Impact of Cold Weather on Various Birds It seems to me that birding activity in Louisiana continues with eBird reports. Surely someone can filter changes in abundance associated with before/after cold

A flock of Brown-headed Cowbirds joined the Fox Sparrows at our place on Cotile Lake in Rapides Parish, Louisiana 2/19/21. They’re right on time. Jay Huner

Friends, THE ISSUE IS NOT ACCESS ALONG THE DIRT TRACK FROM MESSINA ROAD TO THE EAST SIDE OF KINCAID LAKE DAM. The issue is access via Boyd Drive. Boyd Drive is a separate point of access but it IS A P

Friends, This is the official position about Boyd Drive. You are, indeed, trespassing if you use the road without permission of a property owner. Jay Huner Good morning! A review of our road list and

Good Morning, I sent this message to the Rapides Parish Police Jury just now. I will advise you of the response I receive. Jay Huner Good Morning, Bird watchers have found a rare bird on Kincaid Lake

I am in the process of trying to find out the situation about Boyd Drive. It is clearly marked Private Road. To me, that represents the same thing as No Trespassing. Just because no one "bothers other

Friends, I "might" have seen a Red-necked Grebe a couple of days ago but wasn't sure so didn't report it. I also "might" have seen one this morning but not sure enough to report it. If you come lookin

Steve, Thanks. Connie Guillory got to the lake shortly after you posted your original report. She couldn't find any RNGRs! I have only seen one RNGR. Only one has been reported up to this date. Maybe

Steve, Where "off the dam" did you view the grebes? Those wishing to find a Red-necked Grebe really need to know where to look for one. For example, one person reported a RNGR from the Kisatchie NF -

Good Evening, If you go to Kincaid Reservoir looking for the Red-necked Grebe, please know that the lake itself is an eBird Hotspot identified, as best I recall as Kisatchie NF - Kincaid Reservoir (ma

The Red-necked Grebe was found this morning Way The Heck Out There in the lake. Two groups, one led by your reporter and the other by David Booth, viewed the bird from the east side of the lake spillw

For what it's worth, Huner and Musumeche published a paper in LOS journal about differences between bird populations before Hurricane Rita and following the hurricane for the Palmetto Island area. Tha

So far, the bird has been seen by me on 1/7, Charlie Lyon, Marybeth Lima, Lynn Hathaway, and me on 1/9, Andrew From on 1/10, and Marky Birdgirl on 1/11. I found the bird right next to the dam near its

I’ve observed a huge Wood Duck roost in the past in the Sorrento area. They resembled blackbirds in term of numbers at twilight. Birds left well before legal shooting hours in the morning. Jay Huner _

My friend Bob Butler called this morning to say that his wife Betty and he had an Evening Grosbeak at their feeders 12/3/20 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. So, the EVGR are getting closer! Jay Huner

There was some discussion of the bird’s identity. When i viewed it yesterday, I concentrated on the facial pattern and never payed attention to the wings. I took a number of distant photos and after l

The previously reported White-winged Scoter was located in the northern end of Capitol Lake at 11:45 AM 11/20/20 on company wit a pair of Lesser Scaup. Jay Huner

I made a trip to Holly Beach and then went eastward to Cameron and north past Cameron Prairie NWR yesterday. Some observations may be of interest to listserv members. Road Conditions - There was consi

Good Morning, I happened to bird along the Alexandria (Rapides Parish), Louisiana River Front yesterday morning and along Sand Hill Road and Dousay Road in the Cora (Vernon Parish), Louisiana yesterda

Good Morning, I had a flock of approximately 9 Pine Siskins foraging in a gum tree this morning around 7:45 AM CDST in NW Rapides Parish on the east side of Cotile Lake. I still have a lingering Ameri