Louisiana Rare Bird Alert 28 July 1999 Baton Rouge Audubon Society Rare Bird Alert Area: Baton Rouge and Louisiana statewide Highlights: WESTERN KINGBIRD BLACK-WHISKERED VIREO * (*Louisiana State Review List) others birds mentioned: american white pelican scaup sp white-faced ibis roseate spoonbill wood stork virginia rail common moorhen whimbrel greater yellowlegs spotted sandpiper willet short-billed dowitcher long-billed dowitcher western sandpiper white-rumped sandpiper stilt sandpiper american avocet semipalmated plover yellow warbler palm warbler black-and-white warbler bronzed cowbird Transcript: Welcome birders to the BRAS' rare bird alert. The following was recorded on Wednesday July 28. Highlights include WESTERN KINGBIRDS nesting in Shreveport and BLACK-WHISKERED VIREOS nesting on Grand Isle. BLACK-WHISKERED VIREOS are thought to be nesting in the woods behind the Sureway Grocery on Grand Isle. An adult and a juvenile were observed on 7/26, both vocalizing. The Sureway Grocery is on the north side of the main road through Grand Isle. A pair of WESTERN KINGBIRDS is nesting in Shreveport in Caddo Parish. An adult and one fledgling were seen on 7/17. The nest is near the junction of LA 1 and Fournoy-Lucas Rd. The following sightings describe high counts or concentrations, early arrival or late departure dates or very unusual sightings for the location and time of year.   Sightings from 7/27: La Salle Parish: 550 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS and 950 WOOD STORKS seen during a flyover of Catahoula Lake. The storks were in a small lake 1 mile west of the extreme SW corner of Catahoula Lake.   St Tammany Parish: a YELLOW WARBLER in Abita Springs.   Sightings from 7/26: Jefferson Parish: several BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLERS on Grand Isle.   Sightings from 7/25: Cameron Parish: 1 PALM WARBLER and several BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLERS at the Peveto Woods Sanctuaries west of Holly Beach.   Orleans Parish: 5 WHITE PELICANS, 1 SCAUP sp, 1 WHIMBREL, 4 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 1 probable WILLET, 25 DOWITCHERS, of which at least 2 were SHORT-BILLED, at least 10 WESTERN SANDPIPERS, 2 STILT SANDPIPERS and 5 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS at the old Recovery One landfill in New Orleans East.   Sightings from 7/24: Caddo Parish: 3 STILT SANDPIPERS in Shreveport.   De Soto Parish: 9 COMMON MOORHEN including adults and downy chicks at a pond off the Evelyn exit of I-49.   Red River Parish: 1 SPOTTED SANDPIPER and 2 WILLETS at Lock and Dam #4 along the Red River.   Natchitoches Parish: 1 VIRGINIA RAIL (heard only), 5 COMMON MOORHEN, 1 imm LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER and 2 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS at a pond off the Powhaten exit of I-49. 1 SPOTTED SANDPIPER was seen at the fish hatchery in Natchitoches.   Sightings from 7/22: Cameron Parish: 1 BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER in the town of Cameron.   Sightings from 7/21: La Salle Parish: 800 WHITE PELICANS seen on a flyover of Catahoula Lake.   Sightings from 7/18: Evangeline Parish: 894 WOOD STORKS, 40+ presumably WHITE-FACED IBIS, 92 ROSEATE SPOONBILLS plus hundreds of waders and shorebirds in some drained crawfish ponds about ¼ east of I-49 and about 3 miles south of the Hwy 106 exit off of I-49.   St. Martin Parish: 1 YELLOW WARBLER in Breaux Bridge.   St. Charles Parish: 1 AMERICAN AVOCET in alternate plumage, 2 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 1 GREATER YELLOWLEGS and 6 dowitchers at the Bonnet Carre Spillway.   Jefferson Parish: 1 BRONZED COWBIRD in the Exxon fields on Grand Isle. Thanks for calling the Baton Rouge rare bird alert and good birding. Compiler: Karen Fay Home: 225.763.6805 RBA: 225.768.9874 lamskite@aol.com RARE BIRD ALERT ARCHIVE