Birdwatching in Louisiana

Birding contacts and birdwatching information



Local Birdingpal Contacts

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		Initial	Last Name	Area	Available	Language
		W	Clifton	Abita Springs	Anytime	English
		J	O'Neale	Lafayette	Anytime	English
		I am the Treasurer/Membership of Louisiana Ornithological Society, Newsletter/Membership local LABA group and ABA convention Lafayette 2000.
		M	Radford	Mandeville	Anytime	English
		Z	Pepper	Minden	Weekend	English
		Jackson-Bienville WMA is nearby and contains several Red-cockaded Woodpecker colonies.
		J	Carpenter	Monroe	Anytime	English
		I am interested in going on all kinds of naturalist expeditions, from birds to fish to plants and everything else. Local speciality bird: Red-cockaded Woodpecker.
		S	Venable	New Orleans	Anytime	English, Russian
		I’ve lived in New Orleans and birded the local area for about a decade, after spending most of my life in northern Ohio and New York City. The largely wetland local habitats (fresh- and salt-water marsh, cypress swamp, bayous, lakes, and seacoast) is home to an abundance of gulls, terns, pelicans; ducks and other waterfowl (especially in winter); wading birds, and shorebirds. There is also some nearby bottomland forest and pine forest, which are home to warblers, vireos, flycatchers, orioles, and other songbirds. Eagle and osprey nests can be found in the area, along with other raptors. Summers are almost continuously hot and humid, with an abundance of mosquitos. Winters are generally mild; most years we don’t get a hard freeze at all.		Area: Big Branch Marsh NWR, Bayou Sauvage NWR, Audubon Park, City Park, Audubon Nature Center, Barataria Preserve Area Birds: Year-round: Herons, egrets, ibises, other wading birds; anhingas, bald eagle, osprey, red-cockaded woodpecker, brown-headed nuthatch, brown pelican, mockingbird, red-bellied woodpecker, black-bellied whistling duck, Forster’s tern, boat-tailed grackle Winter: white pelican, harrier, coot, blue-winged teal, shoveler, mergansers, double-crested cormorant, avocet, cedar waxwing, pine warbler, palm warbler, kinglets Summer: painted bunting, prothonatary warbler, MS kite, least tern If we’re lucky: swallow-tailed kite, king rail, purple gallinule, least bittern, spoonbill, skimmer, barred owl (often heard), great horned owl	Interests: Nature: birdwatching, photography, hiking, butterflies, swimming, Travel: train, bus, car, biking, long walk Visit: tourist site, museum, restaurant, club, vineyard, outdoors, nature spot, beach, lake, ocean, architecture, shop Attend: concert, horse race, ballet, dance show, theatre, live music, sports event Participate: night life, party, dance, club, bar, classical, swing, wine, liquor, social games
		J	Ingold	Shreveport/Bossier City	Anytime	English
		C	Lyon	Shreveport	Weekend	English
		J	Keogh	Sulphur	Anytime	English
		Near some of the top birding spots in the world and one of the top 10 in the US, High Island, Texas known for Spring migrations. Also near Sabine NWR, Cameron Prairie NWR, Rockefeller NWR, and Big Thicket NWR. I live 23 miles from the Texas Border and 38 miles from the Gulf coast. More a bird photographer than a birder, but know where they are. I travel a lot so if I am in a dead area it may take a couple of days to respond.
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		Initial	Last Name	Area	Available	Language
Local Information
		Name			Description
		Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia			Louisiana
		Local weather			Yahoo
		Louisiana Ornithological Society			Club
		Baton Rouge Audubon Society			Club
		Orleans Audubon Society			Club
		Northshore Bird Club			Club
		Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program			Banding
		Grand Isle Migratory			Festival
		Louisiana Ornithological Society			Pelagic Trips
		Birding Hotspots around the world			Sites