern Waterthrush preening - near check-in kiosk for south side of WMA)

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male Blackburnian Warbler - primitive campground road (foraging and singing in video below)

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   The most unusual was the Nashville Warbler; I hadn't seen that species in Cenla in more than a decade.

   Several migrant warbler species breed in the Sicily Island Hills, some are quite numerous. Louisiana Waterthrushes are common. Worm-eating Warbler populations are denser here than anywhere else that I bird. Hooded Warbler and Northern Parula are also abundant, and you can find Kentucky, Swainson's, and Prothonotary Warblers breeding here, in the right habitats. 

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 (video: Worm-eating Warbler singing - I don't usually use playback around breeding birds, but this W.-e. Warbler was singing immediately adjacent to the trail without ever popping into an open spot, so tempted, I decided to very briefly play audio of the species' song. The bird popped up onto an exposed perch, and I stopped the recording immediately and got the video and pics. I didn't want to harass the bird more than I already had.)

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Worm-eating Warbler

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   Swainson's Warblers are not one of the more numerous ones here, but they are found in some places in the hills where the habitat is right. A couple of years ago there was one that I'd hear in the hollow between the primitive campground road and the next side road on the left in the southern part of the WMA. On this trip there was one singing there, as well as a second individual singing at spot about 0.2 miles north of there along the main road. 

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 (video: Swainson's Warbler song)

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 (Kentucky Warbler song)

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   A few winter species were still present. I heard Cedar Waxwing, American Goldfinch, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, and a Red-breasted Nuthatch.

   Year-round residents and other breeders were busy with breeding season: lots of singing, pairs seen, some territorial spats, and even some fledgling young out and about following mom and dad.

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fresh Wild Turkey track

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   So, birding was great for the most part, but butterfly-watching was somewhat disappointing this time around. Only a few species were seen. However, one species, Question Mark, was very numerous on the roads. All told, I tallied at least 109 Question Marks.

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Question Mark

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   The butterfly highlight was seeing my first two Creole Pearly-eyes of the year. Both were on the north side--one along the road outside of the WMA, the other right by the WMA entrance. Southern, Northern, and Creole Pearly-eyes are all three found in Sicily Island Hills.

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Creole Pearly-eye

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   As for other wildlife, it's worth noting that I saw a large Timber Rattlesnake crossing the short stretch of Williams Road between LA-8 and the WMA south entrance. A good reminder to watch you step out there (Timber Rattlers seem to be relatively common in Sicily Island Hills).

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Timber Rattlesnake

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   Below is the bird list for this trip. Notice the disparity between south side (first number; lots of birds) and north side (relatively few birds detected, even considering the time of day and much shorter time spend there--bird activity was much better than that when I was leaving the south side a short time earlier). Following that are lists for some of the other wildlife detected.

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JC "Sonny" Gilbert WMA (south side)

April 28, 2023

6:50am; 6 hr, 5 min; 3 miles

54-75F.; sunny; wind 1-5mph

60 species

JC "Sonny" Gilbert WMA (north side)

April 28, 2023

1:20pm; 45 min; 0.9 miles

upper 70sF.; sunny; some light breeze

23 species

Birds:

Mourning Dove - 16, 0

Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 6, 0

Chimney Swift - 5, 0

Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 3, 0

Turkey Vulture - 3, 6

Mississippi Kite - 10, 0

Red-headed Woodpecker - 2, 0

Red-bellied Woodpecker - 5, 1

Downy Woodpecker - 3, 0

Hairy Woodpecker - 1, 0

Pileated Woodpecker - 4, 0

Eastern Wood-Pewee - 3, 0

Acadian Flycatcher - 8, 1

Great Crested Flycatcher - 9, 2

White-eyed Vireo - 12, 2

Yellow-throated Vireo - 1, 0

Red-eyed Vireo - 18, 1

Blue Jay - 2, 1

American Crow - 3, 2

Fish Crow - 1, 0

Carolina Chickadee - 11, 4

Tufted Titmouse - 15, 6

Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 4, 0

Purple Martin - 1, 0

Tree Swallow - 1, 0

Barn Swallow - 4, 0

Cliff Swallow - 2, 0

swallow sp. - 5, 0

Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2, 0

Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1, 0

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 6, 0

Carolina Wren - 18, 3

Gray Catbird - 2, 0

Wood Thrush - 10, 1

Cedar Waxwing - 4, 0

American Goldfinch - 4, 0

Yellow-breasted Chat - 4, 1

Baltimore Oriole - 1, 0

Red-winged Blackbird - 4, 1

Brown-headed Cowbird - 8, 1

Common Grackle - 0, 1

Worm-eating Warbler - 8, 0

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singing Worm-eating Warbler - primitive campground road

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Louisiana Waterthrush - 3, 0

Northern Waterthrush - 1, 0

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Northern Waterthrush

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Black-and-white Warbler - 1, 0

Prothonotary Warbler - 0, 1

Swainson's Warbler - 2, 0

Tennessee Warbler - 17, 0

Nashville Warbler - 1, 0

Kentucky Warbler - 3, 0 (edited on 5/20/23; omitted this sp. when originally published post)

Hooded Warbler - 14, 1

Northern Parula - 10, 0

Bay-breasted Warbler - 2, 0

Blackburnian Warbler - 2, 0

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male Blackburnian Warbler - primitive campground road

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Chestnut-sided Warbler - 3, 0

Pine Warbler - 5, 2

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) - 3, 0

Black-throated Green Warbler - 3, 0

warbler sp. - 17, 1

Summer Tanager - 9, 5

Scarlet Tanager - 3, 0

Northern Cardinal - 20, 4

Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 2, 0

Blue Grosbeak - 0, 1

Indigo Bunting - 12, 1

passerine sp. - 9, 1

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Mammals (all areas):

Eastern Gray Squirrel; tracks of White-tailed Deer, Common Raccoon, and either Coyote or domestic dog

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Herps (all areas):

Cope's Gray Treefrog, Green Treefrog...

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Green Treefrog - primitive campground

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Blanchard's Cricket Frog, American Bullfrog, Green (Bronze) Frog; skink sp. (Common Five-lined or female Broad-headed?)...

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skink - near Rock Falls Trail

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North American Racer...

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North American Racer

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Timber Rattlesnake...

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Timber Rattlesnake

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Pond Slider 

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Buttlerflies (all areas):

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Horace's Duskywing - 1

Pipevine Swallowtail - 1

dark swallowtail sp. - 2 (one was probably Black Swallowtail)

(Spring or Summer?) Azure - 6

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Azure sp. (Summer Azure?), Rock Falls Trail

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American Snout - 5

Pearl Crescent - 6

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Pearl Crescent - primitive campground road

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Question Mark - 109

Creole Pearly-eye - 2

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Creole Pearly-eye

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butterfly sp. - 13 (mostly stuff flying from road, likely including some additional Question Marks)

   As always, if you spot any incorrect IDs or have suggestions for those that I'm unsure about, feel free to comment and let me know.

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