I just spent 40 minutes in LaSalle Park in Metairie, where there were some migrants. I was there at 11:00 am.
Walking through the wooded glade (open understory area) on the paved path, I heard a few chickadees. When I swished them in, a Red-eyed Vireo and a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher came down with them. A probable Hooded Warbler ticked in the adjacent understory.
A fit farther down the paved path, where the sliver of woods on the right ends, there was a busy patch of ragweed. Six Rose-breasted Grosbeaks (streaky fall birds), four Summer Tanagers (all ochre-yellow female types), two Indigo Buntings (fall brown plumage) and two brown-plumaged Blue Grosbeaks. A Nashville Warbler joined them in an adjacent oak.
Circling back via the boardwalk in the woods, there were no migrants until I reached the drip, which was being inspected by a female-type (green) Painted Bunting and a Ruby-crowned Kinglet.
A bit farther along, a thicket near ground level held a skulking female-type Common Yellowthroat.
At the other end of the boardwalk, where it rejoins the paved trail, was another pulse of birds. White-eyed Vireo, Eastern-Wood Pewee, male (red) Summer Tanager, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, and two Indigos. All with chickadees.
Keep your eyes open!
Peter
for a copy of Birding Made Easy- New Orleans, email me at birding.made.easy.new.orleans@gmail.com, or look for it at the Garden District or Maple Street Book Shops.
No comments:
Post a Comment