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This past Thursday, I left New Orleans at a little after 4 am for a two hour plus drive to Grand Isle, on the Gulf of Mexico. I spent the entire day birding, and explored parts of two parishes, which for some reason is the name that Louisiana gives to what we in the rest of the country call Counties. Anyway, I headed for a few wooded tracts first to see what kinds of songbirds might be around. Then I explored a State Park on the eastern edge of the Island. After a quick lunch, I went west and wound up meeting another person who had been at the conference I attended, also a fanatic birder, and we spent the rest of the day together. Two sets of eyes and ears better then one. Finished the day trying for Rails. We found numerous Clappers, and thought we might have heard a King once, but not clearly enough to count it. Anyway, here are the new birds for the year:
March 7 - Forchon area, LaFourche Parrish
104. Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
105. Blue-winged Teal
106. Tri-colored Heron
107. Snowy Egret
108. American Avocet
109. Dunlin
110. Marbled Godwit
111. Lesser Yellowlegs
112. Long-billed Dowitcher
113. Green-winged Teal
114. Roseate Spoonbill
115. Osprey
116. Northern Shoveler
March 7 - Grand Isle, Jefferson Parrish, LA
117. House Wren
118. Yellow-throated Vireo
119. Pine Warbler
120. Yellow-rumped Warbler
121. Boat-tailed Grackle
122. Gray Catbird
123. Black-and-White Warbler
124. Cattle Egret
125. Little Blue Heron
126. Hermit Thrush
127. Eastern Phoebe
128. Broad-winged Hawk
129. Great Egret
130. Savannah Sparrow
131. Brown Thrasher
132. Pied-billed Grebe
133. White Ibis
134. Palm Warbler
135. Orange-crowned Warbler
136. Caspian Tern
137. Forster's Tern
138. Gull-billed Tern
139. Black-bellied Plover
140. Royal Tern
141. Black Skimmer
142. Sanderling
143. Western Sandpiper
144. Ruddy Turnstone
145. Least Tern
146. Short-billed Dowitcher
147. Common Loon
148. Blu-gray Gnatcatcher
149. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
150. Seaside Sparrow
151. Clapper Rail
March 7 - Forchon area, LaFourche Parrish
104. Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
105. Blue-winged Teal
106. Tri-colored Heron
107. Snowy Egret
108. American Avocet
109. Dunlin
110. Marbled Godwit
111. Lesser Yellowlegs
112. Long-billed Dowitcher
113. Green-winged Teal
114. Roseate Spoonbill
115. Osprey
116. Northern Shoveler
March 7 - Grand Isle, Jefferson Parrish, LA
117. House Wren
118. Yellow-throated Vireo
119. Pine Warbler
120. Yellow-rumped Warbler
121. Boat-tailed Grackle
122. Gray Catbird
123. Black-and-White Warbler
124. Cattle Egret
125. Little Blue Heron
126. Hermit Thrush
127. Eastern Phoebe
128. Broad-winged Hawk
129. Great Egret
130. Savannah Sparrow
131. Brown Thrasher
132. Pied-billed Grebe
133. White Ibis
134. Palm Warbler
135. Orange-crowned Warbler
136. Caspian Tern
137. Forster's Tern
138. Gull-billed Tern
139. Black-bellied Plover
140. Royal Tern
141. Black Skimmer
142. Sanderling
143. Western Sandpiper
144. Ruddy Turnstone
145. Least Tern
146. Short-billed Dowitcher
147. Common Loon
148. Blu-gray Gnatcatcher
149. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
150. Seaside Sparrow
151. Clapper Rail